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Sam Bloor takes out FAC Print Award with layers of graffiti

Congratulations to Sam Bloor for winning the 2016 Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) Print Award.

By Art Guide Australia

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Artists examine fallout from the atomic age in Nuclear

In the group show Nuclear, 50 diverse artists are linked by their atomic experiences.

By Zoe Freney

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Invisible Genres examines the ongoing repercussions of European footsteps

At the centre of the exhibition is renowned Dutch artist Wendelien van Oldenborgh’s video work No False Echoes, which deals directly with Dutch colonial history in Indonesia.

By Anna Dunnill

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Unknown Land pictures country Indigenous Australians already knew well

Unknown Land is a portrait of one historical perspective; the European gaze, freshly fixed upon Western Australia, exploring and describing the land with flourishes of colonial poetry.

By Sheridan Coleman

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Jonathan Jones creates a memorial to loss in the 32nd Kaldor Art Project

Almost 20 years ago as a young art student, Jonathan Jones, of the Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi nations of south-east Australia, went to the Australian Museum to research the origins of his people in the Murray-Darling region.

By Steve Dow

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John Olsen’s career celebrated in major retrospective

Even when depicting the inhospitable terrain of the Simpson Desert or the salt-encrusted waters of Lake Eyre, Olsen’s work teems with the suggestion of vibrant life.

By Briony Downes

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Irish artists commemorate 100 years of Radical Actions

Radicality doesn’t necessarily sit in one temporality or in one action, but spans, as the exhibition portrays, across histories and through consequences.

By Sarah Werkmeister

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Valerie Sparks wins the 2016 MGA Bowness Photography Prize

Melbourne-based artist Valerie Sparks has won the non-acquisitive $25,000 MGA Bowness Photography Prize with her work titled Prospero’s Island – North East.

By Art Guide Australia