“An overriding concern has been a return, again and again, to thinking about the human condition – the craziness we all face in our individual and collective struggles, in attempting to hold our lives together in some meaningful way," says the artist Brent Harris, reflecting on his retrospective show.
Yavuz Gallery foregrounds a cultural conversation with the unveiling of 'Desert Songs'. The major exhibition by leading indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira OAM explores a vibrant narrative of personal histories through a series of bold and unapologetically political paintings.
Working within the expanded field of painting, Lara Merrett is part alchemist, artist, and ecological warrior.
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.
Meg Gallagher is a New Zealand artist that bridges fashion and design, we chat with her about life and work, and her latest show which explores the concept of home – on exhibition now at Totem Road.
Jennifer Tyers has painted everywhere from Borneo to Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens. Naomi Russo finds out where she’s heading next.
"I’m interested in this idea of limitations, whether real or imagined, and how we respond to these," says Skye Jefferys, an Australian-born artist who now calls Singapore her home. Naomi Russo writes.
The 2016 edition of the Hong Kong art fair saw the city come alive as gallerists, collectors and art lovers flocked in for a jam-packed week filled with big-name and emerging artists, events, discussions and much more.
Perth-born, Sydney-based artist Mason Kimber has been experimenting with traditional fresco techniques in his latest body of work. With a solo exhibition opening this week, we chat to the painter about inspiration, architectural memory, and the joys and challenges of making art.
Ben Quilty invites three mates, artists Guy Maestri, Luke Sciberras and Robert Malherbe, to retrace the steps of the greats – Russell Drysdale, Margaret Olley, John Olsen and Brett Whiteley to the former gold-mining town of Hill End.
