In Part II of Mike Parr’s solo exhibition Half Way House, at Anna Schwartz Gallery, the artist’s earlier performances haunt the space creating disorientating echoes.
For over 35 years Badtjala artist Fiona Foley has created powerful art on the atrocities of colonialism. Now, the artist has a major survey at QUT Art Museum.
In the group show PIVOT II at Onespace Gallery, artists make books that jump out of their bindings and on to the walls.
Timed to coincide with NAIDOC week (4-11 July), the exhibition WARWAR at Newcastle Art Gallery celebrates the rich history and diverse contemporary art of the Torres Strait Islands.
With multiple Australian cities now in lockdown, there’s plenty of ways to engage with and support artists—from experimental video streaming, virtual galleries, old master documentaries and the best of arts podcasts, this is our curated shortlist.
Sara Maher is drawn to isolated terrains, immersing herself in the reflective solitude of Tasmanian landscapes. At Bett Gallery, Maher reflects on her deeply affective connection to land.
In its touring program Freighting Ideas, the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is sending its artworks on an ambassadorial tour throughout Western Australia to near and distant regional galleries.
Major exhibitions on European masters are currently showing in multiple Australian cities. What keeps compelling us toward these artworks?
Initiated by the JamFactory and touring Australia, CONCRETE brings together 21 projects by artists, architects and designers to explore the conceptual, expressive and material qualities of concrete.
From glass eel traps to possum skin cloaks, Maree Clarke uses art to tell stories as well as reclaim and extend cultural practices. Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories is the first major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria by a living artist with ancestral ties to the land on which the gallery stands.
Camille Henrot identifies systems of understanding the world, and turns them inside out.
The growing cultural interest in art books reflects the enduring power of the printed word. Jane O’Sullivan takes a closer look.
Radical Textiles, A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, shows us how textiles evoke material memories while keeping the radical lineage of needle and thread alive.
In a new collaborative exhibition at PS Art Space, in partnership with Cool Change Contemporary, five artists with process-lead practices contemplate material ethics through actively engaging in slowness and reuse.
rhythm wRites, a new exhibition at QUT Art Museum, spans 30 years of Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith’s manifold art practice, covering painting, photography, sound and animation.
Artists need not fear the spectre of AI-generated art. Instead, Oslo Davis suggests, we need to start reaping the rewards.
Helen Mueller has been printmaking for 25 years, but moving to Hobart four years ago shifted her focus to the local natural environment. Now her delicate prints, made with materials foraged from the forest floor, are showing at Handmark Gallery.
