Suggested Reading
Nicholas Smith and the sensuality of sculpture
Nicholas Smith’s sensuous and bodily sculptures speak to the classical history of the form in an installation that is now on display at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art as part of Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions.
Laura Couttie
Belinda Fox masters the art of collaboration
In her latest exhibition at Arthouse Gallery, Belinda Fox invites friends and artists to contribute by reflecting on their sense of home.
Briony Downes
GAGPROJECTS closes after 32 years
GAGPROJECTS, a mainstay of the Adelaide art scene, has announced that the Kent Town space it has operated out of for 32 years will close at the end of August.
Art Guide Australia
Appreciating the life and art of Destiny Deacon
Destiny Deacon “was an artist who understood all that matters”, says the writer and poet Tony Birch, one of many friends and fellow creatives attending to their grief over the death of the esteemed multimedia artist last week, at the age of 67.
Steve Dow
Barbara McGrady blacks out the white cube
Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Murri Yinnah photographer and photojournalist Barbara McGrady has been capturing Country and community for five decades. Her latest exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre is a “multichannel audio-visual black takeover of the white cube”.
Art Guide Australia
Six budget-friendly things to see at RISING 2024
Festivals can be overwhelming, especially during a cost-of-living crisis. So we’ve curated the ‘must-see-but-on-a-budget’ art events at this year’s RISING—all free or low cost with no bookings required, from Richard Bell’s iconic Embassy tent to Jeremy Deller’s 24 Hour Rock Show to art-filled micro-bars.