FACES OF LIVERPOOL: STORIES OF HOPE, HOPE AND FRIENDSHIP Louise Whelan Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 7 Dec—16 Feb
News Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at the 61st Venice Biennale: “We need a way forward to exist and co-exist.” Khaled Sabsabi, the renowned artist known for poignant installations inspired by the language of spiritual and political lineages will represent Australia at next year’s 61st Venice Biennale. Steve Dow
Interview Windows to the world: a conversation with Glen O’Malley Queenslander Glen O’Malley stands as a key figure among a generation of photographers who depicted the domestic lives of Australians in the 1970s and 1980s. In an interview with Barnaby Smith, he discusses the landmark 1988 show Journeys North, and QAGOMA’s current exhibition Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography. Barnaby Smith
Feature Pure Shores: On the allure of Henry Roy’s Impossible Island The images of Haitian-French photographer Henry Roy—on display for the first time at the Art Gallery of Western Australia—are a tribute to the landscapes that loom large in our imagination and a beguiling antidote to the brutality of the world. Michael Sun
Feature From here to infinity with Yayoi Kusama Ahead of the National Gallery of Victoria’s major retrospective on singular Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, we invited four artists to respond to the influence of Kusama on their own practice—and meditate on what her work means to them. Art Guide Australia
Feature The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more. Art Guide Australia
Feature Altered states The Future & Other Fictions, a landmark exhibition at ACMI, reflects both the cultural forces that determine our reality and the power of imagining our world anew. Michelle Wang