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(De)Nature Morte: Still Life from the Artbank Collection — Ebony Truscott, *Wrecked drum with jar*, 2023, oil on linen. Artbank Collection, purchased 2024.

Artbank Sydney

Group Exhibition

(De)Nature Morte: Still Life from the Artbank Collection

What does the still life genre tell us today? Are we living in a time where art should be concerned with being human rather than manufactured or digital, or does it reflect our trajectory through the looking glass that we exist in a state beyond nature? (De)Nature Morte – Still Life from the Artbank Collection interrogates the significance and persistence of the still life genre and its standing in a post-digital / post-human age.

Featured artists – Robyn Djunginy, Marian Drew, Max Dupain, Honor Freeman, Guy Gilmour, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Onrie Radovic, Jude Rae, Ebony Truscott, Bryan Westwood, Anne Zahalka, Michael Zavros.

21 November—7 February

Artbank Sydney

222 Young Street, Waterloo NSW 2017, Australia

artbank.gov.au

Book Reviews

65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.

Jane O'Sullivan

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Oslo Davis reimagines art terms

In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.

Oslo Davis

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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

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Poetic relations at the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Bringing together 70 artists from 30 countries, the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art fosters connections across cultures and borders, and translates cultural knowledge for the present day.

Steve Dow

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Inside Nathan Beard’s Preston studio

Symbols and images dance across Nathan Beard’s vast body of work, all connecting back to his Thai-Australian heritage. We step inside the artist’s studio space in Preston, Victoria, and discuss his upcoming exhibition at Sweet Pea Gallery.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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Archie Moore’s family ties

For Lardil and Yangkaal writer and curator Maya Hodge, Archie Moore’s presentation at this year’s Venice Biennale is a powerful symbol of reckoning—one that asks the world to bear witness to the long shadows of colonial violence and clears space for possibilities ahead.

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Artbank Sydney

Group Exhibition

(De)Nature Morte: Still Life from the Artbank Collection

21 November—7 February

Artbank Sydney

Suggested Reading

65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history

Jane O'Sullivan

Oslo Davis reimagines art terms

Oslo Davis

The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer

Art Guide Australia

Poetic relations at the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Steve Dow

Inside Nathan Beard’s Preston studio

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Archie Moore’s family ties

Maya Hodge

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