As part of a new exhibition, State of the Union, which explores partnerships between trade unions and arts workers, a group of Melbourne artists has launched a project to expose exploitation in the arts in Australia.
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 Kylie Banyard reflects on Breastfeeding (2015) by American artist Dana Schutz.
GAG Projects presents four compelling artists in this year’s South Australian Living Artists Festival.
Yes yes yes yes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is a timely injection of positivity via the decade of change.
Invasion is Michael Cook’s most ambitious photographic series to date. Louise Martin-Chew talked to Cook about his need to extend himself, to ask questions, and show people the many colours between black and white.
Women Painting Women invites close examination of the likenesses of eminent Australian women as painted by six female Australian artists
Tasmanian artist Neil Haddon has won the second annual Hadley’s Art Prize with his painting The Visit.
“In the modern fibre-optic world of today, every artist is busy professionalising their practice, building a personal brand across multiple media platforms while synergising their opportunities.”
Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Jude Walton is the recipient of the 2018 Georges Mora Fellowship.
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 Peter Waples-Crowe reflects upon Bad Moon Rising (1989) by David Wojnarowicz.
In the late 20th century six Indigenous women whose personal histories spanned traditional and global ways of life began to make new and exciting paintings.
Blak Design Matters has been curated by Jefa Greenaway, a Wailwan and Kamilaroi man, who told Barnaby Smith about the mission of the exhibition and how it came to be.
65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.
In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.
With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.
Emma Phillips has a knack for catching moments of unbridled humanity. In her latest exhibition at ReadingRoom, she shines a light on the breadth of her practice, amalgamating several projects from the last decade.
Ahead of the National Gallery of Victoria’s major retrospective on singular Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, we invited four artists to respond to the influence of Kusama on their own practice—and meditate on what her work means to them.
un Magazine was conceived to champion courageous art criticism in an art world too often shaped by power and influence, a mission that still endures two decades on.
