I thought I saw Eden brings together a suite of paintings produced in the aftermath of Sam Field’s journey throughout Far North Queensland. Interrogating the...
Without his touch, Matisse would not exist for us. We can recognise his work by its radical composition, the lyricism of its colour and the utter...
In a broadcast given for the 2021 churchie emerging art prize, where she was a Special Commendation winner, Mancktelow reflected on the absence on First...
Sculpture at Bathers is back for the fifth iteration of the biennial beachside exhibition from 19 February to 7 March 2022. A wholly Western Australian...
The show is billed as a celebration of the First Nations LGBTQIA+ community – surely a really diverse community in and of itself. Are there...
Steven Joyce of Despard Gallery has shown Patrick Hall’s work at the renowned Chicago art fair, Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), on a regular basis....
There it is, striated beneath the blocks of pink – irregular, in a way which feels permissive – a few glimpses of green ground. This...
Melbourne-based, South Sudan-born artist Atong Atem’s vibrant palette and beautifully stylised imagery draws the viewer into a narrative that belies its facade
We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust. The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance. – Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad...
You draw from a wide range of imagery and ideas. What are the major sources of inspiration for your works? The process for gathering content...
Isaac Julien confessed to Laura Barnett in a Guardian article in 2013 that he was a frustrated painter. Therefore, it’s unsurprising that his film and...
In PegLeg’s Ghost, 2021, three figures appear with bundles of cloth perching improbably on their heads. Neck-ache and gravitational dynamics aside, the nestling of lively...
It’s week three of another lockdown and for once, I am looking forward to my next Zoom of the day – my interview with Noonuccal...
In World Sick Hermit, Adam Lee presents a suite of new paintings that reframe concepts of interpersonal and intergenerational connectedness whilst interrogating the hierarchy of...
My Le Thi and Azo Bell’s Gukoongboom, 2021, occupies the expanse of the room it sits within at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. One of the first...
Given national survey shows are often at the forefront of the art as cultural diplomacy model – showcasing, surveying, and value-signalling – this show embraces...
In Artist Profile 47, William Robinson told Louise Martin-Chew that his Creation landscapes “started in 1988 and contained both darkness and light. In 1991 our...
Alexakis and Janiszewski have made an interesting choice; two senior and respected Australian artists – of Greek and Egyptian heritage, born in Sydney, but with...
At the close of 2021, the National Association for the Visual Arts’ I Lost My Gig survey reported that some 32,000 lost work opportunities had represented a...
Within Puisque tout passe (This Will Also Pass), Hossein Valamanesh’s first European solo exhibition at the Institut des Cultures d’Islam (ICI), is a documentary that...
Hybridity is an integral part of Payes’s artistic practice, and over her professional career, she has combined her foundational photographic work with digital imagery, 3D...
I first met Lawrence in 1980, when I was a graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. I had of course seen his...
Sometimes I get asked how I make my work. I’m not so sure, but I think the past is somehow important. Not only how you...
I found out about Burford’s practice through a mutual friend and former art dealer – the advisor Paul Judelson – at dinner a while back. Over...
I speak with Lisa Sammut from her Canberra studio. She tells me that the leaves of paper surrounding her in the space come mainly from the...
