Operation Art: an initiative of the Children’s Hospital WestmeadMaitland Regional Art Gallery 18 Nov—18 Feb
FeatureJohn Nixon: A Poet of PrintsKnown as a great avant-garde painter, the late John Nixon also created hundreds of prints—which, as those who knew Nixon can attest, exemplify his minimalism, experimentalism, and his interlacing of life and art. John Nixon—Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints is currently on display at Geelong Gallery.Autumn Royal
FeatureThe art books we loved in 2023Whether scouting the perfect gift or searching for a summer read, our editors have picked their top art books of 2023—spanning everything from a history of ceramics, women and spiritualism, and First Nations practices.Art Guide Editors
FeatureTacita Dean’s strange fortuneSince the early 1990s, British artist Tacita Dean has gifted us myriad artworks on the intimacy, unexpectedness, and materiality of film and image making. With a new survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art, we look at Dean’s tracing of history and chance.Isabella Trimboli
FeatureThe women raised by wolvesFrom crones to witches to grandmothers, the feminine monstrosity offered by fairy tales is an antidote to our current, unsatisfying forms of female transgression—as a new exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art reveals.Neha Kale
PreviewNick Modrzewski uses art to find poetry in the lawNick Modrzewski combines his art practice with a similarly intense career in the law. His new paintings at COMA gallery explore the way human bodies fit (or don’t) within the institutional structures that guide our societies.Louise Martin-Chew
Feature10 regional shows to see this summerFrom an intriguing exhibition on baroque masters to a show ostensibly all about dogs, here’s our curated list of regional offerings to see throughout the country this summer.Barnaby Smith