Homely objets d’art at the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize has had a home in recent years at the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. This year’s winner is Anita Johnson.
Highlands House is a modern sanctuary in the hills
Highlands House is a home where art enhances design and the surrounding vistas of landscape create a calming backdrop to family life.
This Villa is a grown-up designer playground
Effectively designed as a living space that centres on art and design, every moment of this home is keyed to discovery and fun.
Experience 12 interactive, site-specific installations at Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary is just around the corner, and we’re pleased as punch to be an official media partner for the 2023 edition. As a first look at what to expect, our editor-at-large Gillian Serisier outlines 12 must-see installations – plus Habitus readers receive a 25% discount on tickets!
‘Amodern’ is this year’s theme for Sydney Design Week
Powerhouse has announced a bumper program for this year’s Sydney Design Week. Set to run 15-24 September, it features more than 60 events across the city.
Edward Waring makes lolly-coloured crystal eye candy in his new exhibition
“Waring has layered personal, social and cultural histories in these works. Many are titled with women’s names of an earlier era, a homage to the friends of Waring’s mother whom he remembers in their drinking and partying heyday; occasions where glasses were filled to the brim with colour and clinking to life,” Edward Waring draws on memory to create a colourful glass installations at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert.
Lara Merrett explores alchemical change through colour
Working within the expanded field of painting, Lara Merrett is part alchemist, artist, and ecological warrior.
The Wrong Shop at the right place
Marking its first showcase in Australia with a collection of works from contemporary designers, The Wrong Shop is putting on an exhibition hosted by Living Edge.
Fireballs, fireworks and flames: The spectacle of Cai Guo-Qiang’s art
For decades Cai Guo-Qiang has wowed audiences worldwide with his explosive and innovative artistic approach, which blends traditional Chinese culture, contemporary art, and pyrotechnic displays.
India Mahdavi’s colourfully designed exhibition for French Post-Impressionist Pierre Bonnard
Chunky blocks of colour and walls of clashing pattern – the Winter Masterpieces at the NGV present the exquisite works of Pierre Bonnard, brought to life by globally recognised designer India Mahdavi.
Jonathan Dalton’s world of art is filled with Proustian metaphor
The title of one of the works in this exhibition, The Impossibility of Swans, could just as easily be the Impossibility of Jonathan Dalton. This is an artist, who paints with such realist finesse, with distortions and refractions all accounted for, that no equivocation is present. Yet his works are rife with misdirection and metaphor.
One year in Bundanon: A retrospective on The Bridge and Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects, part two
Kerstin Thompson Architects’ work at Bundanon recently marked its one-year anniversary. With Thompson having recently been awarded the AIA Gold Medal, it’s a fitting time for a mini-retrospective, continued here in this second part.