NAVA and artists look for a Future/Forward Art Guide Australia’s Louise Martin-Chew attended the 2018 NAVA Future/Forward forum in Canberra. She reports on efforts to get art back on the political agenda. FeatureBy Louise Martin-Chew
Winners of the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects announced Mona founder David Walsh AO has announced a collaboration between the Melbourne-based Hotham Street Ladies and Pop Architecture as the winner of the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects. NewsBy Briony Downes
Sam Smith on geological time and the impact of island landscapes It’s a big jump from Australia to an island in the Baltic Sea. During 2017 and 2018 the London-based Australian artist Sam Smith visited the Swedish island of Gotland as part of an artist exchange organised by Western Australia’s International Art Space. InterviewBy Rebecca Shanahan
Gunybi Ganambarr wins Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Ganambarr, who is from the remote community of Gangan in East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, took out the top prize with a large etching on aluminium titled Buyku. NewsBy Art Guide Australia
Preview Thirteen artists explore the opposite of hard in Soft Core The initial inspiration for the exhibition was the desire to create discord with the material properties of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, where this touring show was first presented. By Zara Sigglekow
Preview WA artists respond to Taiwanese culture in Antipodean Encounters Ashley Yihsin Chang lists her aims for the exhibition as threefold: to promote an opportunity for the local artists to engage with Taiwanese culture, to promote cross cultural dialogue for longer term benefits, and to provide a model for a community project with a global outlook. By Sharne Wolff
Five on Five: Prudence Flint on Dieric Bouts’ Virgin and Child In this first series of Five on Five we’re asking five painters to speak about a painting that has influenced, inspired or resonated with them. In this episode Prudence Flint reflects on Virgin and Child (1455-60) by Dieric Bouts. FeatureBy Tiarney Miekus
Ronnie van Hout: No one is watching you New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based artist Ronnie van Hout has made a name for himself with works that are perplexing, outlandish and disruptive. FeatureBy Varia Karipoff
Connection and resistance The evolving collective this mob, founded by Kate ten Buuren, creates a nurturing and deadly space for Blak artists. FeatureBy Maddee Clark
Five on Five: Kate Beynon on Remedios Varo’s The Creation of the Birds In this first series of Five on Five we’re asking five painters to speak about a painting that has influenced, inspired or resonated with them. In this episode Kate Beynon reflects on The Creation of the Birds (1958) by Spanish artist Remedios Varo. FeatureBy Tiarney Miekus
The alarming beauty of suffering As an artist and Buddhist Lachlan Warner outlines below, some artists (himself included) have sought a deeper understanding of the Buddhist notion of suffering through making. By Lachlan Warner
The Expanded Field of Printmaking Considering the nexus between contemporary art practice and printed matter by focusing on four recent collaborative projects. By Trent Walter
Facing the law Lawyer and art historian Adam Bushby discusses the challenges an artist faces when painting judges and lawyers; a niche in the portraiture genre subject to multiple constraints. By Adam Bushby
