Triennial Travelling Quilters Challenge Triennial Travelling Quilters Challenge Ceramic Break Sculpture Park 22 Sep—10 Nov
In Pictures Shifting Frames: An evolution of self and place In an Australian first, the Art Gallery of Western Australia presents Moving Landscape—an exhibition by internationally acclaimed US artist Sam Contis, curated alongside Dr Anna Arabindan-Kesson. Art Guide Australia
Preview Max Mueller paints propulsively Hobart-based Max Mueller’s In the Sticks exhibition at Handmark Gallery features oil-on-linen works that show tranquil scenes of Tasmania, musing on how nature is managed and maintained in a context of civilisation and curation. Barnaby Smith
Feature Sensory perceptions Inspired by the ways in which nature informs creativity, the exhibition Material Nature, now showing at Drill Hall Gallery, aims to encourage viewers to think deeply about the human connection to the natural world. Briony Downes
Feature Coming into view Revealed: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists is an annual celebratory exhibition of Aboriginal artists from across Western Australia. Now showing at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, the event has a community spirit and passion that grows each year. Gok-Lim Finch
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
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