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A monochrome sketch of leaves and vines over the trunk of a tree.
8 – 24 Jul

While the World Looks Away

  • Free
  • Art

In an era when the climate crisis should be at the forefront of every conversation, it is too often buried beneath profit margins, power plays and political posturing. Governments stall, billionaires launch themselves into space and corporations greenwash their logos, all while rising seas, scorched landscapes and mass extinctions accelerate in plain sight. Yet even as global leaders look the other way, artists refuse to.

This exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists whose practices speak to environmental fragility, ecological interconnection and the moral urgency of our time.

Whether quietly elegiac or defiantly loud, these works act as a form of resistance – a record, a warning and a call to action. Together, their works form a collective act of resistance – a gesture of care and urgency in a time of distraction. They remind us that art does not wait for permission to speak; it rises precisely when others fall silent.

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Date Times
Tue 8 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 9 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 10 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 11 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 12 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 15 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 16 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 17 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 18 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 19 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 22 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 23 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 24 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Flinders Lane Gallery
Level 1/37 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9654 3332
  • email address: info@flg.com.au
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