Grace’s summer art picks
Art markets, children’s workshops and horror-fuelled group shows—check out summer art picks from Grace Herbert, one of our senior curators.
Whether she’s helping wrangle bus-sized surrealism or instal Haitian sculpture, Grace Herbert knows how to pick the good spot. We asked for a quick guide to Melbourne shows and exhibitions to keep us air-conditioned and enthralled through the long days of summer.
From the Other Side
ACCA’s From the Other Side exhibition includes a star-studded line-up of local and international artists all drawing on the power of horror.
WHERE
ACCA, 111 Sturt Street, Southbank
WHEN
Sat 9 Dec 2023—Sun 3 Mar
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Queer PHOTO at Midsumma
The Midsumma Photo 2024 program, Queer PHOTO has 14 exhbitions including an archival exhibition of work by much-loved Aotearoa-based queer Polynesian collective FAFSWAG at Substation.
WHERE
Footscray, Newport, Werribee
WHEN
Sat 27 Jan—Sun 24 Mar
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Schoolhouse Studios summer program
Plenty of community and artist-led events. The summer program will include art markets, clothes swaps, gigs, exhibitions, and children’s workshops!
WHERE
Schoolhouse Studios, 28 Victoria St, Coburg
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Footscray Community Arts Centre
Footscray Community Arts Centre has a brilliant looking summer Makers Market (Sat 9 Dec, 9am—3pm) and a beaut exhibition Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua (until Jan 28).
WHERE
Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, Footscray
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