Lauded by almost everyone, the Biennale has been called “confrontational” and “consequential,” often followed by the fact that it’s the first time the event has been curated by an Indigenous director; artist Brook Andrew.
Our 24-hour news cycle and click-driven media landscape can be exhausting, yet experimental photographer Jacinta Giles is channelling this reliance on news into art.
Through the medium of sound and the act of listening, Lawrence English mines power and control.
Across the country some galleries are open, while others have had to close, but the online sphere remains absolutely jam-packed with art content, from dedicated online exhibitions and art lessons to behind-the-scenes access to collections. Tracey Clement has handpicked a few online excursions that we can all take, no matter where we are.
Channelling healing and transformation, the moment has never been more timely for Hiromi Tango’s emotive creations.
Cooking food and making art both require skill and imagination. In the third part of Art Guide’s Kitchen Creation series, artists Cigdem Aydemir, Ellen Dahl and Sebastian Moody share some of their favourite recipes and talk to Tracey Clement about the creativity of cooking.
William Yang has sent us snaps of his life in Sydney, capturing his shrines and studio, and small ephemera from his day-to-day.
Lightning bolts, smiley faces, Buddhism and rock’n’roll: Nell draws on a catalogue of symbols to conjure the moments where language fails.
Thanks to countless sitcoms, the nuanced realities of office work are common knowledge. Not so with agriculture.
Light and space are key concerns in Roger Byrt’s paintings which emit radiance and engross the viewer through upheavals of perspective.
Despite being in the middle of a pandemic, Daniel Boyd’s schedule is full to the brim.
Living on a cattle farm south of Perth with his family, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah explores family, history and memory.
In its 34th year, Primavera—the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s annual survey of Australian artists 35 and under—might be about to age out of itself, but with age it seems, comes wisdom and perspective.
Harnessing multiple disciplines across silk, paper and sound, Rainbow Chan’s solo show, Notations: Red Scale, connects with the women before her, re-animating existing histories in new light.
Positioned on the edge of Sydney Harbour/Warrane, Ancient Feelings, a sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, launches the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, a three-year series of public artworks presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Ahead of her solo exhibition at Niagara Galleries, Vongpoothorn contemplates the ideas sprouted during her residency, and how they have transformed once returned to her Canberra studio.
For decades, beginning well before the advent of social media, Barbara Kruger’s prescient use of words and text has invited people to consider their context in contemporary society. In Brisbane, between 4–7 September, audiences may experience her concise, dynamic aesthetic within the internationally acclaimed Gems delivered by choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the L.A. Dance Project.
In its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize celebrates photographic portraiture from emerging and established artists, highlighting what it means to be Australian, through photographs of its people.
