Briony Downes is an arts writer based in Hobart. She has worked in the arts industry for over 20 years as a writer, actor, gallery assistant, art theory tutor and fine art framer. Most recently, she spent time studying Art History through Oxford University.
Braidwood-based artist Kate Stevens has won the inaugural Evelyn Chapman Art Award for her work Gaza, 2018, a painting based on imagery found in online news footage.
Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia is plunging into its American collection, with the works that put it on the map.
Painter Charles Blackman died on 20 August in Sydney, just eight days after celebrating his 90th birthday. A statement released by the Charles Blackman Foundation confirmed that the artist passed away “as the first morning bird called in song” surrounded by family after a long-term battle with dementia.
Sam Field’s paintings are like colonialist postcards from a post-apocalyptic Australian landscape. His terrains are assembled by combining national logos and images – from vintage Channel Nine logos and football teams, to Blundstone boots and lyrebirds.
Mona founder David Walsh AO has announced a collaboration between the Melbourne-based Hotham Street Ladies and Pop Architecture as the winner of the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.
At first glance, the human protagonists in Brassington’s exhibition appear strangely familiar. On closer inspection, it becomes evident that they possess slight anomalies that render them unfamiliar.
Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Jude Walton is the recipient of the 2018 Georges Mora Fellowship.
Renowned Indigenous artist Destiny Deacon has been awarded the inaugural $60,000 Yalingwa Fellowship.
Kylie Elkington’s soft-hued botanical paintings recall the temperament and sincerity of Pre-Raphaelite works from the mid-19th century.
Incarceration is a long chapter in Australia’s history; a new exhibition looks at how detention continues to impact the world.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. What can a 500-year-old triptych by Hieronymus Bosch tell us about the current political climate?
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley met at the Arts Centre Melbourne last weekend to announce plans for a major redevelopment of Melbourne’s Southbank arts precinct.
