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Exhibition review: Nani Puspasari, Manningham Art Gallery
If you’re local to Melbourne, you may well have seen the works of Nani Puspasari in your travels, for instance an office wall here, a mural there, or even a Uoouoo over here (that one was in Prahran). Whether you’ve seen them or not, nothing quite prepares you for a Puspasari solo show, a veritable carnevale of quirk and colour. Her latest one , Childhood Cheeks, Grown-Up Madness, is currently showing at Manningham Art Gallery in Melbourne’s Doncaster East.
The media Puspasari primarily uses to let us glimpse into her world are a combination of 2D paintings and, more predominantly, 3D ceramic sculptures varying in size from half a metre tall to perhaps 20 centimetres high (the majority of which are on sale for decent prices). The meaning and relevance of the exhibition’s title is explained well through the artist’s statement, which mentions the ‘subtle interplay between innocence and experience’, summarising her exhibition as the ‘delightful chaos inherent in the shift from carefree childhood to the intricate realities of grown-up life’.
Children and young people will have an opportunity to see their creations displayed digitally in an exhibition at one of Scotland’s national galleries.
The 2025 Worcester 100 Open Art Exhibition will be held at the Artery Gallery, Croft Walk, from Saturday 8 to Saturday, March 15.
The free event will showcase a range of artistic styles, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculptures.
Opening times will vary throughout the week.
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Three in five small UK museums and galleries fear closure amid declining revenue, new research suggests
Three in five small museums and galleries in the UK fear closure amid declining revenue and footfall, research published this week suggests. The survey of 40 small, independent attractions—those with fewer than 100,000 annual visitors—also found that four in five (78%) reported the current period as the most challenging the sector has faced, while over half (58%) said overall income has not returned to its pre-Covid levels.
The research, conducted by the cloud platform GoDaddy in partnership with the charity Kids in Museums, surveyed small museums as well as galleries, historic buildings and heritage sites. Alison Bowyers, the executive director of Kids in Museums, tells The Art Newspaper that UK museums are suffering more than their counterparts in mainland Europe.
