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Queer abstraction in …(illegible)…
First-time curator Andrew Atchison focuses an inquiry into queer abstraction, challenging how we comprehend and view queer art.
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Virtual Reality: Undoing the Colonial Gaze, and Endless Peripheral Vision
Steve Dow looks at a number of artists who see VR as loaded with both hope and fear.
By Steve Dow
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Online portal preserves Ngaanyatjarra culture
Sydney University has launched a portal about the remote Ngaanyatjarra world, created in consultation with the community, its contents approved by elders.
By Steve Dow
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The Botanical: Beauty and Peril
Unearthing relationships between the depictions of Western Australian flora and the state’s Indigenous, colonial and future legacy.
By Briony Downes
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On Vulnerability and Doubt
Works by Australian and international artists suggest that doubt and vulnerability, though long perceived as weaknesses, can make room for desire and transformation.
By Zara Sigglekow
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It All Started With a Stale Sandwich
It All Started With a Stale Sandwich is a documentary about the 50-year history of Kaldor Public Art Projects, made by London-born, Sydney-based film director Samantha Lang.
By Steve Dow
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TarraWarra International 2019: The Tangible Trace
Local and international artists create fine-drawn moments of memory and existence at TarraWarra International.
By Tiarney Miekus
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50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects: Penelope Seidler remembers Wrapped Coast
50 years on, Penelope Seidler recalls the first ever Kaldor Public Art Project: Christo and Jeane-Claude’s groundbreaking Wrapped Coast.
By Jane O'Sullivan
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For Aboriginal artists, personal stories matter
Many art historians argue that the life of the artist should be viewed independently of the art.
By Louise Martin-Chew
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Transience and Immortality
A mass installation and drawings by contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang encounter the Terracotta Warriors and other ancient treasures.
By Andrew Stephens
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Suspended Moment
Three works by Katthy Cavaliere made in Goulburn chronicle the idiosyncrasies of place with the insight of a singular vision.
By Briony Downes
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Christian Thompson: Ritual Intimacy
The use of his own body may be a convenient framework for Christian Thompson, but it also implies an emotional and personal investment that lends his work power and immediacy.