Preview The Ramsay Art Prize takes the temperature of contemporary art Every two years, the Ramsay Art Prize opens to Australian artists under 40 working in any medium. Presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and supported in perpetuity by the James & Diana Ramsay foundation, the prize seeks to spotlight contemporary artists at a formative moment in their careers. Walter Marsh
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. 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
News Sabsabi and Dagostino recommissioned by Creative Australia to represent Australia at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026 Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino have been recommissioned by Creative Australia as the Artistic Team for the Australia Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Art Guide Australia
Interview Talking painting with Wendy Sharpe Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With a current exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski. Sally Gearon
Preview The balance of tension At once an exhibition, performance series, and community-led workshops, Push / Pull is an ambitious program that brings together themes and areas of focus that honour the histories of Adelaide Contemporary Experimental as a platform for radical experimentation. Bec Gallo