Pat Hoffie on charting the terrain of chaos
This Mess We’re In at QUT Art Museum spans three collections of Pat Hoffie’s lengthy career. The thread that runs between them is the unpredictable nature of life and all it contains.
This Mess We’re In at QUT Art Museum spans three collections of Pat Hoffie’s lengthy career. The thread that runs between them is the unpredictable nature of life and all it contains.
A few years back, I started collecting vintage Australian tourist scarves that portray First Nations people as primitive caricatures and noble savages. Now, I own more than ten scarves with images ranging from Western depictions of First Nations art and objects, to Indigenous people in tokenistic scenes.
Archie Moore has revealed a deep dive into his family’s history for his holographic map of identity, kith and kin, as Australia’s entry in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
“I’m drawn to things that are broken, lost, missing, unfinished, in transition.” In this insightful interview artist Diana Baker Smith talks about creating her latest graphic score at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
By mere virtue of using social media, artists unavoidably project a ‘personal brand’—but, asks Sophia Cai, what ethics are at play when artists become active influencers for businesses, products or political positions?
Jessica Bradford and Louise Zhang collaborate in a playful exhibition at Wagga Art Gallery that explores multicultural identities and reflects on Chinese hell.
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is exploring the photographic lines of illusion and truth from via international icons—Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gilbert & George and Nan Goldin—to Australian masters like Max Dupain, Olive Cotton, Mervyn Bishop, Polly Borland and Darren Sylvester.
Mona brings new works out of the archive for the ever-evolving collection Monanism. Currently on display are works by Cassandra Laing and Michel Blazy.
The first Torres Strait Islander artist to show in the National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden, Janet Fieldhouse gifts us her deep affinity for sculpture.
From art crushes to parenting to why she largely uses black-and-white images, we caught up with Gunditjmara artist Hayley Millar Baker to ask 20 quick questions about her 2022 survey show at Flinders University Museum of Art, and how her images speak to Aboriginal experiences and memory.
From co-founding pivotal First Nations collectives to a trailblazing curating and academic career, to an equally profound art practice, Brenda L Croft centralises family and culture—which resonates as much as ever.
“It’s a relationship I’m speaking about, a relationship with environment, place, my grandmother and family,” says Christopher Bassi. With inspiration vested in a matrilineal connection to Queensland’s far north, the sea, and the tropics, Bassi practises from a light-filled studio in Brisbane’s West End.
The widespread demise of coral reefs due to climate change is now a certainty. But what role does art have in our future for coral reefs?
A new exhibition at Court House Gallery unites three artists—and friends—with varied practices but cohesive ideologies.
The annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism act as something of a mirror to society—reflecting back the year we had through photographs. The exhibition of the 2023 winners is currently on display at the State Library of Victoria.