This collection by VKM explores the energy and movement of urban skate culture through a fusion of photography and hand-cut stencil paintings. The works on cardboard, linen and handmade paper incorporate aerosol, acrylic and ink. Themes of fluidity, community, determination, diversity, and personal growth are explored through the silhouette of the skater.
Taja Vaetoru’s debut solo exhibition Idol, now showing .M Contemporary, explores their Polynesian ancestry, questions of tradition and worship, and how to intersect the past with the present.
With works from Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin, Betty Pumani and Robert Fielding, Aboriginal-owned Mimili Maku Arts’ first exhibition with Ames Yavuz is an opportunity to celebrate the milestone of their 20 year anniversary, as well as the ways of working that are integral to the centre and Aṉangu culture.
The finalist portraits in the biggest Australian art award of the year have been announced, alongside the winner of The Packing Room Prize: Abdul Abdullah for his portrait of fellow artist Jason Phu.
Curated by cross-disciplinary art collective KINK, the Institute of Modern Art’s You Are Here Too is an homage to–and expansion of–one of the most significant shows in the history of queer Australian art, thirty-three years on.
In their debut solo exhibition Extinguishing Hope, now showing at UTS Gallery, Akil Ahamat uses darkness—both literal and metaphorical—to examine what can be gained when everything is lost.
Now showing at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, the 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial: Residue + Response, showcases 25 diverse artworks and considers what contemporary textiles can be.
