ARTIST PROFILE celebrates the masterful Australian abstractionist painter, Michael Johnson in this exclusive essay by writer and daughter Anna Johnson.
The extraordinary oeuvre of the late Sally Gabori (c.1924–2015) is a rare portal into Australia’s pre-colonial history.
In Issue 42, Bridget Macleod spoke to Franck Gohier as he prepared for his exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory....
Lara Merrett chats to Artist Profile about expanding paining beyond the confines of the canvas for the 2018 Bella Room Commission
Artist Profile chats to sculptor Laurence Edwards about his formal and conceptual approaches to bronze.
In Issue 41, Ashley Crawford takes us on a journey into the multifaceted world of Melbourne artist Sonia Payes.
George Shaw writes about the poetry of Shoufay Derz's latest series 'In Memory of Water'.
Perth-based artist Stephanie Reisch paints with a nod to prehistory.
Sanne Koelemij's collaged compositions recalibrate conventional dialogues between colour, shape and material.
Owen Craven writes about Melbourne-based artist Alice Wormald's rigorous, layered approach to painting.
In Issue 40 Hilarie Mais spoke with Kon Gouriotis about her non-representational vocabulary.
Nicholas Osmond sees himself as an observer, painting past and current narratives in Australian history.
Raphaella Rosella sees things as they are, instinctively, without embellishment. She’s a gifted visual storyteller, never allowing her images to stray into patronising or exploitative...
Maori artist Star Gossage paints dreamlike figures in shifting landscapes that explore journeys of loss and endurance.
The paintings of Charmaine Pike allude to the remote landscape, its geographical features and natural formations, embedded or rather personified with human emotion.
During a typical week Tom Carment might journey around the city of Sydney to make watercolours, visit a friend to paint their portrait, or draw...
Kerrie Hughes came to painting after a brilliant career in fashion design. This has had a profound influence on Hughes’ art practice, and the way...
For an artist who has long been in dialogue with her dual transient identities, Lindy Lee is pushing past boundaries and forging her own mark as...
Printmaking has coincided with defined points of change in Aida Tomescu’s practice.
For Coen Young, painting is an encounter made real by the methods and process of silver nitrate.
In a career spanning 40 years, Andrew Christofides has forged a distinctive painting practice, recognisable for its sobriety and intellectual curiosity.
Dean Home is facing a moment of crisis. This is not a bad thing, he is quick to add. But a crisis it is.
Small, refined and focused, this year's Woollahra Small Sculpture returns to challenge Australian artists to concentrate their efforts on the micro.
It has taken some time for the Australian art world to get its own head around the genetically challenging and often startling creatures and concepts...
As an artist, what remains consistent is McMonagle's embrace of the challenge, and it is this that sets her up to be as tenacious and...