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.
The assemblage of new motherhood, of shifting time and experience, is mirrored in Lillian O’Neil’s poignant artistic assemblages at UNSW Galleries.
Two exhibitions at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery are exploring two varying yet interlocked conceptions of time: history as an evolutionary process amid our daily experiences of life.
Trained in timber furniture making and metal fabrication, Adelaide-based artist Nat Penney has developed a professional practice that balances the creation of functional objects with evocative, more abstract forms. Her latest works are now showing at Newmarch Gallery.
Annika Romeyn uses watercolour, drawing and printmaking to capture—and revisit—the natural environment. In her latest show at Flinders Lane Gallery, she returns to the Old Mutawintji Gorge.
Geelong Gallery is pairing renowned Australian artists Margaret Preston (1875—1963) with the contemporary Cressida Campbell, in exploration of their mutual affinity for the Japanese ukiyo-e print.
The brand new 10km Mosman Art Trail features landmarks that have inspired generations of artists, including Arthur Streeton, Margaret Preston, Susan Rothwell and Jasper Knight. With accompanying reproductions of artworks at various sites on the walk, it’s a chance to reflect how artists interpret the landscape.
Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale for his monumental work, kith and kin. It marks the first time Australia has won the award in the event’s 130-year history.
“Heat and gravity were as much the materials as the glass itself,” says Rosalind Lemoh on her latest show at Canberra Glassworks that explores new mediums and influences for the Gundaroo-based artist.
Working en plein air, Clarice Beckett’s tonalist paintings capture not only the likeness of a place, but how it felt to be there. Revisit our preview of the historical artist, who is now showing at Cairns Art Gallery with work from the 1920s and 30s.
Belinda Winkler and Kevin Perkins AM use the southern Tasmanian landscape as inspiration for a series of works that contrast curve and plane, which are now showing at Bett Gallery.
A new exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery has preserved the relocated studio of Australian painter Margaret Olley, with her work providing inspiration for a new series of paintings by Mirra Whale, India Mark and Laura Jones.
With a current survey exhibition at Rockhampton Museum of Art chronicling 23 years of painting and photography, Julie Fragar talks about creative influences and what it’s like to observe a Supreme Court murder trial.
