Launched by Ren Inei and Kate Jacoby in 2011, Boom has become a multi faceted centre for a range of creative activity and events. Situated in a historic woollen mill, Boom houses art and design galleries, an extensive stockroom, education and workshop area, cafe and event space and a dynamic studio complex.
From matrescence-themed collages and intimate family portraits to a series of events centred on the intersection of design and fertility, revisit six pieces from the Art Guide archives that explore the relationship between art and motherhood.
In his first commercial presentation in Australia, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed contemporary artists uses his architectural background to create poetic, finely calibrated sculptural investigations of spatial perception, balance and equilibrium. Jose Dávila’s Physics of Uncertainty is now showing at COMA Gallery.
Tina Havelock Stevens likes to feel the wind in her hair, which probably goes some way to explaining the generous punk spirit that infuses her multidisciplinary practice, the subject of the exhibition Now is a Beginning at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
A touring exhibition based on a publication of the same title, Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali celebrates Bundjalung artists revitalising the practice of basket weaving, as well as the Bundjalung language—two forms of knowledge that are deeply connected. The exhibition is now showing at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.
Consuelo Cavaniglia’s sunny studio in an industrial area of Sydney’s inner west reflects the artist’s fascination with light. Her recent glass works, now showing at Chau Chak Wing Museum, play with apertures, shadows, reflections and transparencies.
Buoyed by the power of love and the spirit of artistic invention, Mostafa Azimitabar’s new solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Gallery turns dehumanising narratives on their head.
