
Adrienne Doig taps into her inner goddess
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.
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.
Leisa Shelton has been making performance art for over 30 years, in which she captures viewers’ responses to artists and artworks across the world. Now, five of her major works are showing at Abbotsford Convent.
Green energy is not an uncomplicated, naturally ethical idea—as the new exhibition We Are Electric: Extraction, Extinction and Post-Carbon Futures at UQ Art Museum shows, by merging research and art.