Art Smitten
Art Smitten
With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of fine art practices!Social links:
Fibre art and textile traditions - Interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
On our next episode of Art Smitten, we are thrilled to be interviewing Maggie Hensel-Brown, who has been working on a project titled ‘Lacing Communities Together’ both here and around the world. 🕯️ 🪡 Lacemakers from 11 countries and 19 states sent triangles to the Columbia Gorge Museum in Washing…
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Don't Break Our Arts - Interview with Ben Eltham
🚨In the lead up to the Victorian State Election this November, Art Smitten will be speaking to the organisers of the Don’t Break Our Arts campaign to discuss the dire situation our much loved arts organisations are finding themselves in. The campaign is calling for the restoration of funding cuts,…
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Art Smitten - Interview with Claire Garwoli, Davin Ivatts and Zosia Slifirski Duckett
On Art Smitten today, we will be joined by the artists presented in ‘For Holding’, currently on display at First Site Gallery. 🕯️ 💌 Claire Garwoli, Davin Ivatts and Zosia Slifirski Duckett are part of Vessel – a collective formed from a friendship forged through sculpture. ‘For Holding’ is their…
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Artist interview with Faith Spencer
🕯️Today on Art Smitten, we’ll be joined by Faith Spencer, whose solo show, ‘If stars were to touch me, I’d feel it’, has just opened at @alltheverybest_ in Abbotsford! Faith is a painter whose practice explores light and atmosphere through layered colour and a transient visual language. Drawing on…
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Melbourne Sculpture Biennale - with Beth Maslen and Hannah Gartside
After an incredible day experiencing the 2026 Melbourne Sculpture Biennale at Billilla Mansion, our next episode of Art Smitten will be sharing our thoughts & reflections on the project 🍃🏡🕯️ We are also fortunate to be joined by Hannah Gartside + Beth Maslen, who both have new works presented at…
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Radical Computing with Mel Huang Buntine
In this episode we are joined by Mel Huang Buntine, the curator of NCM's exhibition 'Radical Computing'. This exhibition is a love letter to the computer and our relationships to technological systems, from the communal to the personal. The team also reflect on our own history with computers (hel…
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ACCA NEW26 - Interview with Nicholas Currie and Diego Ramírez
Today on Art Smitten we are thrilled to be joined by Nicholas Currie and Diego Ramírez, 2 of the artists featured in ACCA’s NEW26 exhibition which celebrates the most compelling emerging artists with bold and ambitious new commissions. Image credits: 1) L-R: Nicholas Currie, I wonder if it’s all g…
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The art of wandering - encounters on the streets of Naarm/Melbourne
We’ve been out walking on the beautiful streets of Naarm in preparation for today’s episode all about wandering around and finding art along the way. 🚶 Aditi shares a book review of I want to die, but I want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee Afrina reflects on the debut single 'Ghost of You' by W…
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'Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree' with Sophie Gerhard
We are excited to be discussing Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree currently on display at the Potter Museum of Art. This major exhibition reflects the deep cultural, ecological and symbolic significance of the gum tree — and we look forward to hearing our guest Sophie Gerhard share insights into t…
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Funky foods, art and fashion: Interview with Dhishni de Silva + reflecting on Yayoi Kusama
We are keeping things funky and fresh in this episode of Art Smitten... To kick things off, the team reflect on the life and work of Yayoi Kusama after passing away aged 97. Then we are joined by artist Dhishni de Silva @dhishni_art who has been running Funky Veg Still Life classes at Ruma @ru.ma…
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