Anita King

Anita King is an independent arts writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. She has worked closely with artists, galleries and museums in the United States, Europe and Australia to create and articulate exhibitions for diverse audiences.

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Annika Harding paints through the fog

Annika Harding’s latest work at NorthSite Contemporary Arts, focuses on the Atherton Tablelands, exploring the tension between natural beauty, relentless meteorological forces, and the built environment that supports local agricultural communities.

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Sue Lovegrove on the humbling immensity of nature

“Sometimes I think of my paintings as a sound score to the pulse of the landscape.” Sue Lovegrove presents 12 new abstract landscape paintings in her latest show at Gallerysmith.

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Nadine Christensen explores the unextraordinary

Nadine Christensen’s survey exhibition at Buxton Contemporary spans more than two decades of her practice, bringing together 80 works that explore the quotidian with substantial depth and humour.

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Jessica Bradford and Louise Zhang show us the other side of hell

Jessica Bradford and Louise Zhang collaborate in a playful exhibition at Wagga Art Gallery that explores multicultural identities and reflects on Chinese hell.

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Tamara Bekier and processing the past with paint

Tamara Bekier uses paint to give a voice to the silencing and trauma she experienced as a refugee during World War II. At 92 years of age, her exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat is a survey of her life’s work.

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How Philippa Cullen changed dance in contemporary art

Before Philippa Cullen’s untimely death, the artist, who was prominent in the early 1970s, envisioned “a new medium in which dance is inseparable with technology, music and lighting”. Fifty years later, her work is at McClelland Sculpture Park+ Gallery.

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Shelley Lasica performs in the gallery—whether there is an audience or not

With four decades of propelling dance and choreography into museums and galleries, Shelley Lasica has transformed Australian art. Now, along with seven performers, she’s delivering WHEN I AM NOT THERE at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Anita King

Anita King's Articles

Annika Harding paints through the fog

Sue Lovegrove on the humbling immensity of nature

Nadine Christensen explores the unextraordinary

Jessica Bradford and Louise Zhang show us the other side of hell

Tamara Bekier and processing the past with paint

How Philippa Cullen changed dance in contemporary art

Shelley Lasica performs in the gallery—whether there is an audience or not

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