The ties that bind
Using old letters and photographs, artist Anne Zahalka stitched together the journey her grandmother took in her efforts to survive the Holocaust.
Yvette Coppersmith: What I learnt about winning the Archibald
For many Sydney-siders the Archibald Prize is the one exhibition they visit every year. For many painters, nationwide, it’s the one prize worth winning. Varia Karipoff spoke to 2018 winner Yvette Coppersmith about the highs and lows of taking out the Archibald Prize.
Ilona Nelson, This Wild Song
This Wild Song is a long-term project by artist and curator Ilona Nelson. Galvanised by recent statistics around gender inequality in the arts, Nelson has made it her mission to champion and celebrate Australian female artists through photographic portraiture.
Anna Dunnill
Layer by layer: The art of 3D printing
Artists have always responded to new developments in technology, from egg tempera to Photoshop. Tai Mitsuji spoke to Louis Pratt, Grace Blake, Kate Dunn, and Michael Eden; four artists who are making the most of innovations in 3D printing, as a means rather than an end.
Tai Mitsuji
An evolving art ecology
Laura Couttie sits down with members of three of Melbourne’s longest running ARIs to discuss the challenges ARIs are facing today, the ways in which they are adapting and evolving, and to envisage how ARIs can function in the future.
Laura Couttie
Facing the law
Lawyer and art historian Adam Bushby discusses the challenges an artist faces when painting judges and lawyers; a niche in the portraiture genre subject to multiple constraints.
Adam Bushby
Can design decolonise cities?
Ahead of NAIDOC week, Indigenous writer and urban planner Timmah Ball reflects on the rise of First Nations inflected design elements in our cities. She questions whether or not they are actually having the desired decolonial effect and, after a trip to New Zealand, compares practices in Naarm (Melbourne) and Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Timmah Ball
21st Biennale of Sydney: Archives 1973 – 1986
The 21st Biennale of Sydney includes an impressive display of archives from previous incarnations, 1973-1986. As Steve Dow found, these records highlight both struggles for equality and landmark moments of inclusion.
Steve Dow
New Horizons
What is the pull of the small town and why do artists choose to live and work in regional locations? Briony Downes talks to three artists from around Australia to find out the unique challenges and rewards linked to living outside the city.
Briony Downes
The alarming beauty of suffering
As an artist and Buddhist Lachlan Warner outlines below, some artists (himself included) have sought a deeper understanding of the Buddhist notion of suffering through making.
Lachlan Warner
The Expanded Field of Printmaking
Considering the nexus between contemporary art practice and printed matter by focusing on four recent collaborative projects.
Trent Walter
Art is exercise for the brain
Artist and creativity consultant Barbara Doran examines current research in neurobiology to offer insights into the colouring book craze and the benefits of making art.
