Preview Breath work with Arwin Hidayat Arwin Hidayat’s TERNYATA AKU MASIH BERBAHAS (It Turns Out I’m Still Breathing) at Mitchell Fine Art, presents a lifetime of visual storytelling, experimentation and curiosity. Jo Higgins
Feature Max Athans and the proxy breath The central life-giving gesture of the breath is at the core of Max Athans’ first institutional solo exhibition. Their series of sculptures, collectively titled Breathform, take air into latex ‘lungs’ which create a whistle in the exhale, a deep breathy sound that echoes eerily through the galleries. Louise Martin-Chew
In Pictures Evie Adasal: Nature through colour and shape Evie Adasal’s show Light and Space unveils a series of works that look at the intersection of design, light and space at The Garden Gallery in Sydney. Art Guide Australia
Preview Writers Revealed opens the history books Now showing at HOTA, Writers Revealed is an ambitious exhibition covering six centuries, presenting manuscripts, letters, illustrations and rare editions from many of the most influential authors in English literature. Barnaby Smith
Feature Cartographies of the heart Five Acts of Love, a new exhibition at ACCA, maps the space in which memory, intimacy and resistance intersect. Tahmina Maskinyar
Preview Wang Zhiyuan and our roles as little dictators In an era of information excess and manipulation, Wang Zhiyuan’s Dictator Training Centre exhibiting at Passage Gallery, reminds us of contemporary art’s potential as an open-ended platform for reflection, dialogue, and shared authorship. Michelle Wang