After Victoria’s lengthy lockdown, Anna Schwartz has reopened with not one, but two exhibition spaces in her Melbourne gallery.
Three of the University of Sydney’s significant cultural collections all have a new home within the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Both artists and curators have been announced for The National 2021: New Australian Art, a major collaboration between three of Sydney’s biggest cultural institutions.
Over many months, Olga Cironis has been recording personal stories about love and connection. She talks about working collaboratively with strangers, and the intimate catharsis of speaking one’s experience out loud.
Co-curated by SAM’s Anna Briers and Rebecca Coates, Craftivism features 18 Australian artists who share an affinity for craft-based art with political gestures.
Alex Seton is known for his marble sculptures. These carved stone works often mimic the soft folds of fabric, but they have a hard political edge.
What happens when slogans and catchphrases are treated as instructions? In 2020, a year riddled with new phrases and contradictory messaging, Michelle Hamer has had plenty to work with.
Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions presents a tightly curated selection of works by 13 Primavera alumni, chosen for their ability to comment on our current moment.
Overlooked during her time, the late Pat Larter was a master of wit, theatrics and provocation.
From Grace Cossington Smith to Tracey Moffatt to Yvette Coppersmith, a new exhibition celebrates 120 years of women making art in Australia.
A new film melds art and activism, capturing the devastating effects of fracking for First Nations people.
Building on traditional knowledge and aesthetics, John Mawurndjul has established a thoroughly contemporary practice.
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.
A new event has arrived in Melbourne’s cultural calendar with the inauguration of the Melbourne Sculpture Biennale: an exhibition that aims to showcase the breadth and diversity of contemporary sculpture in Victoria.
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.
Whether beloved pets or superstitious omens, animals have always existed in art. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia’s latest exhibition is paying tribute to two of the most beloved animal figures: cats and dogs.
