Review
Gaia not the Goddess
In Gaia not the Goddess, an installation of sculptural objects packed tightly into the project space at Heide Museum, Isadora Vaughan continues her exploration of materials creating a speculative environment.
Feature
Suspended Moment
Three works by Katthy Cavaliere made in Goulburn chronicle the idiosyncrasies of place with the insight of a singular vision.
By Briony Downes
Feature
Revealed
Revealed provides fertile ground for emerging Indigenous artists to exchange ideas, showcase diverse practices and sell work.
By Steve Dow
Preview
Artists put matter centre stage in Prima Materia
Prima Materia considers the transformation of matter—from older ideas around alchemy and mysticism to contemporary issues of dispossession and environmental change.
By Rebecca Shanahan
Feature
Top Arts and ARTEXPRESS: What young people are thinking
Far from being a clunky display of papier-mâché heads and oil paintings of flowers, the contemporary Year 12 art exhibition incorporates multiple artforms produced with impressive technical skill.
By Briony Downes
Feature
Vis-Ability
The term ‘visual art’ tends to preclude further ways of experiencing work but in Vis-Ability, careful research and curation have expanded the scope of ‘seeing’ art.
By Sheridan Coleman
News
Tony Costa wins 2019 Archibald Prize
This year, Tony Costa won the Archibald Prize for his portrait of Lindy Lee. The Sulman prize was won by McLean Edwards with The first girl that knocked on his door and Sylvia Ken was awarded the Wynne for Seven Sisters.
By Steve Dow
Feature
Podcast: Gemma Smith on the persuasion of colour
Colour is simultaneously the most apparent and most complex part of Gemma Smith’s practice. The artist, who has a penchant for abstraction, creates paintings that capture dialogues and interactions between colours.
By Tiarney Miekus
Interview
Elizabeth Cross talks about the symbolism and majesty of trees
Melbourne-based curator and art historian Elizabeth Cross is less known for her own work as an artist, but this identification is shifting with the opening of her exhibition, Arborescent, at the Australian National University’s Drill Hall Gallery.
By Steve Dow
Preview
Storygraph
Through the medium of comic art, StoryGraph offers a portrait of various aspects of Australian life, from policy and governance to small communities and services.
By Barnaby Smith
Feature
Ensemble Piece
When Angelica Mesiti debuted her acclaimed 2012 video work Citizen Band at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, then-director Juliana Engberg told her quietly at the opening, “I’m going to take you to Venice.” It took a few years, but Engberg was true to her word.
By Anna Dunnill
Preview
Lara Merrett: Flip side
Colour is an ongoing preoccupation for Lara Merrett, and the paintings for Flip side are steeped in it.
