Narelle’s exhibition Living China, provided solitude and escapism to its creator, as she documented a concatenation of memories of East meets West and her physical and spiritual displacement of residing in an Asian destination. The autobiographical photographic self-portraits are personalized…
For three months fortyfivedownstairs will be hosting Greg Ades as its artist in residence. Positioned in a studio space at the back of the large gallery Greg will be working in the space on material for his upcoming exhibition from…
For his first exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs, Stephen Williams continues his exploration of the tree’s role in contemporary art. In a series of multi-panel paintings, trees float in a shifting white space. Evocation and mystery have taken precedence over traditional depiction…
White Parachute is a body of work by Lisa Sewards, capturing a childhood memory of her mother’s experience in wartime Russia. It reveals the human impulse to create order and beauty in the face of displacement and the chaos of…
All the world’s a stage… / one man in his time plays many parts / His acts being seven - William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii. The Seven Ages of Joyce, a biographical play with music,…
STOP PRESS: Vika & Linda Bull, 9 August! & Tina C, 10 August! “Constantly evolving, totally unpredictable and enormously entertaining …..setting hearts a quiver” **** THE AGE “Glory Box Paradise is so sexy and contemporary it’ll set your bouffant hair…
From writer/director Dean Bryant direct from the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Jersey Boys star Michael Griffiths IS Annie Lennox. No accent, costume or wig. Lyrics plumbed for new meaning, melodies reinterpreted, all peppered with candid musings and remembrances from the moody…
Melbourne’s very own Diva extraordinaire – the feather ruffler, the rabble rouser, the cabaret provocateur Yana Alana, takes to the stage with her first solo show (with two people in it). Between the Cracks traverses the private places and deepest…
The Graduates a group of actors, all of whom trained at The National Theatre Drama School in St Kilda, present Cruising Paradise - Tales by Sam Shepard a theatre piece based solely on a selection of Shepard’s short prose works. Loners, losers,…
Forty inspiring artworks have been shortlisted for the AMES and Multicultural Arts Victoria 2013 Heartlands Refugee Art Prize, including works by thirty-two refugee artists from Victoria. The shortlisted artwork will be on display at fortyfivedownstairs in the lead up to…
We Don’t Know Everything Yet is a series of drawings and sculptures that grew out of Sally’s desire to explore the fundamental questions of human existence. Sally questions what causes us to be capable of the extremes of compassion and…
Please note fortyfivedownstairs galleries' are closed until The Laverty Collection presented by Bonhams opens on Friday 15 March. Details on The Laverty Collection exhibition below.
"I laughed out loud at the cleverly handled banter, heightened caricature and ludicrous comedy" - Cameron Woodhead, The Age. A comedy about living the dream. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road by Jane Miller is a new award-winning Australian comedy-drama, set…
Upon preparing for this exhibition of prints, Victoria McCaffrey realised that her folio was filled with images of trees; trees which has made their way into her psyche and her artworks without her conscious realisation. These trees are both serene…
Unwrapped Hong Kong is a selection of contemporary urban scrolls evolved from artist Michael Pearce’s time as an Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in 2007 and 2009. Michael was drawn to the dramatic wrapped…
Murders and Echoes by Clare McFarlane is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Melbourne. Recognised in Western Australia for her works that intertwine intricate patterning with detailed illustration, this selection of paintings focuses on her preoccupation with birds. Through her…
CURRENTLY POSTPONED Highly acclaimed Streeton Trio return for their second performance at fortyfivedownstairs in 2013. Formed in 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, from three of Australia’s leading young musicians, the Streeton Trio is the first Australian ensemble to be selected for the prestigious European Chamber Music…
fortyfivedownstairs now has a way for you to see all three of its Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows for a fantastic reduced price! Introducing the LAUGH PACK. Either see all three shows on one night, or pick and choose a…
Jenny Peterson is holding an artist talk, speaking about her unconventional printing methods as well as sharing her extensive knowledge of printmaking learnt over her 30 years as a practising artist. Prints of marred road signs and bake-ware make the basis of…
Artist Gay Hawkes, who has exhibited at fortyfivedownstairs on several occasions as well as nationally and internationally over the years, has suffered the loss not only of her home and studio, but her entire archive in the disastrous fires at…
For the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The DC3 presents ‘The Ringtone Cycle’ – their interpretation of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, the gargantuan 16 hour opera which will be performed this year in Melbourne to a select crowd who can afford the…
No, this isn't a 10 year retrospective on two failed comedians (come back in 7 years), this is what happens when idiot number one decides to cast off a tour boat without the crew, then idiot number two climbs the…
THIS SHOW IS NOT FOR THE PRUDISH SO READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Room (Movie) has become a cult staple and is regarded as the Citizen Kane of sh*?@t movies. YOU’RE TEARING ME APARTMENT: THE ROOMSICAL, more a…
Mex-tli is a photographic exhibition that consists of 10 images and a series created by artists Yunuen Pérez Martínez and Sissy M. Reyes, who are based in Melbourne and Sydney, respectively. Their work aims to challenge the stereotypical representation in…
A real life story exploring the life and times of Noeleen King, a dynamic fashion designer during the 60s and 70s. The showrooms and factory were housed at 45 Flinders Lane, where 80 women toiled to produce trend-setting fashion in…
KAGE presents the world premiere of Flesh and Bone in March 2013, a bold new work exploring the construction of attraction and our primal need to be connected. This work sees KAGE co-founders Kate Denborough and Gerard Van Dyck return…
SOLD OUT Barry Jones is one of the more remarkable politicians to have sat in the House of Representatives in Canberra, a much loved and respected figure on both sides of politics. As a tribute for his 80th birthday late…
The Power of Love is a superb program of some of the world’s best loved poetry selected by Helen Morse, Paul English and ABC radio drama director Anne McInerney. Red roses fade – a love poem lives for ever! What more perfect way…
The Laverty Collection auction will be one of the most important single owner sales to be held in Australia, and as a mark of its significance highlights from the collection will travel to London, New York and Melbourne for viewings…
Gavin Brown’s latest body of work takes the viewer on an exploration of the ever changing and ever energetic urban environments that the artist calls his home town. The famous graffiti street art landscapes of Melbourne provide the inspiration for…