Suggested Reading
Farrago 100 years: Protecting Print Publishing
Farrago, the University of Melbourne’s student union newspaper-turnturned-magazine celebrates a hundred years of publication. At a time when print publishing in the arts is under increasing pressure, The George Paton Gallery is exhibiting ‘Farrago 100 Years’, celebrating the editorial legacy and design innovation of the periodical.
Andrew Stephens
Shelf Portraits: Yuriyal Bridgeman’s monograph grapples with representing community-engaged practice
In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.
Jane O'Sullivan
Life Cycles with Betty Kuntiwa Pumani
The paintings of Betty Kuntiwa Pumani form a part of a larger, living archive on Antaṟa, her mother’s Country. More than maps, they speak to ancestral songlines, place and ceremony.
Emma O'Neill
Depth of Field: Photography at Sydney Contemporary
This year’s edition of Sydney Contemporary marks the launch of Photo Sydney, a presentation that brings together the country’s most acclaimed photographers and gives the medium —and its relevance to our cultural moment—the attention it deserves.
Emma O'Neill
Grace Wood: Holding snails, snakes, and a grandmother’s legacy
Grace Wood’s new exhibition for Heide Museum of Modern Art intertwines personal, familial, and artistic archives. Consisting of textile and digital collage, Wood traces lines of inheritance and influence to position the garden as a site of both personal and artistic cultivation.
Amelia Wallin
To the limit with Arcangelo Sassolino
In the cavernous spaces of Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art, the large-scale kinetic sculptures of Arcangelo Sassolino are teetering on the brink.