NewsInterview: Janet Laurence on creating art during environmental crisisFor three decades Janet Laurence has been lauded for her simultaneously conceptual but also emotive approach to nature. In our interview she talks about being a female artist dealing with nature, and what it means to create ecological art in a time of great environmental threat.Tiarney Miekus
InterviewPrue Venables on having itchy fingers and creative handsIn 2019 the Australian Design Centre invited ceramicist Prue Venables to exhibit a new collection of her enigmatic, metal-augmented porcelain objects as part of their Living Treasures series. The exhibition is still touring the nation and has recently arrived at Design Tasmania.Sheridan Hart
PreviewA Call to Rise: the politics of breadFrom riots and rations to the story of Aboriginal baking, this group exhibition explores how history has been shaped by the humble loaf.Barnaby Smith
FeaturePHOTO 2021: International Festival of PhotographyPHOTO 2021, which runs across multiple venues in Melbourne, tackles truth in the post-truth era.Nadiah Abdulrahim