In her major touring solo exhibition Red Flags, currently at Ararat Gallery TAMA, Wadawurrung artist Kait James takes aim at the ongoing commodification of Indigenous culture. She talks to Jane O’Sullivan about kitschy calendar tea towels, souvenir pennants and why she finds it easier to say harsh truths with a little humour.
Using the powerful connection between mother and daughter, Generational at Madeline Gordon Gallery in Launceston, explores this intimate relationship with creativity and complexity.
holemtaet hemia (hold this/ hold this tightly) is a new solo exhibition from Shari O’Dwyer at The Condensery, Toogoolawah, Queensland, that explores the woven memories between generations of South Sea Islanders in the Australian colony.
They might have been continents apart, but visual artists Man Ray and Max Dupain were aligned in their experimental vision, as a major exhibition at the Heide attests.
Marking the Newcastle Art Galleries reopening with a large-scale commission for the windows on Darby Street, Maggie Hensel-Brown’s new commission is on display from 26 September.
In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.
