Firstdraft Gallery

Firstdraft is Australia’s premier space for emerging and experimental arts practice.

Established in 1986, Firstdraft is Australia’s longest running artist-led organisation. Its longevity is testament to the sustained commitment of countless artists, writers, curators and arts professionals who have supported and exhibited at Firstdraft over the last five decades.

A sustainable model of governance allows Firstdraft to champion risk and encourage ambition in a professional gallery context. With creative practitioners positioned firmly at their centre, they foster a diversity of emerging and experimental practices, people and programs that epitomise excellence and contribute to a dynamic local and global discourse.

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info@firstdraft.org.au

Firstdraft Gallery

13–17 Riley Street Woolloomooloo NSW 2011

firstdraft.org.au/

Wed 11am–8pm,
Thur to Sun 11am – 5pm.
Except during exhibition changeover.

Feature

Piercing the veil

A new exhibition at Buxton Contemporary finds a rich complexity in the shadowy terrain between life and death.

Claire G. Coleman

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Conversation across continents

In Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie currently showing at the National Gallery of Australia, viewers are invited to share a journey through the history of modern art from across the globe.

Courtney Kidd

Book Reviews

Shelf Portraits: Yhonnie Scarce’s artwork and research in print

In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.

Jane O'Sullivan

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The balance of tension

At once an exhibition, performance series, and community-led workshops, Push / Pull is an ambitious program that brings together themes and areas of focus that honour the histories of Adelaide Contemporary Experimental as a platform for radical experimentation.

Bec Gallo

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Cultural exchange on the international stage

Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940, co-curated by the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, celebrates 50 Australian women artists who travelled to Europe during the early 20th century.

Steve Dow

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Danie Mellor contemplates history and memory

Marru translates to “becoming visible” in Danie Mellor’s ancestral Dyirbal language (of Far North Queensland). In his current exhibition Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible at Queensland Art Gallery, the title reflects the work’s gentle ruminations on the complexities of the history of colonisation entwined with personal memories.

Firstdraft Gallery

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