Artisan

Artisan is Queensland’s centre for craft and design. The gallery is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the presentation and advancement of authentic and innovative craft and design practice.

Artisan

45 King Street, Bowen Hills QLD 4006

07 3215 0800

www.artisan.org.au

Tuesday to Friday: 10.30am – 5.30pm, Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm, Sunday to Monday: closed.

Rebecca Belmore makes art for turbulent times

Based in Toronto, Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore is showing her first Australian solo exhibition, creating acts of Indigenous resistance through art, language and bodies.

Neha Kale

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Perth centres First Nations art as resistance

Contemplating First Nations art as a tool of resistance and as offering alternative versions of Australian history, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia at AGWA covers enormous cultural territory, with more than 80 artists.

Andrew Stephens

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Jerzy Michalski on facades in architecture and life

The new paintings of Jerzy Michalski, rich in colour, are also an exercise in social commentary, with an urgent critique of digital culture and social media—as reflected in the exhibition Facades at Colville Gallery.

Barnaby Smith

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Gabrielle Chanel comes to Melbourne

Trained as a milliner, Chanel rebelliously shunned the restrictive corsets and frills of the Belle Époque and Edwardian fashion in favour of garments focused on comfort, function and style. Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto at the National Gallery of Victoria marks the first time a major retrospective of the designer’s work has been seen in Australia.

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