Feature
Letting artists lead in the Reading Room
After a decade working at Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne, Radonich is keenly aware of the challenges she faces in stepping away from a big brand.
News
Natasha Cica resigns as director of Heide
One of Melbourne’s iconic public galleries, Heide Museum of Modern Art, announced this week that Dr Natasha Cica has resigned as director.
By Art Guide Australia
News
Vale Polixeni Papapetrou
Melbourne photographer Polixeni Papapetrou died on Wednesday 11 April, following a long illness. Widely recognised as one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists, Papapetrou came to photography later in life and quickly rose to prominence.
By Briony Downes
Review
Doomsday Preppers at Bus Projects
The exhibition WROL (Without Rule of Law), at Melbourne’s Bus Projects, focused on preppers who fetishise and invest in the collapse of civilisation.
By Zara Sigglekow
News
The National 2019 curatorial team announced
The National, an ambitious biennial initiative staged across three major Sydney institutions, will be back in 2019.
By Art Guide Australia
Review
21st Biennale of Sydney: Michaël Borremans
For the 21st Biennale of Sydney, a full wing of Artspace is dedicated to the videos, sculptures, notes and paintings of Belgian artist Michaël Borremans. The darkened space is punctuated with screens, low-lit plinths and glass-topped cases.
By Rebecca Gallo
Opinion
Happy Little Trees
I had never heard of Bob Ross when I first encountered his smiling face looking out from the ranks of recommended TV shows, but I am sure my reaction to him was typical of the reason his show is now so popular.
By Andrew Frost
Preview, Review
American Portraits by Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus: American Portraits, a National Gallery of Australia (NGA) touring exhibition currently showing at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne, features 36 of the photographer’s works created during the last decade of her career, 1961 to 1971.
By Nadiah Abdulrahim
News
Nick Mitzevich announced as the new Director of the National Gallery of Australia
Following weeks of speculation, Mitzevich will be replacing current NGA Director Gerard Vaughan, who is retiring from his post on July 1.
By Briony Downes
Interview
With Seeing Hands
The exhibition With Seeing Hands features contributions from seven mostly Melbourne-based artists, some of whom identify as having sensory or mobility disabilities.
By Steve Dow
Preview
Judy Millar: My Body Pressed
The paintings in New Zealander Judy Millar’s solo show, My Body Pressed, have a particularly visceral quality.
By Tracey Clement
Interview
21st Biennale of Sydney: Khaled Sabsabi
Khaled Sabsabi migrated to Australia with his family in the early years of the protracted and bloody Lebanese civil war (1975-1990).
