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CLAIRE LAMBE: MOTHER HOLDING SOMETHING HORRIFIC

The British-born, Melbournebased artist is presenting new work exploring identity, sexuality and vulnerability. australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt St, Southbank 3006. acca. melbourne. Tue-fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun 11am-5pm. Free. Apr 8-Jun 25.

JOHN AKOMFRAH: VERTIGO SEA

The British artist’s film installation from the Venice Biennale is sailing into Melbourne as part of art/ climate change festival Art+climate=change. ian Potter Museum of Art, 800 Swanston St, Carlton 3010. www.art-museum.unimelb.edu. au. Tue-fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun noon-5pm. Free. Apr 19-Jul 16.

EMILY FLOYD: ICELANDIC PUFFINS

The Melbourne artist juxtaposes carved puffins with Icelandic text listing people prosecuted by the Icelandic government following the collapse of the country’s banks in 2008. anna Schwartz Gallery, 185 Flinders Ln, Melbourne 3000. www.annaschwartzgallery.com. Tue-fri noon-6pm; Sat 1-5pm. Free. Apr 2-May 13.