Hammond McCubbin & Frater Galleries: VAS Summer Exhibition Hammond McCubbin & Frater Galleries: VAS Summer Exhibition The Victorian Artists Society 29 Jan—24 Feb
Hammond, McCubbin & Frater Galleries: VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition Hammond, McCubbin & Frater Galleries: VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition The Victorian Artists Society 12 Feb—23 Feb
Frater Gallery: Mark Bagally – A Year in Paint Frater Gallery: Mark Bagally – A Year in Paint The Victorian Artists Society 26 Feb—9 Mar
Mackley Members Room: Clive Sinclair – Solo Exhibition Mackley Members Room: Clive Sinclair – Solo Exhibition The Victorian Artists Society 26 Feb—30 Mar
Cato Gallery: Megan Jane Johnstone – Wake-up call… Lessons from nature’s sculptured landscape The Victorian Artists Society 5 Feb—16 Feb
Feature Carol Jerrems’ maternal inheritances Carol Jerrems’ intimate and revealing portraits of women, now showing at the National Portrait Gallery, are a touchstone for a generation of writers and photographers. For Josephine Mead, they also galvanise the power—and limits—of feminist legacy five decades on. Josephine Mead
Preview Can art make the world a better place? When times are hard, we often turn to art to remind ourselves that beauty and hope persist. An exhibition at Murray Art Museum Albury brings together nine artists from varied disciplines to examine how art can be used as an agent for good. Briony Downes
Interview Sustaining culture with Gillian Kayrooz To coincide with the presentation of the 3rd Bankstown Biennale: Same Same/Different, Gillian Kayrooz spoke to Karina Dias Pires about how food can express the complexities of culture and difference—and spark unlikely connections across time and place. Karina Dias Pires
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
Feature Speaking volumes: on our love affair with art books The growing cultural interest in art books reflects the enduring power of the printed word. Jane O’Sullivan takes a closer look. Jane O'Sullivan