Sam Leach: Avian Interplanetary
In his new exhibition, Sam Leach loads an artistic Hadron Collider with biology, op art and Russian cosmism.
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In his new exhibition, Sam Leach loads an artistic Hadron Collider with biology, op art and Russian cosmism.
Australian born, London-based multidisciplinary artist Dr Christian Thompson has been announced as the recipient of the $80,000 Mordant Family VR Commission for his proposed work Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert).
Quilty told Art Guide Australia, “I’ve been trying to distill the psychosis of the world into paintings, without leaving my studio… I’ve been working with live models, from all parts of the human condition, very young and very old, male, female, disabled and myself…”
Winter often functions as an artistic inspiration and it’s this singular word, along with its various emotions and associations, that is being explored in the aptly titled Winter at Gippsland Art Gallery.
The 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial focuses on the resistance and strength of Indigenous people in the throes of Empire.
Artists respond to the toxic legacy of nuclear testing in Black Mist Burnt Country.
Vicki Varvaressos had been painting for more than two decades when she first started producing abstract works. “I remember when I first did it,” she says, “it was probably quite shocking!”
Brian Robinson Wins Hazelhurst National Art On Paper Award 2017 with his piece titled Land Sea Sky – Charting our place in the universe.
While Marvel satisfies the hunger for alternative universes, curator Amanda Slack-Smith at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art has sought to create an exhibition that both enjoys and unpacks the Marvel experience.
Since Melissa Loughnan’s Melbourne gallery Utopian Slumps closed in 2014, people have been waiting with baited breath to see what the Melbourne gallerist and art historian would do next. The wait is over with the release of her new book Australiana to Zeitgeist: An A-Z of Australian Contemporary Art.
The Melbourne-based artist describes being transfixed by the POV shot of headlights on a two-lane road which opens David Lynch’s 1997 film, Lost Highway.
The true marker of fame today might be whether one has their own sneaker design. By this criteria, Kanye West, Barack Obama, Rihanna and Damien Hirst are among the celebrities of our time.
Josina Pumani’s electric ceramic work Maralinga—recently recognised at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards— deftly excavates a long-hidden past.
The growing cultural interest in art books reflects the enduring power of the printed word. Jane O’Sullivan takes a closer look.
Radical Textiles, A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, shows us how textiles evoke material memories while keeping the radical lineage of needle and thread alive.
For Lardil and Yangkaal writer and curator Maya Hodge, Archie Moore’s presentation at this year’s Venice Biennale is a powerful symbol of reckoning—one that asks the world to bear witness to the long shadows of colonial violence and clears space for possibilities ahead.
About Face is a smart piece of marketing. The new book on portrait painting from Australia and New Zealand has a mission to change buyers’ minds about the field. But as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, any sales pitch wears thin if it’s repeated often enough, and the close attention to how portrait painting is received by the market means that other important conversations fade to the background.
A Delicate Terrain, a new exhibition of works drawn from the Tweed Regional Gallery collection, looks at our relationship with the environment through the lens of contemporary art.
