Life on Mars: The Huxleys
Join us to celebrate: 17 December – everyone invited!
Opening extravaganza 6–8pm
Performance by The Huxleys at 7:30pm
Gallery open overnight for 24-Hour Launch Art Event
From midday 20 December to 27 January, Life on Mars will remain viewable over the New Year through the MARS Gallery windows, reopening 28 January to 7 February.
The Huxleys will make their spectacular MARS debut this December with 'Life on Mars,' a full building takeover across every floor of the gallery!
Featuring work from their acclaimed series Bloodlines, a dozen video work in our black box, and the previously unseen Trip the Light Fantastic series, this exhibition will highlight The Huxleys' prowess as photographic storytellers.
Show your love for The Huxleys by joining us for a dazzling 24-hour art event, starting with an opening night party from 6–8pm on 17 December. At 7:30, the Huxleys will perform on the MARS Gallery rooftop against the backdrop of city lights.
Paying homage to the marathon screenings of Andy Warhol's iconic durational video works, Life on Mars will remain open overnight for 24 hours with an opportunity to watch The Huxleys' video works in our Black Box until the sun comes up the next day.
The exhibition will be open to the public until we close for 2025 at midday 20 December, and over the summer break the exhibition will be viewable through the MARS window. When we reopen for 2026, the show will run until 7 February.
The Huxleys
The Huxleys are a dynamic duo of cataclysmic proportions who present queer spectacle and disco enthused wizardry across the visual art, performance and fashion worlds. Their photography and performance art traverses the classifications of costume, film and recording. A visual assault of sparkle, surrealism and the absurd, The Huxleys saturate their practice and projects with a glamorous, androgynous freedom which sets out to bring some escapism and magic to everyday life.
Since 2014 The Huxleys have performed, exhibited and participated in numerous exhibitions, projects and events in Australia, and internationally in London, Berlin, Moscow, New York, Arles and Hong Kong.
