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The theme for the 10th iteration of Parrtjima, the Aboriginal festival of light that takes place annually in the Northern Territory, is ‘timelessness’. The festival aims to reflect Indigenous culture and beliefs: both ancient knowledge and contemporary concerns.
In a new photography exhibition at the Immigration Museum, Nigerian-Australian photographer Dr Ayooluwatomiwa ‘Ibukun’ Oloruntoba is exploring what it means to be African-Australian, while highlighting the importance of culturally safe spaces for diasporic communities in Australia.
Artists have long been consumed with what we eat, seen appetites as a metaphor for nourishment and vulnerability. But as Lee Tran Lam finds out, the new wave of collaborations between the worlds of art and food signals a growing cultural desire to break down barriers—and forge new connections in unexpected ways.
In his latest exhibition, now showing at Bett Gallery, Postmodern painter and writer Imants Tillers is influenced by a variety of sources including the metaphysical style of Italian artist Georgio de Chirico.
The quietly evocative new paintings of Gregory Hodge, now showing at Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney, are a lesson in the places where abstraction and figuration intersect.
Hong Kong Art Week kicks off this week and Australian galleries are getting down to the business of showcasing their artists on this globally significant art world stage.
