Courtney Kidd is a writer who has written for numerous publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, British and Australasian Art Monthly, Artist Profile and VAULT. She is also an art consultant with Artbank, a federal government collection and art leasing organisation.
Julie Mehretu and the new contemporary
Julie Mehretu’s first solo exhibition in the southern hemisphere, now showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, attempts to harness the urgency and energy of the Ethiopian-born New Yorker’s multilayered painting practice.