From her feminist prints and posters of the 1970s to her later landscape paintings, Mandy Martin’s (1952-2021) retrospective at Geelong Gallery shows her long-term fight for the Australian environment.
For better or worse, data is intrinsic to modern life. In recent months with various data breach scandals, Australians have been reminded of its omnipresence— and in Data Relations at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, artists explore how data manifests both personally and societally.
In Equilibrium at Heide Museum of Modern Art is the first major survey exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s work in Australia; its title alludes to Hepworth’s ability to meld empty space with solid form, texture and colour to create a unified whole.
One of the most significant designers of his generation, Alexander McQueen’s subversive designs pushed the boundaries of fashion—and the National Gallery of Victoria is revealing the theatrical breadth of his work in their major summer exhibition.
Printmakers Monika Lukowska and Nikki Green have collaborated with poet Renee Pettitt-Schipp to highlight the importance of preserving the ecosystems of Western Australia’s south coast. Their exhibition, Tracing Gondwana, is now showing at Midland Junction Arts Centre.
Teo Treloar has lately been collecting and illustrating editions of Albert Camus’s The Plague—a novel about, you guessed it, plagues. Now, Treloar’s stunningly detailed drawings are showing at Grafton Regional Gallery.
Lydia Wegner’s photographs urge audiences to question what they see. Wegner’s latest work at Arc One Gallery presents audiences with visual abstractions that cause reason to pause and pay attention.
From being a carpenter on the Wollongong waterfront to working at Bunnings and then becoming a successful artist, it’s little wonder Dan Moynihan’s practice reveals a love of materials, alongside a good dose of humour—as his new show at Tolarno illustrates.
From his cosmological interests that earned an asteroid named after him, to his vibrant paintings of clouds and marine life, Torres Strait Islands artist Segar Passi is being honoured in a six-decade retrospective at Cairns Art Gallery.
For decades painter Bruce Thurrowgood has committed himself to depicting the essence of light, reflected in his latest paintings at Handmark Gallery.
“They’re visualising Country as spirit”: First Nations artists Maddison Gibbs and salllvage have been practicing deep listening to express connection to Country, exhibiting sound and sculpture works at Cement Fondu.
The Omie is a community living in the remote rainforest mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Oro Province creating the art of tapa—a tradition spanning across the Pacific. When Skirts Become Artworks: Sihoti’e Nioge, showing at Caloundra Regional Gallery, reveals the Omie’s distinctive tapa designs.
