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In Pictures

Barbara McGrady blacks out the white cube

Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Murri Yinnah photographer and photojournalist Barbara McGrady has been capturing Country and community for five decades. Her latest exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre is a “multichannel audio-visual black takeover of the white cube”.

Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Murri Yinnah photographer and photojournalist Barbara McGrady has been capturing Country and community for five decades. Her latest exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre is a “multichannel audio-visual black takeover of the white cube”.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 09 Jul 2024

Feature

11 Festivals and fairs in the second half of 2024

From collecting artworks to experiencing the nexus of art and technology, across Darwin, North Queensland, South Australia, Melbourne, Sydney and much more, here’s our curated list of the arts festivals and fairs still to come in 2024.

From collecting artworks to experiencing the nexus of art and technology, across Darwin, North Queensland, South Australia, Melbourne, Sydney and much more, here’s our curated list of the arts festivals and fairs still to come in 2024.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 03 Jul 2024

Interview

Talking painting with Wendy Sharpe

Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With showings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Rockhampton Museum of Art, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski.

Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With showings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Rockhampton Museum of Art, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski.

By Sally Gearon | Published 03 Jul 2024

Feature

Joy and nostalgia: inside Callum Preston’s Video Land

The Immigration Museum’s Joy exhibition offers seven Victorian artists a whole room in which to convey what joy means to them. Callum Preston has recreated a nostalgia-soaked video store, straight out of the 90’s.

The Immigration Museum’s Joy exhibition offers seven Victorian artists a whole room in which to convey what joy means to them. Callum Preston has recreated a nostalgia-soaked video store, straight out of the 90’s.

By Steve Dow | Published 28 Jun 2024

News

Four new and relaunching gallery spaces you need to know about

This year has seen a flurry of new activity in Australia’s art scene, with a number of new gallery spaces opening up and relaunching across the country. Here are four you need to check out, from a new Sydney location to an online platform aiming to revolutionise the art market.

This year has seen a flurry of new activity in Australia’s art scene, with a number of new gallery spaces opening up and relaunching across the country. Here are four you need to check out, from a new Sydney location to an online platform aiming to revolutionise the art market.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 25 Jun 2024

In Pictures

The art of protest

An exhibition at Flinders University Museum of Art is showcasing the iconic posters and prints to come out of the Progressive Art Movement (PAM)—a group of artists activists that started in Adelaide in the 1970’s.

An exhibition at Flinders University Museum of Art is showcasing the iconic posters and prints to come out of the Progressive Art Movement (PAM)—a group of artists activists that started in Adelaide in the 1970’s.

By Art Guide Australia | Published 21 Jun 2024

Preview

Nat Penney finds clarity in a winter beach

Trained in timber furniture making and metal fabrication, Adelaide-based artist Nat Penney has developed a professional practice that balances the creation of functional objects with evocative, more abstract forms. Her latest works are now showing at Newmarch Gallery.

Trained in timber furniture making and metal fabrication, Adelaide-based artist Nat Penney has developed a professional practice that balances the creation of functional objects with evocative, more abstract forms. Her latest works are now showing at Newmarch Gallery.

By Briony Downes | Published 20 Jun 2024

Interview

Pat Brassington is mining the unconscious

Since the 1980s Pat Brassington’s images have entranced the psyche of contemporary Australian art. With a new solo exhibition at ARC ONE Gallery, Brassington gives a rare interview talking about studying art in her thirties, psychoanalysis, and discovering feminism through a wives’ book club.

Since the 1980s Pat Brassington’s images have entranced the psyche of contemporary Australian art. With a new solo exhibition at ARC ONE Gallery, Brassington gives a rare interview talking about studying art in her thirties, psychoanalysis, and discovering feminism through a wives’ book club.

By Tiarney Miekus | Published 18 Jun 2024

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