RMIT First Site Gallery

First Site is RMIT’s student gallery, that presents student exhibitions and events throughout the year. In the past First Site have been led by a student committee who rotate on a yearly basis.

First Site is part of RMIT Culture.

RMIT Culture brings together the university’s cultural spaces, creative programs and art, film, design and research collections, providing opportunities to inspire the whole community and valuable support for the university’s learning and teaching activities. By showcasing and expanding RMIT’s cultural assets through new initiatives and vibrant partnered projects RMIT Culture helps facilitate an enterprise-wide approach to cultural engagement.

RMIT First Site Gallery

344 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia

+61 3 9925 1717

rmitgallery.com

Tue to Fri 11am–5pm

closed on public and University holidays

Exhibitions

Lovely Bibbles

Evangeline Clark

15 Oct - 8 Nov

Ecoside

Sarah Lockey

15 Oct - 8 Nov

PDA (Public Display of Affection)

Jale Sezai

15 Oct - 8 Nov

Preview

Present moments at the Gold Coast Triennial

Now showing at Home of the Arts (HOTA), the sophomore Gold Coast Triennial, Here and Now, brings together 42 contemporary artists to represent the depth and dynamism of the city’s artistic community.

Sally Gearon

Feature

Archie Moore’s family ties

For Lardil and Yangkaal writer and curator Maya Hodge, Archie Moore’s presentation at this year’s Venice Biennale is a powerful symbol of reckoning—one that asks the world to bear witness to the long shadows of colonial violence and clears space for possibilities ahead.

Maya Hodge

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

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

Feature

Angelica Mesiti’s The Rites of When finally makes sense of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank. It is worth the plane flight.

In The Rites of When, Angelica Mesiti considers the rituals that may mark the seasons in our burning planet. The Tank has been waiting for art like this.

Joanna Mendelssohn

Feature

The photography of Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto captures uncertainty, ruin and empty splendour

Born in 1948, Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto works with photography, site-specific sculpture and architecture. Time Machine at the Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over five decades of his work, highlighting his conceptual approach to images and his continual investigation of the photographic form.

RMIT First Site Gallery

RMIT First Site Gallery

Exhibitions