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Shifting Frames: An evolution of self and place
In an Australian first, the Art Gallery of Western Australia presents Moving Landscape—an exhibition by internationally acclaimed US artist Sam Contis, curated alongside Dr Anna Arabindan-Kesson.
Art Guide Australia

Max Mueller paints propulsively
Hobart-based Max Mueller’s In the Sticks exhibition at Handmark Gallery features oil-on-linen works that show tranquil scenes of Tasmania, musing on how nature is managed and maintained in a context of civilisation and curation.
Barnaby Smith

Sensory perceptions
Inspired by the ways in which nature informs creativity, the exhibition Material Nature, now showing at Drill Hall Gallery, aims to encourage viewers to think deeply about the human connection to the natural world.
Briony Downes

What if I am more real when I’m projecting?
Inspired by different genres of fiction and digital media, the artists in Ghost in the Machine at Outer Space, Brisbane consider avatars, ghosts, masks and levels of embodiment to ask: what if I’m more real when I’m projecting?
Josephine Mead

Writers Revealed opens the history books
Now showing at HOTA, Writers Revealed is an ambitious exhibition covering six centuries, presenting manuscripts, letters, illustrations and rare editions from many of the most influential authors in English literature.
Barnaby Smith

From the archive: art and motherhood
From matrescence-themed collages and intimate family portraits to a series of events centred on the intersection of design and fertility, revisit six pieces from the Art Guide archives that explore the relationship between art and motherhood.
Art Guide Australia
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