We are star stuff & we’ve got to get our selves back to the garden We are star stuff & we’ve got to get our selves back to the garden Tüli Morris-Merkel 1 May - 25 May
How to mend a wound, the first step is not to turn away How to mend a wound, the first step is not to turn away Lou-anne Barker 1 May - 25 May
Interview Talking painting with Wendy Sharpe Wendy Sharpe’s expressive paintings incorporate social criticism and otherworldly dreamscapes, blending the real and imagined. With a current exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries, she reflects on her three-decade practice and that iconic painting of Magda Szubanski. Sally Gearon
Feature Janenne Eaton reflects the impact of the digital world on the natural Janenne Eaton’s first major career survey, Lines of Sight—Frame and Horizon opens at Geelong Gallery. With a lifetime of environmental work and appreciation, the work reflects on the omnipotence of technology, capturing the essential commentary of humanity’s effect on the natural world. Steve Dow
Preview 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
In Pictures In bloom: the art of floral abundance A lavish exhibition adorning Bunjil Place Gallery, in a major partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria, presents over 150 historical and contemporary works—spanning painting, fashion, installation, and so much more—that explore a long history of flowers in art. Art Guide Australia
Feature Tina Havelock Stevens: Everything all at once 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. Jo Higgins
Feature A reason for paws Cats & Dogs, now showing at the National Gallery of Victoria, explores the ways that the relationships we share with our pets are a source of strangeness and intimacy. But for Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, it’s also an exercise in the power of seeing and being seen. Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen