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How To Dark Mofo

We know what you Australian mainlanders are thinking, so - in the name of efficiency- we’ve collated all of the top-ranking How-To-Dark-Mofo FAQs into one handy list. You’re welcome.

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Q&A: Aleks Crossan

From theatre stages to towering sculptures, Tasmania-based artist Aleks Crossan is navigating a bold creative journey - and she’s not afraid to break some rules along the way.

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Q&A: Zoë Fitzherbert

One glimpse of Hobart’s Kunanyi/Mount Wellington was all it took to convince award-winning landscape painter Zoë Fitzherbert that Tasmania was the place where her creative practice could take its most authentic shape.

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Q&A: Effie Pryer

A Geeveston-based portrait artist’s latest exhibition of tiny - and painstakingly detailed - paintings puts the everyday dramas of a quiet Tasmanian life into perspective.

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Q&A: Adam Gibson

Despite a career that takes him to some of the most exotic destinations on earth, there’s no place like home for this born-and-bred Tasmanian photographer.

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Peter Yates: Painting With Time

Lutruwita/Tasmania-based artist Peter Yates’ realist paintings of people and the landscape carry a luminous momentum that builds the longer you spend time with them.

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Q&A: Jason Minty

Born and raised in Hobart, a long-time Sydney-based business owner still calls Tasmania home.

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Multitask Your Leisure Time At These Hobart Hybrid venues

Wine and books? Arcade games and cocktails? Coffee and homewares? Take a little from Column A and a little from Column B at these multi-use venues around Hobart. From storied establishments to newer hotspots, these hybrid havens are catnip for productive people.

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The Ultimate Dark Mofo 2025 Itinerary

For nigh on two weeks every June, an extraordinary line-up of unconventional art installations, exclusive musical acts, fabulous food and a glut of fire pits lures Tasmanians and visitors alike out of their winter hibernation and into Hobart’s most mysterious spaces. It’s Dark MOFO season, baby.

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To Market, To Market - Tasmania’s Best Markets Shopping

If you’re looking to shop local, head out to a Tassie market this weekend. From farmers’ markets stocked with the best produce to village fairs filled with handmade and vintage wares, you’re guaranteed to find a treasure or two at our top picks.

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A Waking Dream: Tasmania-Based Artist Ron Francis

At three o’clock in the morning, Ron Francis’ eyes might be trained on a large canvas, his hand holding a brush loaded with oil paint. Painting in the early hours is a perfect situation for the Cygnet-based artist: he could be the only painter on the island, free from the day’s distracting energies.

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Paintings From The Island: Tasmanian artist Melissa Egan

Tasmania has always been in Melissa Egan’s paintings, though it’s only in the last seven years since she returned to Perth, in the state’s north, that she has consciously referenced the place of her childhood.

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Q&A: Kate Bowman

Harnessing natural materials from her surroundings, a Tasmanian ceramicist reimagines history, industry and the environment through beautiful objects.

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A Painter’s Painter: Tasmanian Artist James King

For someone so dedicated to painting, it is intriguing that photography and the mechanical image are such important influences in James King’s work.

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Launceston’s Best Homewares Shopping

For a little-ish city at the bottom of the world, Launceston boasts more quality homewares and design stores per capita than most of its mainland counterparts. Here are the must-visit stores for your next northern shopping recce.

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Tasmanian Art & Design: The FESTIVE Round-Up

The festive season is not far away, with its promises of over-indulgence, love, and - of course - gifts. Here’s Art & Design Sub-Editor Elliott Nimmo’s round-up of the Tasmanian artists, designers and local stores serving the sweetest gifts in November.