Urs Fischer’s four-metre red wax sculpture, Francesco, 2017, is designed to be lit and slowly melted like a candle. Recently acquired by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), the sculpture’s decomposition is being documented on social media—and attracting lively discussion.
The State Library of Victoria’s Velvet, Iron, Ashes exhibition features disparate content: from the Ashes urn and Freddo Frog to Ned Kelly and the history of Yallourn.
The compassionate, connective relationship one can potentially have with one’s self, as well as with others, is the fertile grounding of Kate Mitchell’s large-scale installation All Auras Touch.
The Island delves into Ah Kee’s hard-hitting critiques of Australia.
In Shiver, curator John Stafford notes that the shark has little profile in the history of art.
This summer, the exhibition Water, which features 40 works by both Australian and international artists, asks visitors to take the time to really think about this precious resource.
An exhibition titled Animal Nation may, on the surface, presuppose a simply figurative display of animal life.
The notion of a worthy adversary is an ancient tradition. Matisse & Picasso narrates the artists’ intense mutual scrutiny, public disagreement and praise-via-appropriation.
In Elena Papanikolakis’s paintings, personal history sat side by side with ancient history.
Through subtle sculptural gestures, Jenny Loft offers meditations on place and the importance of environmental care.
ACMI’s new commissioning series involves 3 annual awards of $80,000 each, dedicated to helping young artists realise new work.
Jumaadi’s exhibition My love is an Island Far Away at Mosman Art Gallery has been years in the making.
MIRKA, a new show at the Jewish Museum of Australia, allows audiences to hear Mirka Mora’s voice and see the artist’s work through the lens of her rich Jewish cultural heritage.
For three decades Janet Laurence has been lauded for her simultaneously conceptual but also emotive approach to nature. In our interview she talks about being a female artist dealing with nature, and what it means to create ecological art in a time of great environmental threat.
From towering freeway sculpture to tiny glass-encased dioramas, Louise Paramor’s distinctive assemblages evoke both familiarity and wonder.
Now in its third iteration, The National 2021 is about care, hope, storytelling, and triumph through adversity.
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