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Psychological Landscapes
Arthur Boyd’s landscapes not only ruminate on the Australian bush but provide a rich canvas for human emotion to dwell.
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The Many Faces of Digital Art
After record-high international sales, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital art are now becoming mainstream—but how does this new world work? Is it working for Australian artists? Or is it simply the same structures of the physical art world turned digital?
Jess Cockerill
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Artists use the language of jewellery to explore ideas
In Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, 22 artists make the most of the constraints and possibilities of wearability and push the limits of body adornment. An Australian Design Centre touring show, Made/Worn opens at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery on 17 July.
Tracey Clement
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Dancing with dust clouds
Aiming to “reclaim the agency of blindness,” Fayen d’Evie’s poetic and tactile work at West Space explores how we perceive art, in ways both physical and conceptual.
Anna Dunnill
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WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait
Timed to coincide with NAIDOC week (4-11 July), the exhibition WARWAR at Newcastle Art Gallery celebrates the rich history and diverse contemporary art of the Torres Strait Islands.
Barnaby Smith
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Art to view, watch and listen to from home
With multiple Australian cities now in lockdown, there’s plenty of ways to engage with and support artists—from experimental video streaming, virtual galleries, old master documentaries and the best of arts podcasts, this is our curated shortlist.
Tiarney Miekus
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European masters: An endless affair
Major exhibitions on European masters are currently showing in multiple Australian cities. What keeps compelling us toward these artworks?
Steve Dow
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Cataloguing all we know
Camille Henrot identifies systems of understanding the world, and turns them inside out.
Zara Sigglekow
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Louise Zhang colours the world
Melding motifs from Chinese culture with Biblical imagery and her own experiences, Louise Zhang’s alluring paintings reach far beyond the gallery.
Sheridan Hart
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Light in the Dark
As Mona celebrates its 10th anniversary, the gallery is strengthening its connection with Tasmanian locals and harking back to its beginning: a private art collection.
Briony Downes
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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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Hilma af Klint’s secret communion
Science, geometry, séances: the extraordinary spirit world of once-forgotten artist Hilma af Klint.