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Round-up of galleries to visit online
Even before they began to rapidly adapt to closing their physical spaces, more and more galleries were investing time and curatorial skill to create a compelling online presence.
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The power of older women
Sally Rees celebrates the witchy magic of female ageing via the figure of the ‘crone’.
Briony Downes
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The Uncanny Humour of Destiny Deacon
Revealing truths through rescued kitsch.
Andrew Stephens
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Towards a plastic-free Biennale
Two artists are test the limits and possibilities of going ‘plastic-free’
Tracey Clement
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Flowers: Passion. Pain. Nation.
An exhibition focussed on so well-worn an artistic motif as flowers might, on the face of it, appear to be swimming against the tide of the current zeitgeist.
Barnaby Smith
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Teresa Margolles maps the repercussions of pain
Margolles insists that she isn’t an activist. “I am an artist and I use all the limitations of an artist,” she says.
Tracey Clement
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The Mind Behind the Lens
Photojournalist Barbara McGrady tells the stories behind her renowned images.
Tracey Clement
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The immersive drawings of Anna Boghiguian
“As an Armenian, the concept of exile and genocide is not unfamiliar.”
Barnaby Smith
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The power of bodies in movement
Through a classical Filipino dance form featuring long metal fingernails, artist Bhenji Ra explores the passing down of cultural knowledge.
Andy Butler
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Enduring Beauty
Shell stringing is not only women’s business – it’s a defining, unbroken tradition for Tasmanian Aboriginals.
Briony Downes
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Art reflects monstrous times in the Adelaide Biennial
The artists in Monster Theatres are “manifesting the monsters” of this cultural moment.
Steve Dow
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The Act of Collecting
As an abstract painter with an enduring interest in modernism, John Nixon has always enjoyed exploring and absorbing material from allied fields.