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Changing the Narrative

Through digital photography, artist Leigh Penton investigates how light, colour and line can be manipulated to reframe a moment in time—shifting the narrative beyond the instant of capture.

27 September—19 October

Rusten House Art Centre

87 Collett Street, Queanbeyan NSW, Australia

qprc.nsw.gov.au/Community/Culture-and-Arts/Rusten-House

News

The Hadley’s Art Prize Winner is announced

New South Wales-based artist Sophie Cape, has won the Hadley’s Art Prize for 2025. The winning piece, alongside the 28 finalists, will be on display at Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart until 21 September.

Art Guide Australia

Feature

Listening with Discomfort and Possibility

For Listening Acts at the Now or Never Festival, the music and performance company Chamber Made invited artists to interrogate the intersection between the body, listening and technology.

Josephine Mead

Feature

Material, Meaning and Memory

Campbelltown Arts Centre’s in every room presents rich socio-political histories and personal storytelling, with works by Lara Chamas, Jagath Dheerasekara, Kuba Dorabialski, Roberta Joy Rich, Sancintya Mohini Simpson and Curtis Taylor.

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

Preview

Cultural traditions with contemporary practice

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) celebrates 19 years of bringing local and international audiences together on Larrakia Country.

Courtney Kidd

Book Reviews

Shelf Portraits: Yhonnie Scarce’s artwork and research in print

In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.

Jane O'Sullivan

Preview

Danie Mellor contemplates history and memory

Marru translates to “becoming visible” in Danie Mellor’s ancestral Dyirbal language (of Far North Queensland). In his current exhibition Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible at Queensland Art Gallery, the title reflects the work’s gentle ruminations on the complexities of the history of colonisation entwined with personal memories.

Rusten House Art Centre

Leigh Penton

Changing the Narrative

27 September—19 October

Rusten House Art Centre

Suggested Reading

The Hadley’s Art Prize Winner is announced

Art Guide Australia

Listening with Discomfort and Possibility

Josephine Mead

Material, Meaning and Memory

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

Cultural traditions with contemporary practice

Courtney Kidd

Shelf Portraits: Yhonnie Scarce’s artwork and research in print

Jane O'Sullivan

Danie Mellor contemplates history and memory

Barnaby Smith

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Rusten House Art Centre

Leigh Penton

Changing the Narrative

27 September—19 October

Rusten House Art Centre

Suggested Reading

The Hadley’s Art Prize Winner is announced

Art Guide Australia

Listening with Discomfort and Possibility

Josephine Mead

Material, Meaning and Memory

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

Cultural traditions with contemporary practice

Courtney Kidd

Shelf Portraits: Yhonnie Scarce’s artwork and research in print

Jane O'Sullivan

Danie Mellor contemplates history and memory

Barnaby Smith

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