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Callum Morton Valhalla 2007
Photo Callum Morton ©Anna Schwartz Gallery and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne’s annual festival of performing and visual arts brings together a mind-bogglingly broad range of contemporary art, dance, film, music, theatre, and more from renowned and upcoming Australian and International artists. The city’s public and private galleries join the celebration with shows by leading Australian artists including Simryn Gill, Callum Morton and Philip Brophy. Along with the exhibitions, screening and performances, events such as film director Peter Greenaway’s lecture drawing on his own works to discuss the relation between painting and cinema also offer amble opportunity to examine the arts.
9 – 24 October
Information: http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/