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We are the dew drops
Poetic and poignant, Lindy Lee’s work reflects the enormity and fragility of the cosmos.
Sophia Cai
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Richard Bell on art as action
Richard Bell’s art is a call for social justice that’s equally serious, poetic and darkly humorous. Here, the renowned Indigenous artist tells us the personal and compelling stories behind five of his artworks.
Timmah Ball
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The Absolute Intimacy of Life
For over four decades William Yang has photographed moments of love and death, crisis and identity.
Steve Dow
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The sounds of a changing landscape
Documenting 10 years of artist residencies at Bogong Centre for Sound Culture, Notes from the Field reveals the unheard and overlooked of the Victorian Alps.
Barnaby Smith
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Cultural transformation with RISING Festival
RISING, a new festival, launches polyphonic voices across the Melbourne CBD
Anna Dunnill
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Australian Love Stories sees love writ large
From the painted miniatures of old to the photo on an iPhone lock screen, the bond between love and portraiture is a tale as old as time.
Anna Dunnill
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Welcome to The City of Ladies
Feminism, rock, and medieval witch trials collide in a story with 300,000 possible versions.
Tracey Clement
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From Australia: An Accumulation tackles colonialism with diversity and inclusion
In From Australia: An Accumulation both artists and the general public use printmaking to respond to German curator René Block’s 1988 time capsule of Australian art. The exhibition, which starts at Latrobe Regional Gallery, will evolve as it tours during the next two years.
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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George Gittoes creates art in the face of destruction
As a young man, George Gittoes followed the advice of Mother Teresa and dedicated himself to making inclusive art. Now 72, On Being There, at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, records his life’s work, in and out of warzones.
Barnaby Smith
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When time feels slippy
Time has revealed itself in new ways during the pandemic. In Time Feeling Slippy, artist David Booth, also known as Ghostpatrol, uses bold colour-block paintings to explore this strange phenomenon.
Barnaby Smith
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Building a Collective Memory
Constantly returning to the architecture of her childhood, Catherine O’Donnell’s remarkable drawings celebrate the everyday of suburbia.
Steve Dow
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Artists present uncanny Real Worlds in the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial
A sense of the uncanny echoes through many of the works in Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020.
Anna Dunnill
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