A collective of artists from QLD & NSW A collective of artists from QLD & NSW Ceramic Break Sculpture Park 1 May—30 May
Triennial Travelling Quilters Challenge Triennial Travelling Quilters Challenge Ceramic Break Sculpture Park 22 Sep—10 Nov
Feature What if I am more real when I’m projecting? Inspired by different genres of fiction and digital media, the artists in Ghost in the Machine at Outer Space, Brisbane consider avatars, ghosts, masks and levels of embodiment to ask: what if I’m more real when I’m projecting? Josephine Mead
Feature Generation, making and exchange in Queer Territory In Queer Territory at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, curator Maurice O’Riordan has drawn together diverse works from the 1980s to the present day to present a snapshot of queer practice in the Territory. Josephine Mead
Feature Flying high at the TarraWarra Biennial Taking an expanded approach to Indigenous curatorial practice, the ninth TarraWarra Biennial features work responding to themes of regeneration, restoring spirit, and disrupting colonial space. Three artists discuss their contributions. Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Preview Phuong Ngo’s ancestral legacies Phuong Ngo’s first major solo exhibition Inheritance, now showing at West Space, spans generations and continents, incorporates objects bought and sold across family lines, and draws on both spiritual and everyday rituals. Bec Gallo
Interview Julie Fragar on “painting in the first person” With a current survey exhibition at Rockhampton Museum of Art chronicling 23 years of painting and photography, Julie Fragar talks about creative influences and what it’s like to observe a Supreme Court murder trial. Briony Downes
Feature Silent Spring The cancellation of Khaled Sabsabi’s presentation at Venice Biennale signals a long-simmering breakdown of trust between artists and institutions—one that risks threatening the breadth and depth of artistic expression in Australia for generations to come. Dee Jefferson reports. Dee Jefferson