Suggested Reading
Monumental Disruption with Thomas J Price
Positioned on the edge of Sydney Harbour/Warrane, Ancient Feelings, a sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, launches the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, a three-year series of public artworks presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Rhianna Melhem
Georgie Mattingley’s Creative Intelligence Operation
Georgie Mattingley’s exhibition Project Pine Gap explores the intelligence site Pine Gap, co-owned by the Australian Federal Government and the United States, questioning art’s capabilities and function within such institutions.
Josephine Mead
Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello’s Glass Acts
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2025 finalist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello has spent decades crafting an art practice that weaves together memory, heritage and form.
Camilla Wagstaff
In Pictures: Rigg Design Prize 2025 Winner and Finalists
Rigg Design Prize has announced its winner for 2025, in a celebration of early and established designers, the innovative works are on display at The Ian Potter Centre.
Art Guide Australia
Maggie Hensel-Brown’s Woven Threads
Marking the Newcastle Art Galleries reopening with a large-scale commission for the windows on Derby Street, Maggie Hensel-Brown’s new commission is on display from 26 September.
Jo Higgins
Shelf Portraits: Yuriyal Bridgeman’s monograph grapples with representing community-engaged practice
In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.