In general, the photos surrounding the process of filmmaking are not thought of as art objects or as portraiture. Yet Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, presented by the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, displays these photographs precisely as portraiture.
Rather than simply relegating the voice to mere sound, in Seeing voices the voice comes to us in many utterances and instances. It is linguistic, cultural, social, gendered, human and post-human. In this regional touring exhibition the voice is explored as a visual, political and material entity.
At the heart of Danjoo – Interwoven is pride in Country, community and culture.
Are some exhibitions being designed for the social media experience?
Mairi Ward creates patterns evocative of the way nature regenerates: tiny microcosms teeming just below the surface, ready to spring into action.
Desert River Sea plunges visitors into the complexity and aspirations of the Kimberley.
There is no shortage of drama in Borrowed Scenery, which is perhaps the point—to take female artists out of scenes shaped by the male gaze and to place them on their own stages.
With a resolutely civic ethos, Simon Terrill photographs outdoor spaces staged with everyday people.
Nicola Moss’s collaged works represent a soulful and civic-minded inquiry into the importance of green spaces amid congested urban environments.
Destination Sydney re-imagined, the second iteration of a concept which debuted in 2015, is a showcase for significant Sydney-based artists with decades of practice behind them.
The first Sanaa Festival was held in Adelaide in 2017. This year, six African artists are being flown to Australia and more will have work in the Sanaa Exhibition, which is part of the Adelaide Fringe festival.
Thirty years ago in Beijing, on the eve of Chinese New Year, contemporary Chinese artist Xiao Lu made her artistic debut by firing a shotgun at her installation Dialogue.
