Craft Victoria

Craft is one of Victoria’s largest and oldest arts organisations dedicated to championing aspirational making and ideas driven practice through exhibitions, public programs, events and retail opportunities. Craft is a not for profit, membership based organisation that represents more contemporary craftspeople than any other organisation in Australia, and supports makers through every stage of their career.

Craft brings together a vibrant and sustainable contemporary craft and design community through events which represent and celebrate all craft practitioners and promotes excellence and innovation in contemporary craft.

Craft Victoria

Watson Place, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

03 9650 7775

craft.org.au

Tuesday to Friday – 11am – 5pm, Saturday – 11am – 4pm (excluding public holidays) or by appointment.

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John Nixon: A Poet of Prints

Known as a great avant-garde painter, the late John Nixon also created hundreds of prints—which, as those who knew Nixon can attest, exemplify his minimalism, experimentalism, and his interlacing of life and art. John Nixon—Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints is currently on display at Geelong Gallery.

Autumn Royal

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The art books we loved in 2023

Whether scouting the perfect gift or searching for a summer read, our editors have picked their top art books of 2023—spanning everything from a history of ceramics, women and spiritualism, and First Nations practices.

Art Guide Editors

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Tacita Dean’s strange fortune

Since the early 1990s, British artist Tacita Dean has gifted us myriad artworks on the intimacy, unexpectedness, and materiality of film and image making. With a new survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, we look at Dean’s tracing of history and chance.

Isabella Trimboli

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The art heist you’ve never heard of

A new SBS documentary investigates the little-known 1986 art heist that saw 26 priceless paintings stolen from a remote monastery in Western Australia.

Steve Dow

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Betty Muffler on ways of healing Country

For Betty Muffler art making and healing are indistinguishable. Evoking Country through the view of the eagle, she’s now showing in the NGV Triennial alongside a host of international names.

Maya Hodge

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Making waves at the Fremantle Biennale

The fourth Fremantle Biennale looks toward the ocean and beyond, making use of the city’s varied environments and shared histories. The program features over 70 events and 80 artists, including an immersive installation by Taloi Havini.

Craft Victoria

Craft Victoria

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