N. Smith Gallery

N.Smith Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based on Gadigal Country/Sydney that promotes the work of cutting-edge artists.

N. Smith Gallery

6 Napier Street, Paddington NSW, Australia

+61 02 8356 9256

nsmithgallery.com

Wed to Sat
11am–4pm
or by appointment

Feature

Talking pageantry with Scotty So

Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens.

Amelia Wallin

Interview

Interview: Yhonnie Scarce and the mutual mutation of glass

Kokatha and Nukunu artist Yhonnie Scarce has earned critical acclaim for her research in nuclear testing and its ongoing impact on First Nations communities. With a survey at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Scarce speaks to her blown glass forms.

Diego Ramirez

In Pictures

La Belle Èpoque in Bendigo

A new exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery, drawn from the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, brings the Belle Èpoque era to life through impressionist paintings and antique ephemera. View, in pictures, a slice of Parisian history.

Art Guide Australia

Interview

Anne Zahalka on how “art has an important role to play”

Anne Zahalka’s retrospective at the Museum of Australian Photography offers the chance to see 40 years of her revered photographs. In our interview she talks about reflecting on her work, the necessity of humour, and making art in times of political and climate crises.

Sally Gearon

Interview

Talking with the 24th Biennale of Sydney artistic directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero

“It’s a call for the celebration of the multiplicity of perspectives, and the gathering of different viewpoints.” Ahead of the Biennale’s opening this weekend, we talk with long-time collaborators Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero about how this year’s Biennale is one of celebration, not fatalism.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Interview

Deborah Kelly on creating a queer, science fiction, climate change religion

CREATION is a new religion by artist Deborah Kelly, radically rethinking how we collectively come together. Having engaged with communities nation-wide, inviting audiences to dance, sing, listen and perform together, Kelly is now taking CREATION to regional Victoria. Curator Ineke Dane talks with Kelly about why she wanted to start a new religion, and where it will go in the future.

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Suggested Reading

Talking pageantry with Scotty So

Amelia Wallin

Interview: Yhonnie Scarce and the mutual mutation of glass

Diego Ramirez

La Belle Èpoque in Bendigo

Art Guide Australia

Anne Zahalka on how “art has an important role to play”

Sally Gearon

Talking with the 24th Biennale of Sydney artistic directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Deborah Kelly on creating a queer, science fiction, climate change religion

Ineke Dane

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