Lee Alexander McQueen was born in 1968, so he was young in the 1980s, absorbing all the flashes of art, design and culture in which postmodernism flourished.
A renowned Australian painter, the many sides of Peter Booth have been unfolding since the 1960s in works of dark narrative. Now, a new survey at TarraWarra Museum of Art traces what Booth tells us about humanity.
In blazes of colours, images and fonts, Paul Yore’s installations and textiles are like nothing else. We asked Yore 20 quick questions on everything from censorship to tragi-comedy to Dolly Parton.
From sparkling seances to environmental care, Sydney Festival is back for the city’s summer crowds. With over 100 events across Sydney from 5 -29 January—including 18 world premieres and 14 Australian exclusives, from the city centre to Shoalhaven—here are our visual arts highlights.
From working with spider diviners to creating solarpowered hot air balloons, Tomás Saraceno’s exquisite art shows what we can learn from nature to rethink everything from climate change to wealth inequality.
For better or worse, data is intrinsic to modern life. In recent months with various data breach scandals, Australians have been reminded of its omnipresence— and in Data Relations at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, artists explore how data manifests both personally and societally.
In Equilibrium at Heide Museum of Modern Art is the first major survey exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s work in Australia; its title alludes to Hepworth’s ability to meld empty space with solid form, texture and colour to create a unified whole.
In our latest podcast, Katie West talks about dyeing textiles, creating spaces of meditation, and facing experiences of racism—all in a conversation centred on care and creating, linking with the NETS Victoria touring exhibition, Notions of Care at Ararat Gallery TAMA.
With works exploring his Thai-Australian heritage, Nathan Beard’s latest solo show at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art continues his nuanced understanding of identity as fluid and permeable.
One of the most significant designers of his generation, Alexander McQueen’s subversive designs pushed the boundaries of fashion—and the National Gallery of Victoria is revealing the theatrical breadth of his work in their major summer exhibition.
We’ve curated our pick of outstanding regional exhibitions across the country this summer. From landmark shows devoted to First Nations artists to exhibitions on sport, VR, landscapes and the nature of painting, there is much to see outside the city—from Bathurst to the Sunshine Coast, and much more.
Printmakers Monika Lukowska and Nikki Green have collaborated with poet Renee Pettitt-Schipp to highlight the importance of preserving the ecosystems of Western Australia’s south coast. Their exhibition, Tracing Gondwana, is now showing at Midland Junction Arts Centre.
Every two years, the Ramsay Art Prize opens to Australian artists under 40 working in any medium. Presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and supported in perpetuity by the James & Diana Ramsay foundation, the prize seeks to spotlight contemporary artists at a formative moment in their careers.
Marru translates to “becoming visible” in Danie Mellor’s ancestral Dyirbal language (of Far North Queensland). In his current exhibition Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible at Queensland Art Gallery, the title reflects the work’s gentle ruminations on the complexities of the history of colonisation entwined with personal memories.
Five Acts of Love, a new exhibition at ACCA, maps the space in which memory, intimacy and resistance intersect.
As I walk through the suburban streets, I find myself thinking about the publication Speech Patterns: Nadia Hernández & Jon Campbell. It accompanied their two-person exhibition at The Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2022, which explored their shared preoccupations with class, identity and value systems.
The cancellation of Khaled Sabsabi’s presentation at Venice Biennale signals a long-simmering breakdown of trust between artists and institutions—one that risks threatening the breadth and depth of artistic expression in Australia for generations to come. Dee Jefferson reports.
Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With a current exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski.
