Pre-book your visit to see This is a poem!

CURRENT EXHIBITION

THIS IS A POEM

On view from Friday 9 July 2021. Bringing contemporary art and poetry into dialogue, This is a poem is a multi-disciplinary project encompassing new commissions in a diverse mix of media and forms, live performances, a publication and an exhibition.

SEE THE EXHIBITION

Exhibition installation views, photography by Christian Capurro

AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS

Recent publications by poets featured in This is a poem Spoken word & performance program, available for purchase from our bookshop.

SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

Spoken Word & performance Program to accompany the exhibition, all dates to be confirmed

This is a poem exhibition catalogue

Contributing essays by Melissa Keys, Jeanine Leane & Justin Clemens

Melbourne’s major new art museum draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas.

buxton_contemporary

👀 People in the gallery! 💭ART IRL! 💖 ⁣

✏️ Aleks Danko 📐⁣ ⁣ Installation view,

Alex Selenitsch & John Nixon 🟧🧡🟧 ⁣ Ins

🌸 Rose Nolan 🔨⁣
⁣
Installation view, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 2021, with Rose Nolan, Flat flower work 2021, photography Christian Capurro⁣
⁣
Exhibition installation with Rose Nolan July 2021 ❤️

This is a poem reopens TOMORROW Friday 30 July 💙 Capacity limits are in place, pre-book your visit to ensure there's room for you and your soul 🧡 Free entry & open 11am til 5pm all weekend
⁣
Image: Installation view, This is a poem, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 9 July–14 November 2021, with (front to back) Lou Hubbard, Uneasy body 2010–21; Janet Burchill, Room with my soul left out 2000, photography Christian Capurro⁣
@lou_hubbard_art @janetburchill #annaschwartzgallery @sarahscoutpresents #thisisapoem #buxtoncontemporary #poetrymonth

H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; ⁣ ✨@muckletimes @bend $H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; ⁣ ✨@muckletimes @bendy_ben ✨⁣ Playing 24/7 on the screen above our entrance, (Cnr Southbank Blvd & Dodds St) which you view can anytime. Stay tuned for our exhibition reopening date...(soon) 👀⁣ ⁣ Video: Fayen d'Evie & Benjamin Hancock, H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; x 2021 (detail), video, colour, sound, 6.23 minutes, courtesy of the artists$

These are some familiar faces celebrating the open

This is a poem. ⁣ ‼️ Opens Friday 9 July ⁣

This is poem. ⁣ ‼️ Opens 11am Friday 9 July

Load More... Follow on Instagram

We respectfully acknowledge the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation, the traditional owners of the land on which Buxton Contemporary is situated.