Love and Art: A night out with The Huxleys

A stirring series of after-dark events presented by State Library Victoria.

Celebrate love in all forms with Love and Art – a stirring series of after-dark events exploring how romance and connection have inspired artistic creation.

Presented as part of our Rebel Heart program series, these intimate evenings feature beloved local creatives whose work speaks to romantic, familial and platonic love.

The program kicks off on Thursday 5 March with performers and partners in art and life, The Huxleys, sharing how love, identity and self-expression have shaped their creative practice.

The dazzling duo will bring their signature sparkle, surreal spectacle and camp commentary to this immersive performance, pop-up exhibition and in-conversation event full of humour and heart as they read out love letters they’ve written for one another.

Bookmark your next date night at the Library for this playful and deeply personal celebration of love’s power to inspire, challenge and connect.

Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations will be open to guests before the event and during the interval.

Book your tickets now.

About The Huxleys

Will and Garrett Huxley (Aus/Gumbaynggirr/Yorta Yorta), known as The Huxleys, are Melbourne-based collaborative performance and visual artists celebrated for their exuberant blend of camp, glamour and surrealism. Their work fuses costume, photography, film and live performance into dazzling spectacles that explore love, identity and self-expression with humour and heart.

They have performed and exhibited widely across Australia and internationally, including at the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney Contemporary, Heide Museum of Modern Art, NGV, and the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Their vibrant imagery is held in major public collections nationwide. Partners in both life and art for over 15 years, The Huxleys adopted their shared moniker as a symbol of love and creative unity, gifted by the Melbourne arts community they cherish. They live and work on Wurundjeri Country, honouring the Traditional Owners of the land.

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