Ten things to see and do in Melbourne this summer
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After months of lockdown, Australia s cultural capital is beginning to bounce back.
What could be more Melbourne than spending long afternoons wandering the halls of the National Gallery of Victoria, or catching up with friends at a late-night show? From possum-fur paintings to Shakespeare under the stars, there s plenty to see and do this summer.
Here are some suggestions for what to put at the top of your holiday to-do list.
1. Walk through the massive, free exhibition at the NGV
Artist Jeff Koons with his sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Australian theatre grapples with access, diversity and job losses through the coronavirus shutdown
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The Sydney Opera House was among the thousands of venues across Australia that went dark at the onset of the pandemic.
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It s hard to quantify just how damaging 2020 has been for the Australian theatre sector.
Performing arts workers from writers and directors to ushers, stagehands and lighting artists lost work overnight, after theatres across the country went dark in March.
Due to the short-term contract-based nature of their work, many were let go without severance pay and were not eligible for JobKeeper.
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The director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Tony Ellwood, remembers being briefed about how bad the pandemic could get on Sunday, March 15. I was told that this was going to be incredibly serious and that we needed to move quickly, he says. My first thought was that I can see people walking through the gallery. I need to shut it down fast.
Some galleries will never recover , Sydney philanthropist warns
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Some galleries will never recover , Sydney philanthropist warns
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Sydney philanthropist and businessman Simon Mordant has warned that some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions face financial wipeout as audiences are yet to return to anywhere near pre-COVID-19 levels.
Mordant was last week named honorary professor at the Centre of Visual Arts at the University of Melbourne as part of its 10-year plan to raise the public profile of its cultural collections and to integrate them into the education program.