ArtSpace Ballarat

Art Space Ballarat highlights the artworks of creatives and artists from the Ballarat region. The dedicated community art space will change every six and occupied by a new artist or performer.

Located in Ballarat’s arts precinct, and a short walk from the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Art Space Ballarat, is a great location to check out what local artists and makers are creating in the region

ArtSpace Ballarat

14 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat Central Ballarat, VIC 3350, Australia

artsculture@ballarat.vic.gov.au

www.visitballarat.com.au/explore/art-space-ballarat/

Hours vary

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Stranger than fiction: Magritte and Cao Fei

In two new exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, René Magritte and Cao Fei speak to each other across cultures and eras about the way that perception can unsettle reality—and the places the real intersects with the surreal.

Sally Gearon

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The undeniable power of Josina Pumani’s Maralinga

Josina Pumani’s electric ceramic work Maralinga—recently recognised at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards— deftly excavates a long-hidden past.

Jessica Alderton

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Speaking volumes: on our love affair with art books

The growing cultural interest in art books reflects the enduring power of the printed word. Jane O’Sullivan takes a closer look.

Jane O'Sullivan

Book Reviews

‘About Face’ mirrors the alluring world of contemporary portrait painting

About Face is a smart piece of marketing. The new book on portrait painting from Australia and New Zealand has a mission to change buyers’ minds about the field. But as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, any sales pitch wears thin if it’s repeated often enough, and the close attention to how portrait painting is received by the market means that other important conversations fade to the background.

Jane O'Sullivan

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A stitch in time

Radical Textiles, A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, shows us how textiles evoke material memories while keeping the radical lineage of needle and thread alive.

Briony Downes

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Leyla Stevens responds to archival displacement

Past meets present in Leyla Steven’s latest exhibition, now showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and co-curated by Artspace. The Australian-Balinese artists adopts a collaborative approach to restitution, scrutinising the systems of conservation and documentation we have inherited.

ArtSpace Ballarat

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