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Linden New Art is a unique not-for-profit contemporary art gallery in the heart of the Bunurong Boon
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28/05/2026

CALL OUT 💡

Applications are now open for the Linden Projects Space exhibition program 2027.

Linden Projects Space is a purpose-built gallery space dedicated to providing artists and curators of all career-levels a supportive environment to test their ideas, experiment, and exhibit their work.

Programmed each year by an open and equitable proposal call-out process, Linden Projects Space presents a diverse, free-to-visit, rotating exhibition program of solo, collaborative, and curatorial projects. We welcome proposals for projects that are critically-engaged, conceptual, cross-disciplinary, site-responsive, participatory, challenging, innovative, and discursive.

Since the Linden Projects Space opened in 2019, it has afforded artists the freedom to explore, experiment and take risks with their work. It expands the sphere of contemporary practice, championing emergent forms of art making and critical exchange.

Applications close Sunday 5 July @ 11:59pm

Link in bio for more details and application form.

Image: Rie Delange, Commitment to form (scripts) 2025, installation view, Linden Projects Space. Photograph: Shelley Xue

21/05/2026

An auction record was set last night for Linden alumni and supporter Reko Rennie — and we couldn’t be prouder.

This result speaks volumes about the power of Reko’s practice: his unflinching exploration of Aboriginal identity and the subversion of its romantic ideologies. Art is about so much more than money, but moments like this remind us how urgently this work matters.

In true Reko spirit, he has partnered with Linden to create an exclusive limited-edition print for our 40th anniversary, and his generosity goes further. Proceeds will directly establish a new First Nations commission series at Linden, creating lasting opportunity for fellow First Nations artists.

Only 40 prints. One for every year. And only 25 left.

✦ $2,000 unframed / $2,400 framed

This is your chance to own a work by one of Australia’s most significant and sought-after First Nations artists, while directly supporting the future of brave new art.

Buy art. Support artists. Wake up every morning to something that will make you smile for years to come. 🖤

Further information about the work can be found at Linden’s website.

30/04/2026

It’s your last chance to enter the Linden Postcard Show 2026. Entries close at midnight this Sunday, May 3 - NO EXTENSIONS!

🔗 Link in bio for full details and entry form

27/04/2026

ILinden Postcard Show 2026 Entries must close this Sunday 3 May, at midnight - NO EXTENSIONS!

Don’t miss out on being part of one of Australia’s most inclusive art exhibitions. With over $10,000 in cash and prizes on offer, now is your last chance!

🔗 Link in bio for full details and entry

02/04/2026

A friendly reminder that Linden will be closed for the Easter Public Holidays from Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April.

We will be back on Tuesday, 7 April from 11AM to 4PM. Plan your visit and discover what’s on in the link in our bio!

01/04/2026

OPENING TOMORROW
Take a glimpse behind the scenes of 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧·𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. Light, colour, and material begin to shift and interact as artists Michael Graeve and Christoph Dahlhausen transform the Linden Projects Space into a sensory dialogue.

Join us tomorrow night to experience it in full! Opening celebration takes place from 6 to 8pm.

🔗 Visit the link in our bio for more info. 📌 Exhibition Dates 2 April > 17 May 2026

ID > A stack of various material placed against a wall and across the floor. In front of two square, reflective mirrors, a cylindrical roll of reflective film sits on the floor. Behind them are layered panels reflecting pink and purple light. > Coiled metal strip arranged in concentric loops on a grey surface, with subtle rust marks and scratches visible. > Three rectangular panels leaning against a white wall, each with a different coloured surface, namely, grey, red and dark brown. > Gallery view with a glowing pink and purple window casting coloured light onto the floor, partially obscured by a white wall, with rectangular panels mounted and leaning nearby.

25/03/2026

UPCOMING LINDEN PROJECT
Michael Graeve + Christoph Dahlhausen
𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧·𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩

“A scenario tensions the speed of reflections as they occur, and the repose of reflecting itself.

How can the actual movement of light and colour across space be located beyond our perception, yet we can see an image resting here, knowing it comes from there?

And when we observe such links, how might they then compare?

What do encounters of sight, colour and sound add up to, when separated and sequenced across time?

Maybe, in narrating across such sensed memories, each translation we trust inserts nothing but a sped-up millisecond, while each allusion we doubt seeks to entirely slow such a flow.”

- Join us for the opening celebration on 🗓️ Thursday 2 April, 6 > 8PM, at Linden Projects Space 🔗 All welcome, RSVP link in our bio 📌 Exhibition Dates 2 April > 17 May 2026
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Christoph Dahlhausen (Bonn, Germany) and Michael Graeve (Castlemaine, Australia) have collaborated since 2006, developing a series of nuanced dialogues. Their collaborations have been presented internationally at raum2810 (Bonn, 2006), Gigantic Artspace (New York, 2007), Place Gallery (Richmond, 2009), The Arts Centre (Melbourne, 2010), youngcollectors (Swisstal-Miel, 2016), Incinerator Gallery (Moonee Ponds, 2017), Five Walls (Footscray, 2020), and were awarded joint prize winner of the Beethoven Reloaded Prize at Stadtmuseum Siegburg (Siegburg, 2020). .
ID > A large, circular, mirror-like object mounted on a white wall above a cracked concrete floor. The reflective surface has an aged, patinated appearance with visible textures and variations in the brownish colour.

22/03/2026

Last chance to get up close with Andrée van Schaik’s 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 in person.

Beneath the visual playfulness, van Schaik’s works unravel the logic of commercial imagery, disrupting its original intent through unexpected recompositions. As Kirsten Rann writes, the artist has developed a “highly aesthetic anti-aesthetic to critique or parody the originally intended commercial, societal and/or political uses of her chosen imagery.”

In a time of endless scrolling, these works create a disrupted way of seeing, where fragmented forms, negative spaces, and disjointed arrangements resist easy interpretation.

Exhibition runs till 29 March. Plan your visit before it closes!

ID > An art gallery interior with white walls and light grey flooring. Two abstract paintings hang side by side on the left wall. On the right wall, several small framed artworks are lined up evenly in a row. > In an art gallery, three abstract paintings are displayed on a central white wall. In the foreground, two people are observing the paintings. > Abstract painting with a central draped white form against a multicoloured background, including brown and green, and touches of orange.

17/03/2026

UPCOMING CURATOR’S TOUR
Spend an art-filled afternoon at Linden’s upcoming Family Day and join our Director, Dr Vincent Alessi, for a family-friendly guided tour of 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀: 𝟰𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗿𝘁 and Maree Clarke’s powerful façade commission, 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚: 𝙒𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚.

This will be the perfect opportunity to explore these two milestone exhibitions that speak to Linden as a shared cultural home shaped by artists, audiences, and community over time. Vincent will introduce the ties between the exhibiting artists and Linden, and unpack how each work responds to the memories and histories held within the building.

Expect an easy pace, plenty to discover, and a welcoming Q&A throughout. Book your spots below, share this with your friends, or simply drop in on the day! 
📅 Saturday 28 March 2025, 1:30 > 2:30PM 📍 Linden New Art, 26 Acland St, St Kilda 3182 🎟 Free, All Welcome, RSVP link in our bio .
ID > A young child stands with their back to the camera, hands on hips, gazing at a sculptural artwork made of scaffolds and a wooden structure resembling a window or cabinet. > Two people observing artwork on a gallery wall with text advertising a curator‘s tour on March 28. Mounted on the wall, the art work is composed of three-dimensional, yellow, elongated hexagonal shapes connected by smaller white spheres, casting subtle shadows.

12/03/2026

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 continues at Linden Projects Space 
St Kilda based artist Andrée van Schaik presents a series of intricate photomontages and paintings that transform fragments of mass media imagery into distinctive new compositions. Drawing from fashion and design magazines, advertising material, and other found commercial imagery, van Schaik cuts, collages, and paints these elements to create mesmeric and unexpected visual encounters.

Through playful juxtapositions of colour, line, texture and pattern, van Schaik invites our eyes to take the lead, dancing through many aesthetic possibilities while our minds give over the need to make sense of it all.

On view until 29 March.
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ID > An abstract collage art piece framed in a thin silver frame. The collage consists of various textured and coloured elements. A prominent feature is a large, yellow, flowing fabric-like shape in the upper left, contrasting with darker, structured elements in black and red. > A minimalist gallery with five abstract paintings on white walls, under ceiling strip lights. > Two people viewing a series of colourful framed photographic collages on a white gallery wall. The works are hung in a linear sequence, each in a white frame.

Address

Bunurong Boon Wurrung Country, 26 Acland Street
St Kilda, VIC
3182

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 4pm
Wednesday	11am - 4pm
Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

+61395340099

Website

http://www.lindenarts.org/

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