There has never been a better time to avoid art. However, as Oslo Davis discovered, the internet makes it ridiculously easy to stay connected to the art world, whether you like it or not.
There is a world of art available on your phone.
Online life drawing classes are a revelation!
Everyone gets to be a Zoom background art critic.
Augmented reality sculptures beamed into your lounge room will provide hours of amusement.
Youtube has a million art tutorials you can try at home.
The kids will love to live stream some contemporary dance.
And there’s no shortage of in-depth art podcasts.
Artists’ studio web cam offers a unique insight into the creative process.
But if you’re sick of looking at screens, don’t worry: the galleries will reopen soon.
65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is an extraordinary account of the unique art of this continent, published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art. Necessary and urgent, it tells the story of Indigenous Australian art; a new art history unlike anything we’ve seen. For Jane O’Sullivan, it’s a remarkable and must-read book.
In a new series of illustrated postcards available as a free gift with purchase only at the Art Guide Bookstore, Oslo Davis takes on classic and contemporary art terms and genres and reimagines what they could be referring to.
With so much to choose from, we’ve rounded up the major summer exhibitions in each capital city, open all summer long. Spanning Yayoi Kusama, Magritte, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and many more.
Heide Museum of Modern Art’s summer blockbuster exhibition is unveiling the breadth and beauty of Italian modernism through design. With over 170 objects spanning sixty years, Molto Bello explores the cultural impact of this period of creativity and invention.
Julie Mehretu’s first solo exhibition in the southern hemisphere, now showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, attempts to harness the urgency and energy of the Ethiopian-born New Yorker’s multilayered painting practice.
In her latest exhibition at Plimsoll Gallery, Janine Combes uses her background as a jewellery maker to create a body of work inspired by abandoned towns once marked for settlement in Tasmania.
