Preview
Kylie Elkington: Native Engagement
Kylie Elkington’s soft-hued botanical paintings recall the temperament and sincerity of Pre-Raphaelite works from the mid-19th century.
Preview, Review
Keg de Souza: Common Knowledge and Learning Curves
Keg de Souza’s wildly colourful installation at Artspace, Common Knowledge and Learning Curves, occupies multiple registers.
By Rebecca Shanahan
Feature
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new
Building on traditional knowledge and aesthetics, John Mawurndjul has established a thoroughly contemporary practice.
By Anna Dunnill
Feature
A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness
In a groundbreaking exhibition, curator Hannah Presley makes a case for the multifaceted representation of contemporary Indigenous art.
By Anna Dunnill
Feature
Dark Country
Liam Garstang’s cross-disciplinary practice reveals a haunted, wounded vision of inland Australia.
By Andrew Stephens
Preview
My Monster: The Human Animal Hybrid
To coincide with the 200-year anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, RMIT Gallery presents My Monster: The Human Animal Hybrid.
By Laura Couttie
News
Laith McGregor wins 2018 Paul Guest Prize for Drawing
Congratulations to Laith McGregor who has won the $15,000 Paul Guest Prize for Drawing with his pencil drawing on paper, This Old Island, 2018.
By Art Guide Australia
Interview
Jason Phu talks about The Burrangong Affray in 1860 and other racist riots
The 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art teamed Sydney-born artist Jason Phu with Hong Kong-born artist John Young Zerunge to take a fresh look at the 19th century riots on Australia’s goldfields, where resentment at Chinese miners boiled over.
By Steve Dow
Preview
Exploring history and portraiture in So Fine
The links between portraiture and national history are complex and entwined. The group exhibition So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history is exploring this relationship by using portraiture to reconsider and reimagine Australia’s dominant historical narratives.
By Tiarney Miekus
News
Mona Foma moves to Launceston
From 2019 Mona Foma, the annual summer music, arts and culture festival, will leave Hobart and head to Launceston.
By Art Guide Australia
Feature
On the Inside
Incarceration is a long chapter in Australia’s history; a new exhibition looks at how detention continues to impact the world.
By Briony Downes
Review
Black Hole
Shane Cotton, a New Zealand artist of Pakeha (white New Zealander) and Mãori descent is referred to as a ‘history painter’.
