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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sona Eterna – Concert Performance

Sona Eterna – Concert Performance

Thursday 26 October, 8pm

Contemplation After Hours

Contemplation After Hours

Tuesday 10 October, 6pm

Lisa Sammut: Artist Talk

Lisa Sammut: Artist Talk

Sunday 24 September, 1pm

PAST EVENTS

Modernist Glare: Scratch Night Event

Modernist Glare: Scratch Night Event

University of Melbourne Open Day at Buxton Contemporary

University of Melbourne Open Day at Buxton Contemporary

Winter Student Party

Winter Student Party

Insomnia Radio.FM broadcast

Insomnia Radio.FM broadcast

Protest and Peter Tyndall

Protest and Peter Tyndall

Peter Tyndall: Artist Walkthrough

Peter Tyndall: Artist Walkthrough

O-week Student Party

O-week Student Party

Open House Melbourne: nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary

Open House Melbourne: nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary

An Introduction to Culinary Mushroom Cultivation

An Introduction to Culinary Mushroom Cultivation

Art and Science in Conversation: Ethnobotany and Entheogens

Art and Science in Conversation: Ethnobotany and Entheogens

Art and Science in Conversation: Analogy and Metaphor

Art and Science in Conversation: Analogy and Metaphor

Artist Floor Talk: Lou Hubbard

Artist Floor Talk: Lou Hubbard

Curator Talk

Curator Talk

Architect Talk

Architect Talk

University of Melbourne Open Day

University of Melbourne Open Day

Artist Floor Talk: Susan Jacobs

Artist Floor Talk: Susan Jacobs

Interrogating the Past: First Nations Artists and Collections

Interrogating the Past: First Nations Artists and Collections

Observance — Artist Floor Talks

Observance — Artist Floor Talks

{~~~} … , … ; x Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock

{~~~} … , … ; x Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock

POETRY READING – NEW CONSTELLATIONS, curated by Justin Clemens

POETRY READING – NEW CONSTELLATIONS, curated by Justin Clemens

Located in the heart of the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Buxton Contemporary houses sophisticated spaces for hire within a gallery which showcases the best of international and Australian contemporary art. Buxton Contemporary. Explore the range of available spaces here, or contact our events team directly at mc-events@unimelb.edu.au.

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Experience a unique guided meditation at Buxton Co

Experience a unique guided meditation at Buxton Contemporary, led by Insight meditation teacher Jess Huon in collaboration with the Centre for Contemplative Studies! 🧘‍♀️🌙

Leave the stresses of the day behind and find serenity amidst the captivating artworks of our latest exhibition. Afterwards, enjoy a calming tea with 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 curators Hannah Presley and Annika Aitken. ☕

📅 Tuesday 10 October
🕕 6pm
🎟️ Free at link in bio

Halley’s Comet will return twice during Lisa Sam

Halley’s Comet will return twice during Lisa Sammut's lifetime: once at the very beginning, and again somewhere towards the end. Visualising the comet’s elliptical path elicits a strange sense of comfort for Sammut and is the inspiration behind her ethereal works in 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.

Visitors on social media have captured Sammut's sculptural works swirling and orbiting space, set against a backdrop of video projections. Now we invite you to move beyond the spectacle, with our upcoming artist talk featuring Lisa Sammut.

📅 Sunday 24 September
🕐 1pm
🎟️ Free at link in bio

Join us for a thought-provoking scratch night, exp

Join us for a thought-provoking scratch night, exploring the failures of modernist design, and it's impact on life, love and stories through architecture.

🗓️ Friday 15 September
🕠 5:30pm–6:30pm
🎟️ Free at link in bio

Lindy Lee is an acclaimed Australian artist known

Lindy Lee is an acclaimed Australian artist known for her unique fusion of Eastern and Western artistic practices. Her work serves as a bridge between the two cultures; blending traditional Chinese techniques such as calligraphy, ink painting and paper burning with Western mediums like sculpture and photography.

Drawing from her background in Chinese philosophy and Zen Buddhism, Lee’s art reflects her deep contemplation of the self and the universe. She invites viewers to engage with deep philosophical questions and to contemplate their place within the vast cosmos...

Lindy Lee’s 1996 painting ‘Waves chatting to other waves’ is exhibiting now as part of 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.

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Image 1: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Kame colour VI 1995 and Lindy Lee, Waves chatting to other waves 1996.

Image 2: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Lindy Lee, Waves chatting to other waves 1996. Photography by Eloise Coomber.

Teelah George is an Australian artist with an acut

Teelah George is an Australian artist with an acute sensitivity to her materials and their inherent qualities.

Working across painting, embroidery and sculpture, her evocative and tactile works explore the colour and expanse of the Australian sky and landscape. 🌌

George’s works often delve into the complexities of human emotions and memories, and sometimes draw from historical archives or oral histories as a point of departure.

‘Sky Piece, Night (Melbourne)’ by Teelah George is on display now as part of our latest exhibition 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.

Teelah George is represented by @neon_parc.

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Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023 featuring Sky Piece, Night (Melbourne) 2021, Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Eloise Coomber.

This Sunday is @unimelb Open Day! 🌗 Explore th

This Sunday is @unimelb Open Day! 🌗

Explore the Southbank campus, then stop by Buxton Contemporary for a gallery tour at 11:30am or 2pm (Auslan interpreted).

We’ll be open for general visitation between 11am - 5pm.

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Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Lisa Sammut, Full circle (ii) 2023. Photography by Emma Byrnes.

“Fancy some alone time? This new show might be j

“Fancy some alone time? This new show might be just the thing” — @sydneymorningherald

nightshifts is open this weekend. Stop by and embrace the power of solitude…

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Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Benjamin Armstrong, The Shape of Things to Come II 2006-7. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Emma Byrnes.

First Sound, First Light isn’t just the title of

First Sound, First Light isn’t just the title of the sonic installation created by Vicki Couzens in collaboration with Rob Bundle. It’s also a way of talking about the world and the universe— where things are going and where they are coming from.

🔗 Delve into the stories behind 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴. Full video at the link in our bio.

This ethereal work by Benjamin Armstrong evokes ea

This ethereal work by Benjamin Armstrong evokes earthly and cosmic worlds in equal measure.

Armstrong created this seemingly impossible form with hand-blown glass and pigmented wax. At once familiar yet completely indefinable, ‘Into the Underworld’ (2007) conjures both the surreal and the grotesque, creating a collision of attraction and repulsion.

View it now as part of 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.

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Image 1: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Benjamin Armstrong, Into the Underworld 2007. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Emma Byrnes.

Image 2 and 3: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Benjamin Armstrong, Into the Underworld 2007. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Eloise Coomber.

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