Fine Arts, Sydney
23 Hampden Street, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
02 9361 6200
Wed to Sat 12noon—5pm, and by appointment.
23 Hampden Street, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
02 9361 6200
Wed to Sat 12noon—5pm, and by appointment.
To mark the presentation of Nan Goldin’s The ballad of sexual dependency at the Bank Art Museum Moree, Jonno Revanche reflects on the power of the landmark photographic series—and the way the work’s visceral portrayal of subjects that have survived the narratives our culture has imposed on them—has endured.
In her major touring solo exhibition Red Flags, currently at Ararat Gallery TAMA, Wadawurrung artist Kait James takes aim at the ongoing commodification of Indigenous culture. She talks to Jane O’Sullivan about kitschy calendar tea towels, souvenir pennants and why she finds it easier to say harsh truths with a little humour.
Using the powerful connection between mother and daughter, Generational at Madeline Gordon Gallery in Launceston, explores this intimate relationship with creativity and complexity.
The winning painting of this year’s Archibald Packing Room Prize reflected a changing of the guard in the packing room, as well as an evolution of the broader prize, with artists increasingly choosing to paint their fellow artists. The Archibald Prize 2025 currently is on display at Geelong Gallery.
Tasmanian artist Helen Wright’s survey exhibition, Shapeshifting at Queen Victoria and Gallery: Art Gallery at Royal Park, chronicles decades of practice across mediums to reveal new meanings.
A search for beauty is behind Skin tight, the first solo exhibition in Australia for the American artist Tschabalala Self, whose works (on view at ACCA) seek to alter the power dynamic between viewer and subject.
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