Feature Dispatches from Tennant Creek With their iconic painted poker machines and installations, notably featured in the 2020 Biennale of Sydney, the Tennant Creek Brio are now taking over Melbourne with a new show at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Andrew Stephens
Preview Chris Langlois on the abstraction of the sea Chris Langlois explores the abstract nature and fugue-like quality of the ocean in his latest exhibition at Olsen Gallery, which presents a dozen new large-scale works with endless variations on the seascape. Andrew Stephens
Feature The crafting cultures of IOTA24 “We can communicate with our hands when we craft something”: This year’s Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, IOTA24, delivers craft and culture across Western Australian art galleries. Sally Gearon
In Pictures Africa Fashion: A runway of glamour and revolution From pink tasselled capes to catwalk footage, to how identity and politics are inextricably woven through the garments we wear, the title of the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) latest exhibition says it all: Africa Fashion. Art Guide Australia
News GAGPROJECTS closes after 32 years GAGPROJECTS, a mainstay of the Adelaide art scene, has announced that the Kent Town space it has operated out of for 32 years will close at the end of August. Art Guide Australia
Preview Elyas Alavi on queer reclamation In his latest exhibition at the 4A Centre for Contemporary Art, Elyas Alavi reimagines the alam, an object used in Shi’a ceremonies, as a portal for queer Muslim experience. Josephine Mead