MOP Projects: 2003–2016
Suggested Reading
Laure Provost meets the real with the ludicrous
French-born/Belgium-based Laure Provost animates her first major Australian survey with her hallmark absurdism. ‘Oui Move In You’ is showing now at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Josephine Mead
Archie Moore wins Golden Lion Award
Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale for his monumental work, kith and kin. It marks the first time Australia has won the award in the event’s 130-year history.
Briony Downes
Talking pageantry with Scotty So
Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens.
Amelia Wallin
Parrtjima lights up Alice Springs
Parrtjima—the Northern Territory’s annual festival of lights at the Alice Springs Desert Park—is entering its ninth year, and this time the immersive festival’s focus is interconnectedness.
Sally Gearon
The Powerful Charge of Judy Watson
Known for her beguiling, stained canvases, and her evocation of matrilineal Indigenous histories, Waanyi artist Judy Watson is now embarking on a 40-year survey at the Queensland Art Gallery.
Andrew Stephens
Kathrin Longhurst shows the everyday battlefield that is a woman’s world
In her latest exhibition at Flinders Lane Gallery, Kathrin Longhurst highlights the resilience of women through paintings that subvert the traditional male gaze, and instead aim to empower.
Sally Gearon
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