Art Lovers Australia – Melbourne

Art Lovers Australia opened the doors to their new gallery space in Melbourne/ Naarm at the end of 2021. Nestled in an iconic art pocket of Collingwood, the opening of this new gallery is a bright new adventure for the Art Lovers Australia team.

Art Lovers Australia have been one of Australia’s premier online galleries since 2016 and represents over 1,000+ artists Australia wide.

Art Lovers Australia – Melbourne

300 Wellington Street, Collingwood VIC, Australia

1800 278 568

artloversaustralia.com.au

Mon to Fri 9.30am–5pm
or by appointment.

Feature

Stranger than fiction: Magritte and Cao Fei

In two new exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, René Magritte and Cao Fei speak to each other across cultures and eras about the way that perception can unsettle reality—and the places the real intersects with the surreal.

Sally Gearon

Feature

The undeniable power of Josina Pumani’s Maralinga

Josina Pumani’s electric ceramic work Maralinga—recently recognised at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards— deftly excavates a long-hidden past.

Jessica Alderton

Feature

Speaking volumes: on our love affair with art books

The growing cultural interest in art books reflects the enduring power of the printed word. Jane O’Sullivan takes a closer look.

Jane O'Sullivan

In Pictures

Raining cats and dogs

Whether beloved pets or superstitious omens, animals have always existed in art. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia’s latest exhibition is paying tribute to two of the most beloved animal figures: cats and dogs.

Art Guide Australia

Preview

Reviving the potter’s quarter

In an expansive show at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, seven leading Australian ceramic artists have reinvigorated one of Australia’s oldest museum collections by creating a contemporary potter’s quarter—known as the ‘kerameikos’ in Ancient Greece.

Michelle Wang

Book Reviews

A compact but rewarding monograph that delves inside Natalya Hughes’s layered practice

Natalya Hughes has a conflicted fascination with modernist men like Freud, Kirchner and de Kooning. Jane O’Sullivan takes a look at The Interior, the Institute of Modern Art monograph on her recent practice, and discovers difficult and provocative questions about not just the representation of women in art and culture, but also the careers of women artists in Australia.

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Art Lovers Australia – Melbourne