Suggested Reading
What if I am more real when I’m projecting?
Inspired by different genres of fiction and digital media, the artists in Ghost in the Machine at Outer Space, Brisbane consider avatars, ghosts, masks and levels of embodiment to ask: what if I’m more real when I’m projecting?
Josephine Mead
Generation, making and exchange in Queer Territory
In Queer Territory at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, curator Maurice O’Riordan has drawn together diverse works from the 1980s to the present day to present a snapshot of queer practice in the Territory.
Josephine Mead
Flying high at the TarraWarra Biennial
Taking an expanded approach to Indigenous curatorial practice, the ninth TarraWarra Biennial features work responding to themes of regeneration, restoring spirit, and disrupting colonial space. Three artists discuss their contributions.
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Anne Dangar: Uncovering a Cubist pioneer
A major retrospective at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra sheds light on the legacy of Anne Dangar, featuring over 180 objects that position her as a pioneer in European Cubism and Australian abstraction.
Camilla Wagstaff
Time scales
The theme for the 10th iteration of Parrtjima, the Aboriginal festival of light that takes place annually in the Northern Territory, is ‘timelessness’. The festival aims to reflect Indigenous culture and beliefs: both ancient knowledge and contemporary concerns.
Barnaby Smith
Talking painting with Wendy Sharpe
Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With a current exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski.