Viewing art as inseparable from the function of daily life and culture, @rationale believe in the intrinsic value of artmaking and the paths of connection it forms across our lives. In partnership with RATIONALE, Melbourne Art Fair is thrilled to present an in-depth look into the work and practice of four artists exhibiting at the Fair: Grant Stevens, Sullivan+Strumpf; Jenna Lee, MARS Gallery; Alex Knox, Murray White Room; and Sally Smart, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert. Through the tangible act of cutting, Sally Smart’s work is an act of changing the narrative. Smart is interested in the ways we command our own story, what potential we have to redirect the script that was written for us by brutalised powers. Creating work that is instinctually feminist, Smart uncovers untold histories that feel urgent, tender, and sacred.

Melbourne Art Fair 2022 has concluded and we couldn’t be more thrilled. We are beyond excited for the conversations we carry on from here. We look forward to welcoming you again in 2024. For now, the fun continues with MAF virtual: a digital selling platform to connect galleries and artists with collectors beyond the Fair. Link in bio!

Melbourne Art Fair presented artists and galleries of great range, spanning emerging, mid-career and established. The opportunity to bring together the community has been vital, from conceptualisation to realisation. Melbourne Art Fair is privileged to have welcomed punters, artists, collectors, galleries and curators throughout the last 4 days. Congratulations to all!

Viewing art as inseparable from the function of daily life and culture, RATIONALE believe in the intrinsic value of artmaking and the paths of connection it forms across our lives. Melbourne Art Fair is thrilled to share The Portrait Series - Presented by RATIONALE. Each video work is an in-depth look into the work and practice of four artists exhibiting at the Fair: Grant Stevens, Sullivan+Strumpf; Sally Smart, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert; Jenna Lee, MARS Gallery; and Alex Knox, Murray White Room. Through the delicate process of examining language and weaving it into form, Jenna Lee translates place and time into something tender, something alive. Artmaking for Lee is a matter of urgency, an essential expression of experience. Through her forms, Lee takes on a sense of responsibility to take that which may be painful and transform it into an object imbued with care, not just for the work itself but for the people whose stories it represents. Link in bio. #portraitseries #rationale #melbourneartfair @jenna.mlee @marsgallery @rationale

BEYOND curated by @emilyjeancormack features large-scale works of impact and significance and are woven throughout the fair. Presented by @niagaragalleries are @seanmeilak’s functional and playful sculptures, located in the main piazza and built with utilitarianism in mind. Photography @marieluises

We’ve arrived at the final hours of Melbourne Art Fair! Stop by @mcec to view and buy the best contemporary art from the region’s most exciting living artists. Presented by 63 local and international galleries, Melbourne Art Fair 2022 has returned with elated energy and extraordinary community connection. Photography by @marieluises

Viewing art as inseparable from the function of daily life and culture, RATIONALE believe in the intrinsic value of artmaking and the paths of connection it forms across our lives. Melbourne Art Fair is thrilled to share The Portrait Series - Presented by RATIONALE. Each video work is an in-depth look into the work and practice of four artists exhibiting at the Fair: Grant Stevens, Sullivan+Strumpf; Sally Smart, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert; Jenna Lee, MARS Gallery; and Alex Knox, Murray White Room. The natural way of the world is chaos. Through experiments of form, sculpture and light, Alexander Knox explores the thin and ever-shifting veil that lies between order and disorder. His work poses a question with the answer dependent of the one answering it, creating an acknowledgment of infinite subjectivity of experience and interpretation. Link in bio. #PortraitSeries #Rationale #MelbourneArtFair @alexander_knox_ @rationale @murraywhiteroom

TIM MCMONAGLE Drone Song, 2022 Oil on canvas 152 x 152 cm @longallery, Booth G2

#PRECINCTNIGHT presented by @broadsheet_melb now on at @collingwood_yards. Melbourne Art Fair is thrilled to present a satellite event at Collingwood Yards with the support of offical partner @hopestradio and presenting gallery @stationgalleryaustralia. @titsmcgee66 and @nando_nandez present ‘Nadia and Jason Makes Snacks with Music and Dancing’: a food and art event like no other. With events, artist open studios, book launches, projection art and exhibitions happening throughout the precinct, tonight is not to be missed.

Viewing art as inseparable from the function of daily life and culture, RATIONALE believe in the intrinsic value of artmaking and the paths of connection it forms across our lives. Melbourne Art Fair is thrilled to share The Portrait Series - Presented by RATIONALE. Each video work is an in-depth look into the work and practice of four artists exhibiting at the Fair: Grant Stevens, Sullivan+Strumpf; Sally Smart, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert; Jenna Lee, MARS Gallery; and Alex Knox, Murray White Room. Grant Stevens’ digital dreamscapes are deliberately imbedded with tension. The worlds he creates are romanticised renders of the real one we stand in, an arena dressed in symbols. Without pinning them to a linear binary, Stevens’ work is an exploration that exists between the digital world and the natural one and the nebulous space the two co-occupy in the era of modernity. Link in bio. #PortraitSeries #Rationale #MelbourneArtFair #GrantStevens @rationale @sullivanstrumpf

#VAULTSELECTS Discover the top 5 artist picks from @alikubie, Editor @vaultartmagazine: Nadia Hernández, Sanne Mestrom, Kirsty Budge, Wanapati Yunupiŋu and Karen Black. These works are bound by a seeming commonality in that form and shape feels pertinent, urgent and essential in the realisation of the work's meaning.  Images:  Kirsty Budge, 'It’ll be curtains if you're not careful', 2022 Sanne Mestrom, 'To Drift/You Stand', 2021 Nadia Hernández, 'Gansos y pollos', 2022 Wanapati Yunupiŋu, 'Gurtha' (detail), 2021 Karen Black, 'You are my philodendron (climbing)', 2022 Discover VAULT magazine on the main concourse as you come to and from Melbourne Art Fair @mcec  #contemporaryart #art #melbourneartfair

Live performance by @hannahquinlivan at @flinderslanegallery booth B7