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Exhibitions

Wednesday 15 July
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Khaled Chamma

Fireplace

West Space
Saturday 9 May – Tuesday 21 July

Ray Thomas

Yeerung's Journey

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 30 May – Sunday 9 August

Lygin Ang

Window Seat

Benalla Art Gallery
Monday 1 June – Monday 31 August

Group Show

Spilt Milk (and hard honey)

West Space
Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

Group Show

Babette’s Feast

Futures Gallery
Saturday 20 June – Saturday 18 July

Clara Napurrula

Clara Napurrula

Alcaston Gallery
Wednesday 24 June – Friday 17 July

Christopher Pyett

Years of Colour

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Vincent Ward

Palimpsest | Landscapes

Void Melbourne
Thursday 2 July – Saturday 25 July

Group Show

Soft Geometries

Five Walls Gallery
Friday 3 July – Saturday 25 July

Adam John Cullen

Studio

Lon Gallery
Saturday 4 July – Saturday 1 August

Group Show

Textile Exhibition

Red Gallery
Wednesday 8 July – Saturday 18 July

Group Show

Of the Inland

Brunswick Street Gallery
Saturday 11 July – Sunday 26 July

Group Show

Spilt Milk (and hard honey)

West Space
Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

“The land of milk and honey”, originally a biblical phrase, was used in the 1960s and ‘70s to describe Aotearoa and Australia as lands of abundance for the Moana people who had migrated from their homelands. The reality however, differed greatly from the empty promises that were offered, with many Moana communities still feeling the effects almost thirty years later.

Spilt Milk (and hard honey) takes this phase as a challenge, inviting seven Moana heritage artists from Aotearoa and Australia to share their practices which have been cultivated in these ‘abundant’ lands. The artists are not afraid of who they are. They embrace their culture and connections to firmly state that Moana people will persevere no matter what history tells us.

Featuring newly commissioned and recent works by Benjamin Akuila (Tonga), Leitu Bonnici (Samoa), Emily Greenwood (Tonga), Axel Iva (Samoa), Etanah Lalau-Talapā (Samoa), Jimmy Ma’ia’i (Samoa), and Manuha‘apai Vaeatangitau (Tonga).

Guest curated by Talia Smith (Cook Islands, Samoa).

Location

West Space
30 Perry St, Collingwood VIC, Australia

Date

Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

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Website

https://westspace.org.au/program/spilt-milk-and-hard-honey

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Exhibitions

Wednesday 15 July
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Khaled Chamma

Fireplace

West Space
Saturday 9 May – Tuesday 21 July

Ray Thomas

Yeerung's Journey

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 30 May – Sunday 9 August

Lygin Ang

Window Seat

Benalla Art Gallery
Monday 1 June – Monday 31 August

Group Show

Spilt Milk (and hard honey)

West Space
Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

Group Show

Babette’s Feast

Futures Gallery
Saturday 20 June – Saturday 18 July

Clara Napurrula

Clara Napurrula

Alcaston Gallery
Wednesday 24 June – Friday 17 July

Christopher Pyett

Years of Colour

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Vincent Ward

Palimpsest | Landscapes

Void Melbourne
Thursday 2 July – Saturday 25 July

Group Show

Soft Geometries

Five Walls Gallery
Friday 3 July – Saturday 25 July

Adam John Cullen

Studio

Lon Gallery
Saturday 4 July – Saturday 1 August

Group Show

Textile Exhibition

Red Gallery
Wednesday 8 July – Saturday 18 July

Group Show

Of the Inland

Brunswick Street Gallery
Saturday 11 July – Sunday 26 July

Group Show

Spilt Milk (and hard honey)

West Space
Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

“The land of milk and honey”, originally a biblical phrase, was used in the 1960s and ‘70s to describe Aotearoa and Australia as lands of abundance for the Moana people who had migrated from their homelands. The reality however, differed greatly from the empty promises that were offered, with many Moana communities still feeling the effects almost thirty years later.

Spilt Milk (and hard honey) takes this phase as a challenge, inviting seven Moana heritage artists from Aotearoa and Australia to share their practices which have been cultivated in these ‘abundant’ lands. The artists are not afraid of who they are. They embrace their culture and connections to firmly state that Moana people will persevere no matter what history tells us.

Featuring newly commissioned and recent works by Benjamin Akuila (Tonga), Leitu Bonnici (Samoa), Emily Greenwood (Tonga), Axel Iva (Samoa), Etanah Lalau-Talapā (Samoa), Jimmy Ma’ia’i (Samoa), and Manuha‘apai Vaeatangitau (Tonga).

Guest curated by Talia Smith (Cook Islands, Samoa).

Location

West Space
30 Perry St, Collingwood VIC, Australia

Date

Saturday 13 June – Saturday 8 August

Save to Calendar

Website

https://westspace.org.au/program/spilt-milk-and-hard-honey

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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