A political protestor and art photographer in the 1970s, Julie Rrap talks about being a woman today and tells us about her new work rethinking historical and feminist representations of the female body, showing at ARC ONE Gallery.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Asad Raza and Warraba Weatherall talk about the process behind This language that is every stone at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, as well as curating identity in the 21st century, and the relationship between art and language.
Melbourne Art Fair is back, presenting solo shows and works from 59 leading galleries and Indigenous-owned art centres from across the country. With so much to look at, we asked curator and writer Kelly Gellatly to tell us her ‘top 10 things to see’ at this year’s fair—for collectors and art lovers alike.
Renowned sculptor Inge King AM once described her artform as “drawing from a thousand different angles.” Using this idea, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery is bringing together the work of 13 female-identifying artists to explore the impact of modernism on contemporary sculpture.
Vivid and exuberant, Kaylene Whiskey’s paintings are like nothing else. In her distinct style, Whiskey brings together celebrities and consumer culture with her Aboriginal heritage—and she has a major new video commission showing for this year’s Melbourne Art Fair.
Intimate, sexualised, playful and primordial: for three decades Borland has used photography as her medium, from photographing Queen Elizabeth to creating her own visual language. Showing at Melbourne Art Fair, Borland tells us where she’s at with life and art.
The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art has earned its rightful place in Australia’s cultural calendar for the ambitious scope of its artistic programming, highlighting the diversity and range of artistic practices across the Asia Pacific region. This 10th triennial, ATP10, features 150 artists and collectives from 30 countries.
When the arts sector relies upon free labour from artists and arts workers, how do we have conversations about real job equity and sustainability? Sophia Cai unpacks this question.
From climate change to geography to cattle farming, Gathering Geographies at Sydney’s Darren Knight Gallery speculates on how the earth, via weather, time and resources, shapes human movement and creativity.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is known for his iconoclastic figurative sculptures that are bright, bold and larger than life. We visited the artist’s studio to learn more about Nithiyendran’s process, and hear about his inclusion in HOTA’s summer show.
The bark paintings and larrakitj (hollow logs) in Naminapu Maymuru-White’s solo at Sullivan+Strumpf poignantly speak not only of Country, but an astral parallel: the Milky Way.
Using a hand coil pinch technique, the pots created by the Hermannsburg Potters of Western Arrarnta in Central Australia illustrate the lived histories of the artists and their surrounding Country. Their latest creations are now showing at Bett Gallery in Hobart.
In their debut solo exhibition Extinguishing Hope, now showing at UTS Gallery, Akil Ahamat uses darkness—both literal and metaphorical—to examine what can be gained when everything is lost.
Existing in the space between ritual, performance and ceremony, the body-centred work of Latai Taumoepeau rewrites the stories that shape our perception of Oceania—while using ancient traditions to tackle our most urgent modern concerns. Taumoepeau is now participating in Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania at Artspace.
French-born/Belgium-based Laure Prouvost animates her first major Australian survey with her hallmark absurdism. ‘Oui Move In You’ is a touring exhibition, and is now showing at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Queenslander Glen O’Malley stands as a key figure among a generation of photographers who depicted the domestic lives of Australians in the 1970s and 1980s. In an interview with Barnaby Smith, he discusses the landmark 1988 show Journeys North, and QAGOMA’s current exhibition Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography.
An exhibition now showing Adelaide Contemporary Experimental—with the likes of Atong Atem, Jacob Boehme and Marikit Santiago—explores the concept of family through the lens of First Nations and culturally diverse artists.
