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visual art November 18, 2023
The Miwatj Yolŋu exhibition at Bundanon is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view this collection of masterworks, which engage with colonial experience and the modern world.
visual art November 11, 2023
The life of American surrealist Lee Miller – from her traumatic childhood to the horrors she encountered as a war correspondent – was as extraordinary as her photographs.
visual art November 4, 2023
After the shock of the failed referendum, Adelaide’s Tarnanthi 2023 – the biggest display of Aboriginal storytelling in the country – is a counterstrike that repays hatred with love.
visual art October 7, 2023
The Museum of Old and New Art’s summer exhibitions feature something old, something new and something volcanic by Sigur Rós’s Jónsi.
visual art September 30, 2023
Hoda Afshar’s first retrospective, at the Art Gallery of NSW, reveals a powerful oeuvre driven by the desire to restore complexity to those who are denied their humanity.
the influence September 23, 2023
Nicholas Jose on Liu Xiaodong’s Smoker
When Nicholas Jose saw Liu Xiaodong’s painting Smoker, in a Beijing exhibition that expressed the political unrest leading up to Tiananmen Square, it marked a turning point in the writer’s life.
visual art September 9, 2023
The 10th Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Spilling across the city, the 10th Ballarat International Foto Biennale offers a panoramic view of the state of the art.
visual art September 9, 2023
Before the Australian premiere of his latest work, Sibyl, at the Sydney Opera House, animator, director and visual artist William Kentridge reveals that the moment when a work begins to catch fire is always mysterious.
visual art August 5, 2023
The ballad of sexual dependency
Showing at the National Gallery of Australia, Nan Goldin’s extraordinary magnum opus, The ballad of sexual dependency, defines an era.
the influence July 29, 2023
The story created by Tracey Moffatt’s powerful photographic series Body Remembers resonates in the life and work of dancer and choreographer Frances Rings.
visual art July 15, 2023
Michael Zavros’s hyperreal depictions of his family and luxurious lifestyle often annoy critics but, as a retrospective demonstrates, they have an unexpected life.
