Feature Elysha Rei’s windows into history Elysha Rei’s exhibition Shirozato to Shinju (White Sugar and Pearls) at Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville QLD, explores the interconnected histories of the Japanese diaspora in Australia. Gok-Lim Finch
Preview Remembering the Carrolup Settlement Described as “a space for reflection, remembrance, and the sharing of truth”, Kattidj Nagãr, now showing at John Curtin Gallery, is dedicated to the Aboriginal people who once resided at the Carrolup Settlement in Western Australia. Briony Downes
Feature Cosmic connections with Man&Wah With an approach to artmaking drawn from the “fieldwork of life”, twin brothers and artistic collaborators Man&Wah, who are now showing at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, use plant migration to explore duality and movement. Cher Tan
Feature A soft touch An exhibition of the work of seven women artists at Ngununggula in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales explores themes of tenderness and care through the rich possibilities of paint. Emma-Kate Wilson
Book Reviews Book Preview: Speech Patterns by Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell As I walk through the suburban streets, I find myself thinking about the publication Speech Patterns: Nadia Hernández & Jon Campbell. It accompanied their two-person exhibition at The Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2022, which explored their shared preoccupations with class, identity and value systems. Jackson McLaren
News Singing Spears Home Mungari, a landmark exhibition at Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum, marks the return of the Gweagal spears to their ancestral country while speaking to the constellation of relationships that knit together people, objects and place. Tyson Frigo