Suggested Reading
Latai Taumoepeau’s narrative flow
Existing in the space between ritual, performance and ceremony, the body-centred work of Latai Taumoepeau rewrites the stories that shape our perception of Oceania—while using ancient traditions to tackle our most urgent modern concerns. Taumoepeau is now participating in Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania at Artspace.
Rayleen Forester
Aisha Sherman-Noth wins the 2025 Glover Prize
Congratulations to Aisha Sherman-Noth, who has won the 2025 Glover Prize for Weeping birches on the avenue. The Tasmanian-based artist wins $80,000 for the painting, which depicts weeping birch and poplar trees along the Brooker Highway into Hobart.
Art Guide Australia
Making material change
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.
Josephine Mead
Inside Sandra Black’s light-filled Fremantle studio
Sandra Black is best known for her distinctive carved and pierced porcelain vessels, which are now showing in a comprehensive survey show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. We step inside Black’s light-filled Fremantle studio, where she has worked since 1988.
Rosamund Brennan
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.
Sally Gearon
Wanda Gillespie’s divine interventions
Wanda Gillespie’s handcrafted sculptures embody ideas of the sacred.
Her latest exhibition, Of Counting and Devotion, is now showing at Craft Victoria’s Vitrine Gallery.