From Engagement to Action
Suggested Reading

Material curiosities: Primavera 2025
In its 34th year, Primavera—the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s annual survey of Australian artists 35 and under—might be about to age out of itself, but with age it seems, comes wisdom and perspective.
Jo Higgins

Rainbow Chan’s Matrilineal Melodies
Harnessing multiple disciplines across silk, paper and sound, Rainbow Chan’s solo show, Notations: Red Scale, connects with the women before her, re-animating existing histories in new light.
Michelle Wang

Monumental Disruption with Thomas J Price
Positioned on the edge of Sydney Harbour/Warrane, Ancient Feelings, a sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, launches the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, a three-year series of public artworks presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Rhianna Melhem

Fluid Connections
to come together as water is the most recent iteration of Blue Assembly—the University of Queensland Art Museum’s multi-year project exploring our relationship to the ocean. Curated by Freja Carmichael, it calls for First Nations sovereignty over waterways.
Josephine Mead

Culture on Country
Desert Mob is a critical platform for the cultural and creative authority of desert artists—with artists driving new ways of making, collaborating, and innovating on their own terms, ensuring cultural knowledge is not just maintained but continually expanded through practice.
Shonae Hobson

Barbara Kruger: THINK OF ME THINKING OF YOU
For decades, beginning well before the advent of social media, Barbara Kruger’s prescient use of words and text has invited people to consider their context in contemporary society. In Brisbane, between 4–7 September, audiences may experience her concise, dynamic aesthetic within the internationally acclaimed Gems delivered by choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the L.A. Dance Project.
Louise Martin-Chew
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