Developed by the Dax Centre, an institution which focuses on using art to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues, Child and Mother is an exhibition reflecting on childhood trauma, motherhood and the relationships we form.
Featuring Aboriginal artists Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce, Looking Glass brings together beautiful objects with a sting in the tail.
Wrestling with both excessive consumption and planned obsolescence in technology, New for Old takes as its starting point the cathode-ray tube TV.
Megan Evans challenges the privileges enshrined by whiteness while untangling the complexities of living on stolen land.
This year’s Sydney Festival has defied the odds, opening with a focus on an entirely ‘Australian Made’ program.
As the fascination for seeing artists at work grows, galleries are creating opportunities to view the creative process in real time.
Summer is heating up and after a year characterised by isolation and confinement, a drive to clear the cobwebs and look at some art might be just what the doctor ordered. Barnaby Smith has selected a range of exhibitions at regional galleries, all within a couple of hours of major cities, to tempt audiences to step outside the metropolis. These shows are replete with social, environmental and historical engagement, risk-taking practices and styles.
Looking for comforting and sustainable food to enjoy? In our summer edition of Kitchen Creations, three artists share their recipes for a perfect nicoise salad, rabbit stew and buckwheat and mushroom shepherd’s pie.
“When my editor suggested that I write a year in review column she cautioned me to take it easy on the bad news. We don’t need to be reminded once more that 2020 has been catastrophic. Make it upbeat. I’ll do my best.”
While galleries and museums raced to go digital during our national lockdowns, many artists embraced a slower form of connection: the mail.
Rich with symbolism and colour, the prints and paintings of Ryan Presley give a sharp and deeply compassionate history of Indigenous experiences with governance and power in Australia. He tells us the potent stories behind five of his artworks.
In this interview, while preparing for her retrospective show Finders Keepers at Mundaring Arts Centre, the West Australian artist Nalda Searles talks about her four-decade long textiles-based practice, adapting to the changes life throws in your way, channelling her dark humour, and committing to creativity.
The inaugural show in the new custom-designed space for Science Gallery Melbourne, MENTAL: Head Inside, is a young person-led take on mental health featuring more than 20 interdisciplinary projects from around the globe.
Curator Lee Kinsella discusses mining the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art for works that embody a kind of transformative material alchemy.
Writer Louise Martin-Chew visited Alair Pambegan at Aurukun in north Queensland, learning first-hand about the artist’s process and connection to Country.
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