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Simone Thomson

Marrup Biik: Spirit Land

‘This is where our heart is. This is where our spirit lives. This is Spirit Land. Marrup Biik’ – Simone Thomson.

An extraordinary immersive video and sound installation created by local Wurundjeri/Yorta Yorta artist Simone Thomson, Marrup Biik – Spirit Land, travels through a spiritual map of Maroondah exploring Country, Culture and traditional stories. Experience a powerful reimagining and animation of a significant artwork from Maroondah City Council’s art collection. Opens during Reconciliation Week.

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Taja Vaetoru on tradition and intuition

Taja Vaetoru’s debut solo exhibition Idol, now showing .M Contemporary, explores their Polynesian ancestry, questions of tradition and worship, and how to intersect the past with the present.

Sally Gearon

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Unity and reciprocity with Mimili Maku Arts

With works from Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin, Betty Pumani and Robert Fielding, Aboriginal-owned Mimili Maku Arts’ first exhibition with Ames Yavuz is an opportunity to celebrate the milestone of their 20 year anniversary, as well as the ways of working that are integral to the centre and Aṉangu culture.

Jo Higgins

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The 2025 Archibald Prize finalists have been announced

The finalist portraits in the biggest Australian art award of the year have been announced, alongside the winner of The Packing Room Prize: Abdul Abdullah for his portrait of fellow artist Jason Phu.

Art Guide Australia

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Agneta Ekholm finds silence in paint

“I see my work as a research project,” says Agneta Ekholm. “I have a desire to reach into the unknown with each new painting.” Step inside her large-scale abstract paintings at Flinders Lane Gallery.

Sally Gearon

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Mostafa Azimitabar paints for humanity

Buoyed by the power of love and the spirit of artistic invention, Mostafa Azimitabar’s new solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery turns dehumanising narratives on their head.

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

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How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism

It feels like everything is slowly but surely being affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). And like every other disruptive technology before it, AI is having both positive and negative outcomes for society. One of these negative outcomes is the very specific, yet very real cultural harm posed to Australia’s Indigenous populations.

Simone Thomson

Marrup Biik: Spirit Land

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Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

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Simone Thomson

Marrup Biik: Spirit Land

Suggested Reading

Taja Vaetoru on tradition and intuition

Sally Gearon

Unity and reciprocity with Mimili Maku Arts

Jo Higgins

The 2025 Archibald Prize finalists have been announced

Art Guide Australia

Agneta Ekholm finds silence in paint

Sally Gearon

Mostafa Azimitabar paints for humanity

Jasmeet Kaur Sahi

How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism

The Conversation

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