Inspired by the Cole Porter lyric “Night and day, you are the one…”, Jane O’Sullivan’s abstract landscapes explore the shifting moods, colours, and sensations of the Australian environment across time and season. Sparked by a single painting that captured both sunlight and moonlight, the series blurs distinctions between light and dark, day and night, and emotional experience.
A new exhibition at Buxton Contemporary finds a rich complexity in the shadowy terrain between life and death.
In Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie currently showing at the National Gallery of Australia, viewers are invited to share a journey through the history of modern art from across the globe.
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.
Community is the foundation of Claire Conroy’s exhibition at Lismore Regional Gallery. As a new arrival to the area, her art practice ties her to fellow artists, while her medium, camera obscura, allows for a deepening of social connections with her sitters as they commit to the shoot.
Steffie Yee spent many years gathering stories and images of her family’s history in the town of Branxton, NSW where her parents successfully ran a Chinese restaurant. Yee’s solo exhibition Chinese Restaurant Playground, which celebrates playfulness and joy, recently opened at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
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.
