Contributor Tiarney Miekus is an editor at Art Guide Australia and a Melbourne-based writer whose work has also appeared in The Age, The Australian, un Magazine, Meanjin, RealTime, Overland and The Lifted Brow (Online). She is the producer of the Art Guide Australia podcast.
Sally Gearon is assistant editor at Art Guide Australia. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, she has a background in art history and book publishing.
With scores of artists in the current 24th Biennale of Sydney, we look at nine artists from around the world participating in the event, from a Japanese queer icon to a Polish film director, to creations of Māori barkcloth to Indian tattoos.
This year’s Biennale of Sydney centres the “profound changes of the 21st century” from migration to diaspora to climate change—and how communities show perpetual resilience. From delicate kites to images of nuclear war, here’s our round up of what you can’t miss.
With over 60 booths presenting, this year’s Melbourne Art Fair doesn’t centre glitz or glam, but glimpses into sci-fi, realism, vibrant colour and Indigenous connections to land. Our editors have rounded up their top picks.
2024 is already shaping up to be a huge year for art exhibitions. Here’s what we’re excited about, from namedropping to Nan Goldin’s photographs, to long-deserved survey shows of significant Indigenous artists.
With an embarrassment of riches on offer this summer, we’ve rounded up the major art shows across the country, spanning Louise Bourgeois, Tacita Dean, Emily Kam Kngwarray and the magic of fairy tales—just to name a few.
Whether scouting the perfect gift or searching for a summer read, our editors have picked their top art books of 2023—spanning everything from a history of ceramics, women and spiritualism, and First Nations practices.
One of Australia’s biggest art fairs is back at Carriageworks, with over 96 booths and 500 artists. Our Art Guide editors have curated their top picks at Sydney Contemporary, spanning intimate still life paintings, cats draped over shoulders and emerging artists.
