Alcaston Gallery

Established in 1989, Alcaston Gallery is one of Australia’s leading contemporary art galleries representing established and emerging contemporary artists from across the Asia Pacific region. Alcaston Gallery Directors are internationally recognised specialists in Australian Indigenous art. The dynamic practices of exhibiting artists include painting, sculpture, time-based media, photo-media, performance and paper.

Alcaston Gallery’s professional services include collection advice, valuations, small to major project management, public art commissions, and consultancy collaborations with architects and interior designers.

Director: Beverly Knight

84 William Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia

03 9418 6444

www.alcastongallery.com.au

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am – 5pm, or by appointment.

Art fairs and festivals are back in action

Several major art fairs and festivals are upcoming across Australia, from Sydney to Cairns to Darwin to South Australia—some of which are returning for the first time in several years. Whether it’s Indigenous art fairs or exciting showcases of art and performance, here’s our guide on what to see.

Barnaby Smith

Boldly Feminine: Michelle Ussher’s Afterburner in pictures

Traversing sculpture, painting and sound Afterburner reveals Michelle Ussher’s quest to represent and challenge understandings of femininity—particularly the shapes, expressions and actions that are associated with feminine artistic expression. View, in pictures, Ussher’s vibrant and evocative works at STATION gallery (Sydney).

Art Guide Australia

Porcelain and sound waves: challenging the parameters of textiles

Porcelain and sound waves do not immediately come to mind when thinking about textiles, yet these are the materials some artists are using to produce their textile-based work. Casting a wide net for Pliable Planes at UNSW, co-curators Karen Hall and Catherine Woolley specifically looked for artists whose practice expanded the creative parameters of contemporary textiles.

Briony Downes

Interview: Sally Smart on the politics of cutting and gender equity in the arts

For over three decades Sally Smart has gifted us her astounding assemblages. Smart talks about the inherent violence and restoration of her work, why structural change is needed for gender equity in the arts, and how her latest solo at Geelong Gallery is inspired by the Ballets Russes.

Alcaston Gallery