La Trobe Art Institute

The La Trobe Art Institute (LAI) manages the art related activities of La Trobe University across its multiple campuses. The primary roles include the production of art exhibitions and integrated public programming, and the ongoing maintenance of the University’s extensive cultural collections of contemporary and historical artworks, social history and ethnographic objects.

Photography by Ian Hill.

La Trobe Art Institute

121 View Street Bendigo VIC 3550

03 5444 7272

latrobe.edu.au/art-institute

Tue to Fri 10am–5pm.
Sat-Sun 12noon–5pm.
Mon by appointment.

Book Reviews

65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.

Jane O'Sullivan

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Oslo Davis reimagines art terms

In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.

Oslo Davis

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The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer

With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.

Art Guide Australia

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Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana and inherited influence

In Anmatyerr artist Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana’s first solo exhibition in Melbourne—which focuses on the Central Desert food source Arnwekety (bush plum)—the influence and love of her Country and culture is palpable. Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana is now showing at Niagara Galleries.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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Scaling new heights

A new exhibition at the Australian National Capital Artists Inc (ANCA) asks 12 artists—including Dan Powers, S.A.Adair, Emma Beer and Lisa Sammut—to explore scale: from the miniature to the monumental.

Michelle Wang

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NGV’s Reko Rennie retrospective asks whether he should be considered Australia’s Keith Haring

First Nations artist Reko Rennie possesses the gift of creating memorable images that are simultaneously puzzling, intriguing and entertaining.

La Trobe Art Institute

La Trobe Art Institute

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