Art is exercise for the brain
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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
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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
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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
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The three major international artists coming to Sydney this summer
A surrealist legend, a cyber-futurist Chinese artist and a revered painter are showing in Sydney later this year: René Magritte and Cao Fei at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Julie Mehretu at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Art Guide Australia
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Nat Penney finds clarity in a winter beach
Trained in timber furniture making and metal fabrication, Adelaide-based artist Nat Penney has developed a professional practice that balances the creation of functional objects with evocative, more abstract forms. Her latest works are now showing at Newmarch Gallery.
Briony Downes
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Four new and relaunching gallery spaces you need to know about
This year has seen a flurry of new activity in Australia’s art scene, with a number of new gallery spaces opening up and relaunching across the country. Here are four you need to check out, from a new Sydney location to an online platform aiming to revolutionise the art market.
Art Guide Australia
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