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
Feature Cultural exchange on the international stage Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940, co-curated by the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, celebrates 50 Australian women artists who travelled to Europe during the early 20th century. Steve Dow
Studio Monica Rani Rudhar on (be)longing Step inside Monica Rani Rudhar’s space at Parramatta Artists Studios, where she works across ceramics, sculpture, video, performance, and latterly, public art. Rudhar is working towards her solo exhibition at Martin Browne Contemporary, while reflecting on the value of play, how imitation leads to authenticity, and why she’d be lost without her sketchbook. Jo Higgins
Studio Remy Faint explores material culture in his garage-studio Step inside Remy Faint’s inner-city Sydney garage, where he meticulously constructs every element of his artworks—from wooden frames and sculpted fabric to striking, multilayered paintings in silk. Faint is now showing at the Rockhampton Museum of Art. Michelle Wang