Mel O’Callaghan: Centre of the Centre
Suggested Reading
Laure Prouvost meets the real with the ludicrous
French-born/Belgium-based Laure Prouvost animates her first major Australian survey with her hallmark absurdism. ‘Oui Move In You’ is showing now at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Josephine Mead
Archie Moore wins Golden Lion Award
Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale for his monumental work, kith and kin. It marks the first time Australia has won the award in the event’s 130-year history.
Briony Downes
Talking pageantry with Scotty So
Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens.
Amelia Wallin
Danish Quapoor explores the contradictions of grief
In the most significant exhibition of his career to date at Pinnacles Gallery, Danish Quapoor explores the contradictory emotions of grief while navigating complex shifts in identity and belonging.
Louise Martin-Chew
Nicholas Blowers wins the 2024 Glover Prize
The 2024 Glover Prize has been announced, with Tasmanian-based artist Nicholas Blowers taking home the $75,000 prize for his painting Lake Bed.
Art Guide Australia
The Ballad of Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin’s influential photography can now be seen by Victorian audiences with Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency showing at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. View, in pictures, this iconic, intimate 1980s series that shows how photography and social purpose has defined the artist’s 50-year career.
Art Guide Australia
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