Body architect, designer and science fiction artist Lucy McRae uses film and images to consider how technology could transform the human body in the future. The first survey exhibition of McRae’s provocative and beguiling work, Lucy McRae Body Architect, explores the Los Angeles-based Australian artist’s collaborations with scientists, through to…

Due to an extremely positive response to the inaugural Open House Bendigo in October 2018, Open House is excited to announce its return to Bendigo in 2019 and 2020. “We were buoyed by how the City of Greater Bendigo embraced the event, as not only a celebration of architecture and…

Sydney is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking public art and the man who made the magic happen. The City of Sydney will hold a free CityTalks event featuring world arts patron and philanthropist John Kaldor to celebrate 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects. “I think art gives people a…

A shortlist of the top 52 projects in the 2019 Australian Urban Design Awards has been announced. The shortlisted entries include city centre revitalisations, eco housing, bikeways, rail and metro projects, town squares, a building height standards review and a creative precinct masterplan. The awards recognise contemporary Australian urban design…

For the first time, the flower farmers of the Daylesford Macedon Ranges are joining forces to offer annually a series of events and experiences from each spring through to autumn. The Daylesford Macedon Flower Farm Trail is the first major collaboration from local flower farmers, providing visitors an opportunity to…

Sydney Contemporary, presented by Deutsche Bank, announced its final additions to the 2019 program which will open from 12–15 September at Carriageworks. For 2019, Sydney Contemporary and Artspace announce Hong Kong-based artist Movana Chen as the first performance recipient of the International Artist in Residence Program. The program is a residency opportunity…

Tasmania’s most popular architecture and design event, Open House, is coming back to Launceston in 2019. Open House Launceston, presented by Open House Hobart (OHH), will be held on Saturday 7 September, as part of the Junction Arts Festival. “Wow, what a feast for the senses! Junction is delighted to…

Design Tasmania, in conjunction with the University of Tasmania, presents Japan: Archipelago of the House – an exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture of the house and home from August 23rd–September 22nd, 2019. Western design consumers have long been fascinated with the novelty of Japanese domestic architecture: its materials, spaces and…

The Think Brick Award winners were announced last night at The Crown Palladium Melbourne, showcasing bold and brave designs in the use of clay bricks, concrete masonry and roof tiles in contemporary Australian architecture. As Australia’s richest design awards, The Think Brick Awards handed out $70 000 in prize money…

Join The Planthunter editor Georgina Reid in conversation with Bill Henson, Janet Laurence and Tamara Dean. Each of these artists have a deep connection to plants, gardens and the natural world.  The work of Moran Prize-winning photographer, Tamara Dean explores the human relationship with nature through ritual, myth and personal…