Richard Bell on art as action
Richard Bell’s art is a call for social justice that’s equally serious, poetic and darkly humorous. Here, the renowned Indigenous artist tells us the personal and compelling stories behind five of his artworks.
Richard Bell’s art is a call for social justice that’s equally serious, poetic and darkly humorous. Here, the renowned Indigenous artist tells us the personal and compelling stories behind five of his artworks.
For over four decades William Yang has photographed moments of love and death, crisis and identity.
In From Australia: An Accumulation both artists and the general public use printmaking to respond to German curator René Block’s 1988 time capsule of Australian art. The exhibition, which starts at Latrobe Regional Gallery, will evolve as it tours during the next two years.
Hairstyling, selfies and making a magazine: how a remote arts organisation keeps young people connected to Country.
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When British designer Mary Quant led a 1960s fashion revolution, she would forever change how women dressed.
From individuals to collectives, female philanthropy is a major driving force in the Australian arts. But who are these women? And why don’t we know more about them?
In her newest work, Angela Tiatia uses the myth of narcissus to hold a mirror to how we live today.
Painting in the early 1900s, Clarice Beckett is known as a leading Australian modernist—but a new exhibition locates something more mystical in the artist’s work.
In This Brittle Light, at Buxton Contemporary, six Light Source Commissions, which began as online works during the pandemic, transition into the gallery space and underline why art matters, no matter where you see it.