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The Uncanny Humour of Destiny Deacon
Revealing truths through rescued kitsch.
Andrew Stephens
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Towards a plastic-free Biennale
Two artists are test the limits and possibilities of going ‘plastic-free’
Tracey Clement
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Flowers: Passion. Pain. Nation.
An exhibition focussed on so well-worn an artistic motif as flowers might, on the face of it, appear to be swimming against the tide of the current zeitgeist.
Barnaby Smith
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Life cycles of the artist studio
In The Long Kiss Goodbye, six artists transform old artworks, materials, ideas and images.
Anna Dunnill
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Teresa Margolles maps the repercussions of pain
Margolles insists that she isn’t an activist. “I am an artist and I use all the limitations of an artist,” she says.
Tracey Clement
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The emoji-like sun looking down on Earth
Agnieszka Polska shows how photography has a complicated relationship to ‘truth’.
Zara Sigglekow
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The Mind Behind the Lens
Photojournalist Barbara McGrady tells the stories behind her renowned images.
Tracey Clement
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Rob Palmer wins National Photographic Portrait Prize
Rob Palmer has won the 2020 National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) with his colour photo of Sydney-based chef Josh Niland titled The mahi-mahi, 2019.
Art Guide Australia
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What’s disguised in the name ‘coolie’?
Sancintya Mohini Simpson unpacks a family history of indentured labour.
Barnaby Smith
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The immersive drawings of Anna Boghiguian
“As an Armenian, the concept of exile and genocide is not unfamiliar.”
Barnaby Smith
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The power of bodies in movement
Through a classical Filipino dance form featuring long metal fingernails, artist Bhenji Ra explores the passing down of cultural knowledge.
Andy Butler
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Brook Andrew wins Australia Council Award For Visual Arts
The award acknowledges Andrew’s “outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian visual art.”
Art Guide Australia
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