Julia Gutman has won the 2023 Archibald Prize for her portrait of singer Montaigne—making Gutman one of the youngest winners in the award’s history, and the 11th woman to win. The Wynne and Sulman winners have also been revealed.
With recent cultural reckonings, it’s clear audiences want to see strong women on screen. That is exactly what ACMI’s new exhibition Goddess is delivering, celebrating the defiant disruptors and headstrong heroines of film.
After visiting archaeological museums in Syracuse, Adrienne Doig began creating doll-like, textile figures of herself reimagined as a goddess—which are now showing at Martin Browne Contemporary.
Hobart-based photographic artist Valerie Sparks creates visually immersive installations inspired by 19th century French scenic wallpaper and the work of female botanical artists, which are now showing at Bett Gallery.
Irish language and contemporary gaming aren’t seemingly compatible subjects—but they find a meeting point in Clare Milledge’s symbolic paintings at STATION Gallery Sydney.
Ahead of the announcement of the 2023 Archibald winner next week, artist Andrea Huelin has won this year’s Packing Room Prize for her portrait of comedian Cal Wilson—and the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes finalists have been revealed.
Five First Nations artists, ranging the Gurreng Gurreng, Gunggarri, Iningai, Kamilaroi, and Kombumerri lands, honour the past, celebrate the present, and secure the future in East Coast Matters, showing at Kate Owen Gallery.
A new documentary from Larissa Behrendt, You Can Go Now, highlights the life, work and activism of Richard Bell: a self-described “activist masquerading as an artist”.
These seven new (and re-opened) galleries represent compelling beginnings in Australian arts. Across city and regional areas, including Melbourne, Sydney, Bega, Maryborough and Barossa Valley, we’ve curated these recent and upcoming gallery openings to explore.
During his lifetime, Andy Warhol took more than 40,000 Polaroids. These are now showing across Australia, alongside images of Warhol himself, in all their glamour, intimacy, desire and loneliness.
For six months, Catherine Bell and Cathy Staughton undertook a residency with ‘Spot’, a famous robot used everywhere from the policing to construction. Through Dog Robot Space Star at Gertrude Glasshouse, the pair consider the ethical implications of Spot, and what it means to care for robot companions, and each other.
“For the Balinese, the seen and the unseen are inseparable, a belief strongly intertwined in their way of life.” A new exhibition at Footscray Community Arts asks five contemporary Balinese artists to bring a modern perspective to traditional practices—see the exquisite results in pictures.
65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.
In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.
With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.
Symbols and images dance across Nathan Beard’s vast body of work, all connecting back to his Thai-Australian heritage. We step inside the artist’s studio space in Preston, Victoria, and discuss his upcoming exhibition at Sweet Pea Gallery.
Heide Museum of Modern Art’s summer blockbuster exhibition is unveiling the breadth and beauty of Italian modernism through design. With over 170 objects spanning sixty years, Molto Bello explores the cultural impact of this period of creativity and invention.
Emma Phillips has a knack for catching moments of unbridled humanity. In her latest exhibition at ReadingRoom, she shines a light on the breadth of her practice, amalgamating several projects from the last decade.
