Australian Design Centre

Australian Design Centre is a leading centre for contemporary craft and design in Australia. It plays a critical role in building a significant design culture for this country by nurturing a nation of innovative makers and thinkers and inspiring audiences to use design in their lives.

101—115 William Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW

02 9361 4555

australiandesigncentre.com

Tue to Saturday 11am – 4pm and by appointment. Closed Good Friday, ANZAC Day, Christmas, Boxing and New Year Day. Free Admission.

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

Nuha Saad’s structures of colour

Nuha Saad’s kaleidoscopically colourful art is a tandem exploration of the ornamental and decorative, while also delicately drawing upon her Lebanese and Australian heritage. Her latest exhibition at James Makin Gallery draws upon a visual military operation known as Razzle Dazzle, which yielded fleets of vessels that looked like floating Cubist paintings.

Australian Design Centre