Local Artists Response to Clarice Beckett Local Artists Response to Clarice Beckett Orange Regional Gallery 1 Nov—9 Mar
Conversations with Clarice Beckett Conversations with Clarice Beckett Orange Regional Gallery 7 Dec—23 Mar
Preview Bhenji Ra dreams in dance In Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon, now showing at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Australian-Filipina artist Bhenji Ra explores pangalay—a dance form indigenous to the Tausug and Bajau peoples from the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah in the Philippines. Josephine Mead
Feature Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya Shaped by the movement between histories and cultures, the work of Thai-born, Aotearoa-raised artist Sorawit Songsataya draws on mystery and plurality as a means of knowing the world. The artist is now showing at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Monash University Museum of Art. Amelia Winata
Studio Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light Consuelo Cavaniglia’s sunny studio in an industrial area of Sydney’s inner west reflects the artist’s fascination with light. Her recent glass works, now showing at Chau Chak Wing Museum, play with apertures, shadows, reflections and transparencies. Jane O'Sullivan
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 Bett Gallery, Brassington gives a rare interview talking about studying art in her thirties, psychoanalysis, and discovering feminism through a wives’ book club. Tiarney Miekus
Feature Telly Tuita’s life in technicolour Tongan legends and pop culture heroes face off in the work of Telly Tuita, an artist whose freewheeling visual language articulates the light and shade of experience and the multiple selves we contain. Tuita is now showing as part of Sydney Festival. Steve Dow
Preview An enduring friendship Featuring work by Arrernte and Southern Luritja artist Sally M Nangala Mulda and Arrernte and Western Arrarnta artist Marlene Rubuntja, Two Girls From Amoonguna is an ACMI touring exhibition now showing at Araluen Arts Centre. Josephine Mead