Feature Life Cycles with Betty Kuntiwa Pumani The paintings of Betty Kuntiwa Pumani form a part of a larger, living archive on Antaṟa, her mother’s Country. More than maps, they speak to ancestral songlines, place and ceremony. Emma O'Neill
Feature Seeing Double A presentation of works by Robert Mapplethorpe curated by the British editor Edward Enninful, Enninful x Mapplethorpe, at the 2025 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, finds resonance in opposites while turning binary thinking on its head. Amelia Winata
Feature Looking Forward, Looking Back with Lisa Reihana Auckland-born and raised artist Lisa Reihana is ever the optimist, creating two new works signifying social cohesion to hang outside two Australian arts venues—Ngununggula, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks —just as dark divisions seek to undermine the value of migration and Indigenous sovereignty. Steve Dow
Preview Bright Ideas Curators Martyn Jolly and Tony Oates’ Light Source, brings together ten artists whose work incorporates combinations of light projection and performance at Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra. Briony Downes
News Hoda Afshar wins the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize In its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize celebrates photographic portraiture from emerging and established artists, highlighting what it means to be Australian, through photographs of its people. Art Guide Australia
Feature Ghosts in the Machine In a world in which the new wave of AI is reframing our relationship with creative labour, how do artists negotiate an impending crisis of relevance and understand the true value of their work? Stephanie Wood reports. Stephanie Wood