Interview Sustaining culture with Gillian Kayrooz To coincide with the presentation of the 3rd Bankstown Biennale: Same Same/Different, Gillian Kayrooz spoke to Karina Dias Pires about how food can express the complexities of culture and difference—and spark unlikely connections across time and place. Karina Dias Pires
Preview Abstracting time From Mark Rothko and Agnes Martin to Lindy Lee and Paul Knight, an exhibition at Ipswich Art Gallery uses the expanded field of abstraction to encourage deliberate and slow looking. Sally Gearon
Studio Inside Sandra Black’s light-filled Fremantle studio Sandra Black is best known for her distinctive carved and pierced porcelain vessels, which are now showing in a comprehensive survey show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. We step inside Black’s light-filled Fremantle studio, where she has worked since 1988. Rosamund Brennan
Feature The major exhibitions open in each capital city this summer With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more. Art Guide Australia
Book Reviews 65,000 Years brings truth telling to art history 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book. Jane O'Sullivan
Feature The art books we loved in 2024 Whether looking for the perfect Christmas gift or searching for a summer read, we have selected some of our favourite art books of 2024—spanning everything from comprehensive gallery monographs to notable exhibition catalogues and self-published artist books. Art Guide Australia