The intricate paintings of Nusra Latif Qureshi, now showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, remake and reroute imperial narratives and trace the borders of the shifting self.
For Dane Mitchell, Slvalbard—a mysterious archipelago north of the Arctic circle—gives the tensions that shape our ecological moment a new and intriguing form.
In an era that is saturated with visual information, photographs that change the way we see the world can feel increasingly elusive. We invited three photographers to choose an image that challenges our assumptions about politics and culture during this historical moment.
After announcing last week that artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino would represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has made the unprecedented decision to drop the team.
Queenslander Glen O’Malley stands as a key figure among a generation of photographers who depicted the domestic lives of Australians in the 1970s and 1980s. In an interview with Barnaby Smith, he discusses the landmark 1988 show Journeys North, and QAGOMA’s current exhibition Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography.
The images of Haitian-French photographer Henry Roy—on display for the first time at the Art Gallery of Western Australia—are a tribute to the landscapes that loom large in our imagination and a beguiling antidote to the brutality of the world.
Material concerns such as housing can determine an artist’s wellbeing and sense of possibility—an idea that is often overlooked by romantic ideas of art making that are out of sync with our current reality. How can artists navigate a society in which reliable shelter is elusive? And can art itself help us reimagine what it means to achieve secure footing in an increasingly volatile world? Jo Higgins investigates.
In an interview with Louise Martin-Chew, Darrell Sibosado discusses his striking installation Ilgarr (Blood), currently on show as part of the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, his major commission at the 24th Biennale of Sydney, and Illume, an upcoming collaboration with the renowned Bangarra Theatre.
Since 2009, the William Robinson Gallery has held regular exhibitions showcasing the prolific Queensland artist’s oeuvre. The latest is Numinous, focusing on landscape painting and showing the natural world through Robinson’s careful eye.
The Future & Other Fictions, a landmark exhibition at ACMI, reflects both the cultural forces that determine our reality and the power of imagining our world anew.
The paintings of Ethel Carrick—whose legacy is being celebrated via a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia—offer distinctive and poignant lessons in seeing the world.
Luise Guest speaks with internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Cao Fei—whose work is on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales—about why the city is a repository of memory and the power of the places we forget or overlook.
For over four decades, Tony Clark’s painting practice has merged a deep appreciation for art history with a desire to push beyond the traditional confines of prescribed mediums. His latest exhibition at Buxton Contemporary focuses on sculpture—or the idea of it.
Carol Jerrems’ intimate and revealing portraits of women, now showing at the National Portrait Gallery, are a touchstone for a generation of writers and photographers. For Josephine Mead, they also galvanise the power—and limits—of feminist legacy five decades on.
When times are hard, we often turn to art to remind ourselves that beauty and hope persist. An exhibition at Murray Art Museum Albury brings together nine artists from varied disciplines to examine how art can be used as an agent for good.
