PreviewBy Tiarney Miekus Rona Green has champagne taste and lemonade pockets Questions surrounding how we portray ourselves, and how we judge others, sit at the heart of Rona Green’s bold, yet strikingly simple, prints.
PreviewBy Tiarney Miekus Brendan Van Hek: the continual condition Neon, glass, mirror, metal and acrylic are placed in precarious relationships in Brendan Van Hek’s upcoming exhibition, the continual condition.
Interview Claudia Nicholson After more than two decades of frenzied discourse around the concept of identity, Claudia Nicholson broaches the complexities with humour, resolve (there was the time she ate a raw lamb’s heart to a panpipe rendition of ‘Unchained Melody’) and freshness. By Varia Karipoff
Review Presence Coinciding with the Victorian College of Arts’ 150 year anniversary, Presence was a sparse selection of landscape paintings by six notable VCA alumni – Eugene von Geurard, Frederick McCubbin, Clarice Beckett, Fred Williams, Rick Amor, Louise Hearman – interrupted by a video work by Micheal Riley, the late contemporary Indigenous photographer and filmmaker. By Zara Sigglekow
Interview James Brett and The Museum of Everything James Brett, founder of The Museum of Everything, discusses the line between insider and outsider art. By Steve Dow
Feature Sing the Body Ceramic Working with clay is frustrating and perilous, but for newcomer to the medium, Karen Black, there’s no time for regret. By Rebecca Gallo
Preview Five Female Artists Across Four Exhibitions Grandmothers and granddaughters, poetic perceptions, mango pickles, scenes from the everyday and the persistence of memories: these are the themes currently circulating across four exhibitions at the Centre for Contemporary Photography. By Tiarney Miekus
Preview Kylie Stillman: The Opposite of Wild Kylie Stillman’s work addresses big issues, such as the environment, in an intricate, delicate way. Her work is an invitation to pause, interact and reflect on our relationship with nature. By Nadiah Abdulrahim
Feature Sarah Goffman: Waste not… Sydney-based artist Sarah Goffman and writer HR Johnston both hate to see anything go to waste. They met to discuss how Goffman turns trash into treasure. By HR Hyatt-Johnston
Preview Celebrating 300 editions of Art Monthly in Australia For a contemporary art magazine to publish 300 issues over 30 years is a rather impressive output. For Art Monthly Australasia, these numbers have now become a reality. By Tiarney Miekus
The Dark Matters The Dark Matters seems less like a meditation on the dark things that actually do matter (although some artists do delve into this territory) and more like an exercise in good interior decoration. It is visually very harmonious. ReviewBy Tracey Clement
eX de Medici: Spies Like Us The defining theme in eX de Medici’s paintings is a consistent interrogation of power. PreviewBy Tiarney Miekus
Elvis Richardson Elvis Richardson is known as a feminist artist and activist. But when she met writer Anna Dunnill they discovered that they both also have a passion for crime, or at least detective stories. FeatureBy Anna Dunnill
