Janet Dawson on making abstraction sing
Rebecca Gallo spoke with Janet Dawson about her impressions of these major shows, her experience in a male-dominated art world, and the beauty and pleasure of good abstract art.
Rebecca Gallo spoke with Janet Dawson about her impressions of these major shows, her experience in a male-dominated art world, and the beauty and pleasure of good abstract art.
The idea of sleep as a communal activity, rather than a private daily obligation, is what underscores Matthew Bird’s interactive installation Dormitorium.
A sprawling exhibition sees 20 bronze sculptures by Rodin form the axis for a cross-historical dialogue on the body.
Charles Blackman’s well-known Schoolgirls paintings are coming together for the very first time.
A US-curated exhibition finds a home in Adelaide, where it examines the human impact on the world’s oceans.
His story has been told numerous times across media – often with just a lingering hint of incredulity. Julian Meagher completed a medical degree before embarking on a career as a painter.
Brenda May started in 1985 with Access Contemporary Art Gallery. Now she is launching her third gallery, May Space.
Span brings together five artists based in Perth and Fremantle, to examine movement and distance.
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.
Positioned on the edge of Sydney Harbour/Warrane, Ancient Feelings, a sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, launches the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, a three-year series of public artworks presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Georgie Mattingley’s exhibition Project Pine Gap explores the intelligence site Pine Gap, co-owned by the Australian Federal Government and the United States, questioning art’s capabilities and function within such institutions.
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2025 finalist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello has spent decades crafting an art practice that weaves together memory, heritage and form.
Tasmanian artist Helen Wright’s survey exhibition, Shapeshifting at Queen Victoria and Gallery: Art Gallery at Royal Park, chronicles decades of practice across mediums to reveal new meanings.
Ahead of her solo exhibition at Niagara Galleries, Vongpoothorn contemplates the ideas sprouted during her residency, and how they have transformed once returned to her Canberra studio.
Healing: Art & Institutional Care, at La Trobe Art Institute, suggests a methodology on how galleries and exhibitions can repair complicated tensions.
