At his Leichhardt studio, Mason Kimber shows me a cache of photographs taken of a Perth nightclub, owned by Kimber’s father, in the 1980s and...
You studied with the Polish born painter, Professor Maximilian Feuerring from 1956 to 1959. Was that at an art school? I was eighteen and I...
William Mackinnon has just flown into Melbourne from Spain, where he spends half his life. He is en route to Lorne on the Great...
In the final weeks of her PhD thesis deadline, Adriana is generous with her time and her words. She speaks fluently about her interdisciplinary practice,...
A kite consists of wings, tethers, and anchors. The wings glide against the air when in flight and the tethers connect the span of those...
Based in the peri-urban region of Wattle Glen, in Victoria, her practice is informed by the Greek heritage of her immigrant family and their working-class...
Kovács was born in Sydney, a first generation Australian from immigrant parents fleeing war-torn Hungary. Her upbringing was very much as part of the Hungarian...
On a workbench sits a scale model of the exhibition space for an upcoming show at PALAS, Sydney. Rothschild looks into the model, then looks...
I met with Gary Deirmendjian in his studio, or one aspect of it at least, at a café in Sydney’s Kings Cross. He is self-described...
On his visit to Australia in 1968 the American art critic Clement Greenberg encouraged young artists to “enjoy their diversity”—advice Jock Clutterbuck appreciated. As a...
Bathurst has inspired the exhibition yet it’s not an exhibition about Bathurst. My mum grew up there. My grandparents and uncle had a farm there,...
When viewing the website of glass artist Nick Mount, the visitor will find the usual content headings, with the exception of “About us” which offers...
Teo Treloar was twenty-six when he decided to apply to Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), the University of Sydney. He graduated with a bachelor...
An African folktale was told to Jenny Orchard as a child, in which a woman follows an impossibly beautiful man into a forest. Against his...
Brincat tells me that painting came first and performance later. She initially trained in painting at Sydney College of the Arts and remembers the painting...
Upon entering Kirtika Kain’s studio, I am immediately struck by the force with which her canvases command my attention. The only way I can describe...
On an unseasonably warm afternoon, Khaled Sabsabi unveils a new mystical world housed in a humble, cramped, tin shed doubling up as his studio at...
Sara Maher was the first artist I met in Tasmania. I encountered Maher gently arranging tiny drawings and prints in a tree for the 2004...
Collerson’s studio—a former SES [State Emergency Service] hall—is long and mostly windowless, spacious yet stacked with canvases. As we sit, I ask about his day...
Brian Robinson is a multi-skilled contemporary artist whose practice combines his passion for experimentation crossing boundaries between reality and fantasy.
Ann Thomson celebrated her ninetieth birthday in October 2023. Born in Queensland in 1933, the daughter of a prominent Brisbane bookseller, she was genteelly brought...
All too few white Australians are aware of the cornucopia of cultural complexities that flourish in the Top End of their country. Despite the best...
As for so many, making art is a positive childhood memory for Taribelang and Gooreng Gooreng artist Dylan Sarra. Sarra was born in Bundaberg, central...
Brent Harris’ studio is adjacent to Gertrude Glasshouse, the experimental satellite venue of Gertrude Contemporary. Apart from chance meetings at Tolarno Galleries openings, we haven’t...
The western suburbs of Melbourne in the late 1980s. A single mum gathers her children in the morning of what will prove to be a...
