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Louise Zhang colours the world
Melding motifs from Chinese culture with Biblical imagery and her own experiences, Louise Zhang’s alluring paintings reach far beyond the gallery.
Sheridan Hart
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The Long Run #6: Mervyn Bishop on a life of photography
“Black and white photography has always been my…I suppose it’s just kind of my life,” says Mervyn Bishop on his 60-year photography practice.
Tiarney Miekus
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The Other Portrait
In the group show The Other Portrait, at both UTS and SCA galleries, artists/curators Cherine Fahd and Julie Rrap explore the idea that ‘the other’ is always about the self.
Sheridan Hart
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Jennifer Keeler-Milne returns to painting in Autumn & Spring
Jennifer Keeler-Milne rediscovered her love of oil paint thanks to wattle, leaves, and lockdown. Autumn & Spring, at Australian Galleries in Sydney, is her first solo show of paintings in nearly a decade.
Briony Downes
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Ruth Höflich: To Feed your Oracle
Ruth Höflich’s latest show, To Feed your Oracle at Linden New Art, started with research on magicians, but she prefers cunning and conjuring to magic.
Barnaby Smith
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Light in the Dark
As Mona celebrates its 10th anniversary, the gallery is strengthening its connection with Tasmanian locals and harking back to its beginning: a private art collection.
Briony Downes
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Linda Brescia on needing A Room of One’s Own
Linda Brescia chats about her C3West initiative Skirts, deciding in the shower to become a feminist artist, dressing-up as both a nude and a nun, and the desire to make ordinary women visible.
Tracey Clement
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Opinion
Artists united will never be defeated
In an industry built on gratitude, is a labour union the missing foundation? Madeleine Thornton-Smith delves into the history and possible future of artists’ unions.
Madeleine Thornton-Smith
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New vision for Powerhouse Museum Ultimo
The NSW Government has committed $480-$500 million to renew the Powerhouse Museum Ultimo as the centre of a design and fashion hub.
Art Guide Australia
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The power of older women
Sally Rees celebrates the witchy magic of female ageing via the figure of the ‘crone’.
Briony Downes
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Should we abolish the Olympics?
In a ritualised performance of Olympic events, Pony Express takes a deep dive into what lies behind the gold, silver and bronze.
Briony Downes
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Hilma af Klint’s secret communion
Science, geometry, séances: the extraordinary spirit world of once-forgotten artist Hilma af Klint.
Jane O'Sullivan
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