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Tidal Kin: Stories from the Pacific — Conch (triton) shell trumpet, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, before 1891.

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Ongoing Exhibition

Tidal Kin: Stories from the Pacific

Tidal Kin recounts the stories of eight Pacific Islander visitors to Sydney during the 18th and 19th centuries. Alongside cultural objects, a soundscape of voices of present-day compatriots and descendants recount their ancestors’ stories in their own languages. Once a welcoming Pacific hub, Sydney changed in 1901 with the advent of Federation, and the implementation of the White Australia Policy. Tidal Kin: Stories from the Pacific reclaims the shared Pacific histories that once flourished in the region.

1 October

Chau Chak Wing Museum

University of Sydney Quadrangle, University Place, Camperdown NSW, Australia

sydney.edu.au/museum

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Mikala Dwyer: Penelope and the Seahorse

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

11 Mar

Photography and the Performative

Group exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

29 Apr

Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

29 Apr

The Staged Photograph

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

22 Apr

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Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

In Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon, now showing at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Australian-Filipina artist Bhenji Ra explores pangalay—a dance form indigenous to the Tausug and Bajau peoples from the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah in the Philippines.

Josephine Mead

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Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya

Shaped by the movement between histories and cultures, the work of Thai-born, Aotearoa-raised artist Sorawit Songsataya draws on mystery and plurality as a means of knowing the world. The artist is now showing at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Monash University Museum of Art.

Amelia Winata

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Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light

Consuelo Cavaniglia’s sunny studio in an industrial area of Sydney’s inner west reflects the artist’s fascination with light. Her recent glass works, now showing at Chau Chak Wing Museum, play with apertures, shadows, reflections and transparencies.

Jane O'Sullivan

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The different strokes of Ethel Carrick

The paintings of Ethel Carrick—whose legacy is being celebrated via a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia—offer distinctive and poignant lessons in seeing the world.

Sally Gearon

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Ways of seeing

In an era that is saturated with visual information, photographs that change the way we see the world can feel increasingly elusive. We invited three photographers to choose an image that challenges our assumptions about politics and culture during this historical moment.

Art Guide Australia

Preview

Tony Clark and the other side of sculpture

For over four decades, Tony Clark’s painting practice has merged a deep appreciation for art history with a desire to push beyond the traditional confines of prescribed mediums. His latest exhibition at Buxton Contemporary focuses on sculpture—or the idea of it.

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Chau Chak Wing Museum

Ongoing Exhibition

Tidal Kin: Stories from the Pacific

1 October

Chau Chak Wing Museum

More Exhibitions at Chau Chak Wing Museum

Mikala Dwyer: Penelope and the Seahorse

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Photography and the Performative

Group exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

The Staged Photograph

Ongoing Exhibition

Chau Chak Wing Museum

Suggested Reading

Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

Josephine Mead

Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya

Amelia Winata

Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light

Jane O'Sullivan

The different strokes of Ethel Carrick

Sally Gearon

Ways of seeing

Art Guide Australia

Tony Clark and the other side of sculpture

Sally Gearon

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