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Buxton Contemporary Temporarily closed for the installation of a/part: Hoda Afshar opening 30 October.

Just announced: a/part, a new exhibition by Hoda Afshar opens this October at Buxton Contemporary.  Based in Naarm/Melbo...
12/10/2026

Just announced: a/part, a new exhibition by Hoda Afshar opens this October at Buxton Contemporary.

Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Afshar asks us to look more closely at who gets to be seen, heard and represented—and who is pushed to the margins.

With works exploring Indigenous youth detention, the ethical tensions of witnessing and dissent, and Australia’s national border policies, a/part brings audiences into proximity with people whose experiences are often obscured by political rhetoric, bureaucracy and indifference.

Featuring works made in collaboration with Vernon Ah Kee and Behrouz Boochani.

30 October 2026 – 24 April 2027.

Image caption: Hoda Afshar, Vernon Ah Kee, Behrouz Boochani, still from Code Black / Riot 2025. Four-channel digital video, colour, sound, 33 mins. Courtesy of the artists and Milani Gallery.

Poetry goes no further than language has now closed. Bringing together reconstructed works by the Beijing collective New...
04/10/2026

Poetry goes no further than language has now closed.

Bringing together reconstructed works by the Beijing collective New Measurement Group and Shanghai-based artist Qian Weikang—alongside a new responsive commission by Melbourne-based artist Darcey Bella Arnold—the exhibition introduced Australian audiences to a rarely seen chapter of contemporary Chinese art history.

Thank you to everyone who spent time visiting our first-ever dual-language exhibition and helped to bring it to life.

Curated by Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu
Assisted by Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing: Huiyi Li, Li Zejun
Curatorial: Annika Aitken, Pippa Milne
Exhibition Management: Trevor Hall
Registration: Kathryn Kiely, Svetlana Matovski
Installation Team: Lidia Byrne, Eric Jong, Lexi Kerr, Wolfgang Schmidtke
AV Management: Jack Farley
Marketing: Timothy Walsh, Gabrielle Capes
Exhibition Design: Katherine Horseman
Graphic Design: Tana Mitchell
Audience and Programs: Erin Milne
Public Programs: Nicky Pastore and Isabel Frías
Academic Engagement: Kyla McFarlane and Shirley Liu
Learning and Outreach: Eloise Breskvar
Exhibition Intern: Jasmin Yujing Wu
Special thanks: Wang Luyan, Wang Du, Lin Chun, Zhao Chuan, Zhang Qiang Zhao Youhou, Michael Evans & W Collection Space, Samantha Comte, Tyson Brown
Supported by: Dulux, Sun Sets Australia, Flys Alone Painting, Arten Contemporary, Decently Exposed, MEGS Lighting, Norma Redpath Studio

Buxton Contemporary is now closed while we install our next exhibition. Stay tuned.

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Photos by Astrid Mulder.

Is this an 'anti-art' art exhibition?Visit Poetry goes no further than language before we close this Saturday 3 October.
28/09/2026

Is this an 'anti-art' art exhibition?

Visit Poetry goes no further than language before we close this Saturday 3 October.

Join nine leading art historians, artists and curators at Buxton Contemporary for 'Conceptualism and China'. This one-da...
14/09/2026

Join nine leading art historians, artists and curators at Buxton Contemporary for 'Conceptualism and China'.

This one-day symposium considers the histories of conceptualism and post-socialist art in China. Together, the speakers question whether conceptualism remains a relevant framework for understanding contemporary Chinese art today, and draw connections between Chinese conceptualism and post-object art in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand.

This event is presented in partnership with the Art History and Art Curatorship program, University of Melbourne. Supported by the UNSW Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art.

📆 Friday 2 October
🕙 11am to 4pm
🔗 Free admission at: https://buxtoncontemporary.com/whats-on/events/conceptualism-and-china-symposium

What if orange isn't just orange?See Darcey Bella Arnold's works as part of our exhibition Poetry goes no further than l...
10/09/2026

What if orange isn't just orange?

See Darcey Bella Arnold's works as part of our exhibition Poetry goes no further than language. Closing 3 October.

03/09/2026

ONE MONTH LEFT.

Our latest exhibition surveys the rise of experimental art in China. See it before it ends Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm.

20/08/2026

Two free exhibitions to visit in Southbank!

Poetry goes no further than language
📍Buxton Contemporary
Closing 3 October

Are you lonely? I’m so lonesome I could cry
📍ACCA
Closing 30 August

04/08/2026

Задача выставки в музее Бакстон Контемпорари в Мельбурне — заново оценить значение раннего китайского концептуализма. Многие инсталляции 1980-х годов кураторам пр....

Step inside our latest exhibition Poetry goes no further than language with one of our free guided tours. Explore the ar...
03/06/2026

Step inside our latest exhibition Poetry goes no further than language with one of our free guided tours.

Explore the artists, ideas and cultural shifts that shaped conceptual art in China during the 1980s and gain deeper insight into the works on view through tours offered in both English and Mandarin.

English tours: 3 July, 18 July, 28 August and 3 October.
Mandarin tours: 5 June, 20 June, 31 July, 15 August and 12 September.
All tours begin at 12.30pm.

🔗 No bookings required. Visit the link in our bio to learn more.

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Photos by Astrid Mulder.

11/05/2026

Visit Poetry goes no further than language Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm. 🍊

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Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
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