IBAC charges former NGV senior executive over alleged AUD 8 million smartphone resales
A former senior executive at the National Gallery of Victoria has been accused of diverting approximately AUD 8 million from a work account between September 2019 and September 2025 to buy and resell smartphones. After a year-long IBAC investigation, the man faces eight charges and is due at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on October 20; NGV reports its collection was not affected.
Jon Chings Path of Least Resistance Brings Elemental Hybrids to Los Angeles
Jon Chings solo exhibition Path of Least Resistance opens at KP Projects in Los Angeles from October 3 to November 7, bringing meticulously rendered hybrids of flora and fauna that channel elemental forces and symbolic themes across works like Dandilion, Thin Air, Force of Nature, Ajnas Path in Bloom, and 1984.
Chain-Reaction Whimsy: Inside Kate Renshaw-Lewis Busy Bodies
In Busy Bodies, animator Kate Renshaw-Lewis channels Rube Goldbergs chain-reaction logic into a hand-drawn assembly of tiny, hat-wearing creatures producing red rubber gloves and vague fish products. Made with inkjet and screen printing, the short won the Grand Jury Prize for best animated short at Slamdance Film Festival and was nominated for Best Film at Sundance Film Festival.