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Lu Forsberg: Transparency and other worries
Transparency and other worries presents a new body of work at Brisbane’s Institute for Modern Art in which the artist probes our distanced relationship to mining.
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Carey Merten combines mathematics with art
Bold, obsessive and geometric. These are some of the words used to describe Carey Merten’s paintings.
By Tiarney Miekus
Featured Exhibition
Sheer Fantasy
Curated by Western Sydney artist, David Capra, Sheer Fantasy suspends time to confront the role of the fantastical and how it plays within our collective conscious.
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Christian Thompson: Ritual Intimacy
One of Australia’s preeminent contemporary artists, Christian Thompson, is returning to stage his first ever survey at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne.
By Rebecca Gallo
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Next Wave Festival 2018
One of the most intriguing highlights of the Next Wave Festival 2018 is actually not, strictly speaking, an artwork by one of the more than 40 creators selected to participate in the showcase of experimental art.
By Barnaby Smith
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No Woman Is an Island
In Vanishing Point five artists come together to draw a net around the nebulous nature of islands.
By Sheridan Coleman
News
Sam Walsh AO appointed as Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts
Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield announced on 21 April that Sam Walsh AO has been appointed the next Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts. Walsh succeeds outgoing Chair Rupert Myer AO and will commence a three-year term on July 1.
By Briony Downes
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21st Biennale of Sydney: Ciara Phillips
Born in Canada, Ciara Phillips has lived in the Scottish city of Glasgow for some time. Since its first modest outing in Hamburg, her ongoing project Workshop has made eight further appearances and the MCA installation is the latest incarnation of this experimental series.
By Sharne Wolff
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Seeing voices in regional Australia
Rather than simply relegating the voice to mere sound, in Seeing voices the voice comes to us in many utterances and instances. It is linguistic, cultural, social, gendered, human and post-human. In this regional touring exhibition the voice is explored as a visual, political and material entity.
By Tiarney Miekus
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Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study
Examining the poetics, textures and vernacular languages of Mexico City are 12 artists who have lived or worked there, participating in the mutual transformation of the city.
By Anna Dunnill
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Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front
Currently showing at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), Salient brings together 12 Australian artists who each spent time at the Western Front in 2017.
By Tiarney Miekus
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Three Tasmanian printmakers in Push, Pull, Press
A new exhibition at Burnie Regional Art Gallery, titled Push, Pull, Press, explores the multi-faceted world of etching, linocutting and engraving.
