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10 Unmissable Art Exhibitions of 2018

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by Elle Murrell

teamLabs’ interactive digital projection, ‘Moving creates vortices and vortices create movement’ at NGV Triennial. Photo – courtesy of NGV.

Nendo’s ”Manga Chairs’; Pae White’s ‘Untitled’ illusionary opt art and textile installation at NGV Triennial. Photos – courtesy of NGV.

NGV Triennial

Until April 15th National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) International, Melbourne Free

If you’re yet to go, make it happen. Visiting NGV International’s most ambitious and varied offering to date is, at the least, a tri-weekly to-do for me – it’s that good!

Displayed on all four levels of the St. Kilda Road gallery, you’ll discover the work of over 100 artists and designers from 32 countries, spanning cutting-edge technologies, architecture, animation, performance, film, painting, drawing, fashion design, tapestry and sculpture.

Upon entering prepare to be stopped in your tracks by Xu Zhen’s 18-metre long, ‘Eternity-Buddha in Nirvana’, the largest work in his ‘Eternal’ series and one of 20 large-scale artworks commissioned by NGV. From the playful to the haunting, other highlights include: teamLabs’ interactive digital projection, ‘Moving creates vortices and vortices create movement’; giant skulls by local artist Ron Mueck in his largest work to date, ‘Mass’; Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Flower Obsession’; Nendo’s ”Manga Chairs’; Pae White’s ‘Untitled’ illusionary opt art and textile installation; and the quirky replica Moroccan tea house, designed by Hassan Hajjaj.

There’s more; until January 28th, Triennial EXTRA adds a host of DJs, dancers, bars, talks to the mix, as well as Supernormal’s pop-up restaurant Natsu!

Installation views: ‘Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of the Rainbow’ at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2017. Photos – Natasha Harth, QAGOMA.

Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow

Until February 11th Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane Free

Australia is being graced with two exhibitions by phenomenal Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the moment – Brisbanites and Melbournians it’s a quick trip for you, everyone else in-between, it’s surely worth the travel.

This epic GOMA exhibition focuses on Kusama’s vast body of beguiling creations from the 1950s to present, exploring key motifs – yes, that includes polka dots, but deeper themes explore her engagement with the body, and her conception of space.

There’s early painterly experiments, celebrated ‘net’ paintings, performance art, soft-sculpture, assemblage, iconic ‘infinity rooms’ and large-scale installations of her later career, before a presentation of most recent paintings from her arresting ‘My Eternal Soul’ series (2009 – ongoing).

It’s also one for the kids, with the Children’s Art Centre at GOMA hosting the immersive interactive ‘The obliteration room (2002 – ongoing)’, a collaboration between the artist and QAGOMA, which debuted at ‘The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ and has since been experienced by more than five million people around the world.

Visit soon before the show wraps up in mid-February.

Marimekko: Design Icon 1951 to 2018 is coming to Bendigo Art Gallery. Photos – courtesy Courtesy of the Design Museum, Helsinki.

Marimekko: Design Icon 1951 to 2018

March 3rd to June 11th Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Ticketed

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the Bendigo Gallery of Art on several occasions over the last couple of years – who could forget their Marilyn Monroe showcase, complete with eight-metre high sculpture! Their attention to detail never disappoints.

Though that Hollywood trailblazer has long since departed, a duo of wonderful Finnish women is about to step into the spotlight. Armi Ratia and Riitta Immonen founded Marimekko during the golden age of post-war modernism, and their textile and fashion company went on to garner widespread international fame for its bold pop-art prints throughout the 1960s and 70s.

At the same time, the women’s lib movement was making leaps and bounds, and Marimekko’s loud patterns and unconventional ready-to-wear outfits which, ‘brought colour and informality to an otherwise self-conscious fashion world’.

This vibrant exhibition will trace the rise of Marimekko and explore its defining aesthetic, through more than 60 outfits, metres of original fabrics, homewares, sketches and other archival treasures.

The gallery’s cafe is well worth a stop in while you’re there, and consider making a weekend away of it, so you have more time to explore this gem of a goldrush city!

The Biennale of Sydney is back in 2018, and its 45th anniversary promises something pretty special! Pictured here: Semiconductor’s ‘Earthworks 2016’ and Ai Wei Wei’s ‘Law of the Journey 2017’. Photos – courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales.

21st Biennale of Sydney

March 16th to June 11th Art Gallery of New South Wales and various venues citywide, Sydney Free and Ticketed

Held every two years, the Biennale of Sydney is back in 2018, and its 45th anniversary promises something pretty special! The city-wide contemporary art event will roll out across seven participating venues, including Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Bringing exceptional new projects by a diverse field of celebrated international artists, the 21st edition Biennale is curated by Mami Kataoka. Under the theme ‘Superposition: equilibrium and engagement’ (a quantum mechanical term), the showcase will examine how this principle might operate in the world today.

‘The participating artists in the 21st Biennale of Sydney have been chosen to offer a panoramic view of how opposing understandings and interpretations can come together in a state of ‘equilibrium.’ Mami explains.

Fittingly, artist Ai Weiwei will be back in Australia, to deliver the keynote address alongside Mami at the Sydney Opera House. For a comprehensive list of other creatives involved and associated events visit the website here.

Artworks and installation view of the 2017 Telstra NATSIAA, including vessel byPepai Jangala Carroll and painting by Nyunmiti Bruton. Photos – courtesy of Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)

From August 10th Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory (MAGNT), Darwin Free

Founded in 1984, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award celebrates the validity and cultural diversity of contemporary Indigenous artistic expression, and has come to be regarded as one of the premier national events on the Australian Indigenous art calendar. The finalists of these coveted and lucrative (thanks to long-running sponsor Telstra) awards are exhibited at the Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory following the announcement in early August.

Late last year I was so excited to spend an eye-opening afternoon at MAGNT during a stop-over in Darwin. There, I got to view some captivating large-scale artworks in real life (rather than on my monitor, where I’d been first introduced to several artists via our Indigenous Art column).

From works on canvas to immersive audio-visual pieces, and disarmingly conceptual installations, the 34th Telstra NATSIAA exhibition was unforgettable! I expect the 35th to be nothing short of this too.

‘Since its inception, NATSIAA has profiled the immense changes and trends within Indigenous art that emerged from almost invisibility to become a significant force in contemporary fine art. An obvious change has been in the growing range of techniques used by entrants, now reflected in the five subsidiary media awards for bark painting, general painting, works on paper, three dimensional work and in multimedia’ explains Margie West, Emeritus Curator of Aboriginal Art and NATSIAA Founder, MAGNT. ‘NATSIAA remains true to its initial objective by providing unknown, emerging, and established artists from around the country the opportunity to be seen.’

A sneak peek on’s ‘Drowin what’s coming to NGV as part of their Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition: MoMa at NGV., Including Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Drowning Girl 1963’ and Piet Mondrian’s ‘Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow 1937-42’ Photos – courtesy of NGV.

MoMA at NGV

June 9th to October 7th National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) International, Melbourne Ticketed

While it’s hard to get excited about Summer’s end, ‘the greatest modern art museum in the world’ arriving on our doorstep will help. The National Gallery of Victoria, in partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, will present MoMA at NGV as the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition in 2018.

Prepare yourself for a unique survey of the MoMA’s iconic collection – approximately 200 key works, tracing the development of art and design from late-nineteenth-century urban and industrial transformation, through to the digital and global present.

MoMA’s early acquisitions, including masterworks by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne will be on show, as will pieces by pioneering cubist and futurist artists Pablo Picasso and Umberto Boccioni, the radical abstractions of Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, the surreal paintings of Salvador Dalí and Frida Kahlo, and works by Alexander Calder and Jackson Pollock…(breathe).

The show will also chronicle art from Minimalism through to Post Modernism c/o Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Lynda Benglis, Sol LeWitt, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman and Keith Haring, as well as the likes of the next wave of artists Kara Walker, Rineke Dijkstra, Andreas Gursky, Olafur Eliasson, Huang Yong Ping, Mona Hatoum, El Anatsui and Camille Henrot.

Objects from MoMA’s Architecture and Design collection will be arriving as well, to the delight of architects, designers and artists alike.

Internationally exclusive to Melbourne, and more then two years in the making, I might be editing my earlier statement about Triennale being NGVs ‘most ambitious exhibition to date’ when MoMA arrives mid-year!

An installation view of The Museum of Everything currently on at MONA, alongside artworks on display. Photos – courtesy of the MONA.

The Museum of Everything

Until April 2nd Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart Ticketed

The onslaught of acronyms and collaborations could have you a little confused at this point, but stay with me.

Next on the list is Museum of Old and New Art, which has invited The Museum of Everything down to Tasmania. For this reason (among others) you should head there too.

Opening in London in 2009, The Museum of Everything is a travelling institution, advocating for ‘the visibility of art that falls outside the confines of the art world proper; the work of ordinary people, working far (literally or otherwise) from the cultural metropolis’. Hence it being a perfect match for Australia’s own boundary-pushing private gallery.

What to expect? The extraordinary… from the passionate fringe! ‘Our museum stretches, I hope, the possibility of who has the right to be considered an artist,’ says The Museum of Everything founder James Brett. His temporarily Tasmania-based showcase is produced by the likes of transcendent scientists, self-taught architects, and citizen inventors, creating their own art/folklore (in some particular examples from the confines of a hospital or prison) to challenge established histories of culture and place.

What you will find when you come, beckons MONA, is ‘a jolly fine collection, cor blimey, of drawings, paintings, sculptures, photography, environments and assemblies. There are wondrous samples of the Art Brut/Outsider Art canon (oh, the irony) as well as the ‘newly discovered’ (as our British imperial overlords would have it), alongside work from studios for artists with disabilities. We’re excited. This stuff matters, in a social-justice sense and in an art-lovers sense.’

A preview of Maison Cartier jewellery that will be showcased as part of the epic Cartier: The Exhibition later this year, including: the Queen’s ‘Halo’ tiara, worn by Kate Middleton at her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; and the crocodile necklace worn by actress María Félix among other dazzling designs. Photos – courtesy of National Gallery of Australia.

Cartier: The Exhibition

March 30th to July 22nd National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Ticketed

Two dazzling crocodiles, conjoined to form one of the most covetable necklaces of all time, the same gilded reptiles that femme fatale María Félix once wore, making a fashion statement AND a kick-ass power play – I’ve got to see them!! The preview of this exhibition is etched into my memory; the gems are astounding and the goldsmithing more meticulous than one could imagine, I mean, let’s not forget, this is metal and rock formed so exquisitely as to lay gently on the wearer. Even if you’re not that into jewels, Cartier: The Exhibition is a glimmering window into almost two centuries of design movements and aesthetics du jour.

The showcase will comprise more than 300 spectacular Maison Cartier items, with loans from royal families, celebrities and the astonishing Cartier Collection itself, including wow-factor jewellery, one-of-a-kind timepieces and precious objects.

Highlights will include Dame Nellie Melba’s diamond stomacher brooch, the Queen’s ‘Halo’ tiara, worn by Kate Middleton at her wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Daisy Fellowes’ Tutti-Frutti Hindu necklace, Barbara Hutton’s imperial jadeite necklace, Princess Grace of Monaco’s 10.48-carat diamond engagement ring, Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s diamond and ruby necklace and a selection from the NGA’s Ballets Russes costumes.

This Canberra exhibition will follow the History of the French house, delving into the incredible lives of glittering international clientele, and those of the master craftspeople who created for them. Also visit for the unprecedented access to a carefully curated selection of original preparatory drawings, portraits, historic photographs, film, advertising material, jewellery-making tools and equipment, as well as talks and events!

The 2017 Archibald Prize exhibition installed at the Art Gallery of NSW, alongside Archibald finalist artworks: Yvette Coppersmith’s ‘Professor Gillian Triggs’ oil on linen (137.5x110cm); and Rowan Robertson’s ‘Sun shines in the rusty morning (Riverina, NSW)’ oil on linen (50x45cm). Photos – courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales and Geelong Gallery.

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2018

May 12th to September 9th Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Geelong Gallery, Geelong Free

Showcasing the finalists and winners of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes was a highlight of our 2017 art coverage, both according to us and to you (thanks for reading it, lots!). There is no way, then, that we could look past including these exhibitions for ‘Australia’s most important art prizes’ in this must-see list.

Unfortunately, I can’t predict which artists will be included in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman yet, nor who or what they will have painted. What I do know, from the awards’ exemplarily track record, is that these three shows, which debut every year together, in adjacent gallery spaces at the Art Gallery of NSW, are not to be missed.

The good news to this end is that after initially showing at the Art Gallery of NSW (who administers all three prizes) the Archibald exhibition will travel interstate to additional venues, including a showing at Geelong Gallery in Victoria – see you there!

The Lyon Housemuseum in Kew is set to become one of the largest art precincts in Melbourne when it’s expansion opens in November. Photo – Eve Wilson.

Lyon Housemuseum Galleries

From November Lyon Housemuseum Precinct in Kew, Melbourne Ticketed

Early in 2017 we were blown away by a new discovery right on our doorstep, the Lyon Housemuseum. (No, that’s not a typo – for a quick refresher, watch this video before reading on!)

The Lyon Housemuseum is a remarkable Australian home belonging to one very special family: Corbett Lyon, a fourth generation architect, and co-director of Lyons Architecture; his partner Yueji; and their daughters Carlin and Jaqlin. Though it is their functional family home, it is also a truly innovative art museum, open for tours on designated days.

As if its whole existence wasn’t amazing and generous enough, Corbett and his family have been working on the construction of a new public art museum, Housemuseum Galleries, right next door to the original Lyon Housemuseum, which will be run by the not-for-profit Lyon Foundation.

Set to open in November, the new purpose-built Lyon Housemuseum Galleries will launch with a huge new exhibition of all new commissions by Australian contemporary artists.

Lucy, can we book our next TDF team trip?

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CONGRATULATIONS HALEY, YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS EDGAR BONES WITH THE FACECLAIM OF DIEGO BONETA!

We barely even had to read your application to know this would be a definite yes from us. The fact that he's incredibly self-critical as a byproduct of him being "perfect" just fit so well, his relationship with Amelia was wonderfully described by you and his friendships with Ted and Frank just warmed all of our hearts. It was the exact way we had pictured Edgar while we were writing his character, and we were truly blown away by your application, we can't wait to write with you.

Check out our acceptance checklist right here on what to do next!

♔ OUT OF CHARACTER INFO ♔

Name:

Haley

Age:

20! My birthday just passed, actually. It’s August 15th!

Pronouns:

She/Her

Timezone/Activity:

Standard Central Time! (I live in Texas, if that helps) And my activity typically depends on the activity of the roleplay as well as the muse I have for my character. In active roleplays where I love my character I tend to be online pretty much all day. I’m a nanny, so I have a lot of downtime to get online! In number form, I’d say 7/10!

Triggers:

None that I’m currently aware of.

Anything Else?:

Nothing in particular! Just that I appreciate this roleplay and hope that I get the chance to write with you all. :)

♔ IN CHARACTER INFO ♔

Full Name:

Edgar Elijah Bones. I think he’d also go by Ed, also.

Birthday and Age:

Edgar is 17 years old and his birthday is on September 8th, making him a Virgo!

Pronouns:

He/Him

Sexuality/Romantic Orientation:

If you ask him, he’ll tell you that he likes girls. But he’s actually fairly fluid with his sexuality, he’s just never met someone that has challenged the view he holds inside.

Extracurriculars:

He’s listed as a Prefect and a Chaser for his house. He’s also in the Chess Club, the Slug Club, and the Dueling Club. Those are all great with me and line up with my idea of him perfectly!

Personality Traits:

+ Thorough: Edgar makes sure to put careful thought into all of his decisions and actions. He takes into account every detail and leaves no task unfinished. He completes his duties with great care. This can easily be seen if one were to flip through the numerous pages of notes he takes for his classes and the bundle of carefully planned out to-do lists that he keeps in his book bag.

+ Brave: Edgar does not fear pain, nor is he scared of death. He has a fighting spirit and a desire to stand up for those who can’t do it himself. He will do anything the Order asks of him, without hesitation. On the other hand, he also does not mind telling people things that they might not want to hear. Bravery comes in many forms, and Edgar exemplifies a lot of them.

+ Decisive: It does not take Edgar long to come to a decision. He is logical, almost to a fault, and has no trouble coming to a conclusion quickly and effectively, whether or not it is the right one.

+ Charismatic: Edgar Bones is not called perfect for nothing. Perfect implies that someone excels in all aspects of life and this includes socially. He possesses a compelling charm and has perfected his fake smile. He can small talk with the best of them and typically has no problem getting people to like him.

- Stubborn: An unfortunate byproduct of his thoroughness has led Edgar to develop quite a bit of a stubborn streak. Because he tends to his decisions so carefully he resents being told to do otherwise and will dig his heels into the ground, only doing something if he considers it to be his own idea.

- Self-Critical: Perfect has been a large label to live up to and Edgar isn’t so sure if he’s doing a good job. When he does well on something, he attributes it to extremely hard work and good luck. When he fails, he takes it as a direct display of his true abilities. He fears that he will never live up to the expectations before him and if he is proven correct, even in the slightest, then he unleashes an onslaught of self hatred on his psyche.

- Bossy: Perhaps it’s because he’s the eldest, or perhaps it’s because he thinks every decision he makes is the correct one, but Edgar has a habit of telling other people what to do. He doesn’t mean anything wrong by it and most of the time he doesn’t even realize that he’s doing it. Still, he can come off as a bit domineering in certain circumstances, which is certainly not aided by his stubbornness.

- Impatient: It takes Edgar half a second to know what he wants so he can be a little bothered when other people choose to take more time with their choices. He forgets sometimes that not everyone is as decisive or sure as he is, which results in him annoying the others around him.

Biography:

It was a rainy day in Devonshire on September 3rd, when Adeline and Edward Bones welcomed their first child into the world. The boy was a tiny thing, hardly meeting 16inches. He was very quiet as well, which worried the midwife. Babies are supposed to wail when they’re born, they were told. Still, crying or not, the baby turned out to be just fine, even if he was a bit on the small side. They named him Edgar Elijah Bones and he quickly became the light of his parent’s life. He had quite the eventful first year. He was walking at nine months, and was beginning to string together words by ten months. Every day, his parents grew more and more impressed with their gifted son. It seemed the Bones’ had proved Adeline’s family wrong and produced a fine boy, regardless of her seemingly less than worthy match. It wasn’t too much longer that the Bones were welcoming another child into their fold, little Amelia. She was born on an unusually bright and sunny day which shone with the subtle beauty of fall, a stark contrast to the circumstances surrounding Edgar’s first day of life.

Though the weather on the day of their births were quite different, Edgar and Amelia turned out to be quite similar. Both were driven, ambitious, and cutthroat when it came to their success. Their parents taught them that there was nothing they couldn’t do, so Edgar tried to do everything. He read, he wrote, he painted, and he played Quidditch. Whatever he could do to expand his horizons, he did. – And he enjoyed it too, at least for awhile. He was around eight years old whenever he finally understood the pressure that was being rested upon his shoulders. He must do better. He must be better than those around him. His classmates, his friends, his enemies, and even his sister. He quickly realized that being Edgar Bones meant that you were to be the best. He certainly tried his hardest to meet these expectations. He read every book that his father gave him, perfected the manners that his mother tried to instill in him, and guided his sister in her endeavors. Whatever it took to make his parents proud.

A week before his twelfth birthday, Edgar said goodbye to his family and headed off to Hogwarts, where the real work started. It took the Sorting Hat half of a second to put him in Ravenclaw, so off he went to the Eagles. He had never been so excited. For his entire life he’d wanted to be sorted in the house of bronze and blue. They valued knowledge, wit, and intellect and there was no shortage of those things in the Bones household. Unfortunately, he found it difficult to make friends with his fellow housemates and fell into loneliness rather quickly. It felt as if he went weeks without having a genuine conversation with anybody and it was beginning to wear him down. Edgar wasn’t an especially social child, but even he wasn’t immune to the woes of solitude. One day, in his second month at school, this all changed. He was in Defense Against the Dark Arts, silently sitting next to Augustus Rookwood, when the Professor decided to rearrange the seating. They were in class with the Hufflepuffs and he was placed at a table next to one Ted Tonks. Ted was Edgar’s saving grace at Hogwarts. They became fast friends, spending many a weekend on the Pitch, practicing their throws. Ted introduced Edgar to Frank Longbottom and a trio was born. A year later, Amelia left home and followed her brother to Hogwarts. To Edgar’s delight, she was also sorted into Ravenclaw and the two siblings became nearly inseparable. Finally, he completely settled into life at Hogwarts.

Or, well, he settled as much as was possible. As the years slipped by and his school work became ever more difficult, Edgar found himself struggling to keep up. He’d done exceptionally well for his first four years, making his parents proud. However, when OWL’s rolled around, he found that it was no longer as easy as it had been in semesters past. He refused to let that stop him, though. He was Edgar Elijah Bones and he was supposed to be perfect. That’s what he’d been hearing his entire life. And it was true, he supposed. He smiled when he was supposed to, he made friends with good people, he was at the top of class, excelled at Quidditch, and was destined for a thriving Ministry career. What else could somebody want in a son? Edgar’s goal, for as long as he could remember, was to make his parents proud. And he’d succeeded thus far. His parents couldn’t be happier with their boy. Which is why he found it impossible to tell them that he wasn’t sure if he could do this. How could he let them down? How could he let his sister down? He was her older brother, he was supposed to pave the way. Although, it seemed Amelia needed little help with that. She seemed to thrive under the pressure, whereas he felt like he were drowning. Still, he persevered and made it through his exams with flying colors. Sixth year was much the same. Only now, NEWT’s were approaching and if he had struggled so hard with his exams years prior, how was he going to survive the Nastily Exhausting exams? He refused to admit it to anybody, but he was terrified.

He seemed to be terrified by a lot of things this year. Not only did the thought of the impending year fill him with a dreadful anxiety, but he also now had blood supremacists to contend to. It was an easy decision to sign up for the Order of the Pheonix. One of this best friends was muggleborn and the Bones believed in honor and dignity for all. He was quite passionate about the cause and was not one to stand for any such speak of Death Eater sympathies in his midst. There were not many things that pushed him to draw his wand, but prejudiced bigots ignited a fire inside of him. He was willing to lay down his wand and his life in service to those that needed him. Only time would tell if he would be required to.

Additional Info:

Some headcanons I thought of while making this app!

He’s been wearing a small leather bracelet for years because he considers it lucky.

He only owns three pairs of shoes. One for everyday wear, one for formal wear, and one for physical activity (labor, fighting, Quidditch, etc.)

He has a large collection of business cards.

Still has the comic book collection he started as a boy.

He’s a fanatic about Wizard’s Chess.

He has a nice singing voice, although he rarely shows anybody. Only the walls of his shower are lucky enough to hear.

He smokes cigarettes

Brave as he is, he’s vastly afraid of insects.

He has Virgo sun sign, but his moon sign is in Leo. His personality reflects this.

#morsmordre accepted #edgar bones #marauders rp #harry potter rp #hp rp

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