March is Art Month in Sydney. With more exhibitions and events than you can poke a stick at, it can be hard to decide on a shortlist. Art Guide’s Naomi Gall offers her top 6 choices.
Congratulations to Kendal Heyes who has won the annual Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing.
Patricia Piccinini may have made headlines with her Skywhale, 2013, or more recently with Graham, a sculpture used in education about road traffic accidents, but it’s her quieter works that make the biggest impact.
The exhibition tracks Warhol’s pre-pop output, beginning in 1949.
One of the first photos I saw of TextaQueen was a portrait of her standing in a red shortie jumpsuit, rainbow coloured felt-tip pens slung in a holster belt around her waist.
In the second feature from our series which pairs writers and artists that share a passion, Art Guide’s Louise Martin-Chew and Queensland artist Michael Zavros discuss their mutual obsession with exercise, as well as gym culture and the age-old allure of the body beautiful.
John Akomfrah’s immersive presentation of two major video works at John Curtin Gallery bears the weight and darkness of two different histories.
In Forgiving Night For Day, Capone’s new exhibition at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, saudade is palpable. Every note of it hangs in the air.
In STEEL: art architecture design, curator Margaret Hancock Davis narrows the field to focus on the innovations made by Australian designers and artists working in the 21st century.
Political Acts: Pioneers of Performance Art in Southeast Asia presents post-traditional performance practice that comments on the complex history and current affairs of the region.
London-based Aussie art-star Shaun Gladwell was invited to spend time in the Northern Territory in conjunction with the group show Apologies to Roadkill.
Helen Britton is known for creating bright jewels that are just as likely to include recycled plastics as glittering precious gems.
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.
With a 50-year practice exploring her Chinese heritage, longing and belonging, Zen spiritualism and the endless nature of being, Lindy Lee is now unveiling the pinnacle of her art.
Curated by Lee Kinsella, Stuffed, Bolstered and Upholstered—on now at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery—looks at how woven and fibre objects align with the human form, encompassing the practices of over thirty artists working across textiles, painting, ceramics, sculpture and installation.
