From revelling in biography to what artists wear to creative workshops, Jane O’Sullivan writes on a new artistic retreat, revealing the joys of learning directly from artists.
Kirtika Kain’s Western Sydney apartment on Dharug Country is crowded with boxes of materials and new canvases. She came back from a residency in Italy in late 2022 and since then she’s been living alongside her work, preparing for her solo exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 and for the Biennale of Sydney next year. The cohabitation has been intense and sometimes messy, but Kain says studio life is teaching her new confidence.
Why are we so hard on pink? Thinking Through Pink at Wollongong Art Gallery revels in a lush, complicated colour.
Lydia Wegner’s photographs urge audiences to question what they see. Wegner’s latest work at Arc One Gallery presents audiences with visual abstractions that cause reason to pause and pay attention.
Prizes are a chance to celebrate artists but the reasons why they choose to enter, and why prize organisers put up the cash, point towards growing cracks in the art world. Are we supporting a diverse range of artists, or are we gamifying the system?
“Because what is the substance of our lives, except for the things we thought were significant?” From standing on clifftops to attempting to swim the English Channel, for over two decades Todd McMillan has created art on endurance, melancholia and absurdity—and he’s taking this further with new shows at Nicholas Thompson and Penrith Regional Gallery.
“You constantly read about the revival of craft and textiles, but they’ve never gone away.” In a vast new exhibition at CAVES, over 50 artists from Australia and New Zealand shed light on the evolving conversations around textiles.
From glass eel traps to possum skin cloaks, Maree Clarke uses art to tell stories as well as reclaim and extend cultural practices. Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories is the first major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria by a living artist with ancestral ties to the land on which the gallery stands.
With an eye for capturing the colonial holds of history while communicating her profound spiritual connection to Country, in My Place – Before Marlene Gilson paints the history of her home.
Children can radically alter how artists approach their work—and some even find themselves collaborating with their kids.
Kangaroo teeth, river reeds, streetwear and sculpture: the rich world of contemporary Indigenous fashion.
