February 1, 2021
The paintbrush is a weapon: Vincent Namatjira
Culture
The Archibald Prize winner’s politics are less straightforward than the art world might like to think
Quentin Sprague
By this author
December 1, 2020
Blue is the colour
Culture
The idiosyncratic work of Yolngu artist Dhambit Mununggurr
December 3, 2020
Currents of joy: Stephen Bram and John Nixon
Culture
Overlapping exhibitions by the two abstract artists convey their shared radical modernism
February 1, 2020
Stopped in the street: ‘Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines’
Culture
Early death meant the work of these renowned artists never fully emerged from ’80s New York subcultures
November 1, 2019
‘Civilization: The Way We Live Now’
Culture
The beautiful photographs of often grim subjects in NGV Australia’s exhibition raise questions over the medium’s power to critique
June 6, 2018
‘The Field Revisited’ and ‘Robert Hunter’ at NGV Australia
Culture
Two exhibitions re-examine landmark Australian art
January 25, 2018
Katharina Grosse’s riot of colour
Culture
The German artist transforms Carriageworks
November 24, 2017
Strength in numbers at Neon Parc
Culture
‘Mira Gojak / Elizabeth Newman’ illustrates the possibilities for curated shows in commercial galleries
December 1, 2017
A space of one’s own
Culture
Histories personal and national inform Helen Johnson’s large-scale canvases
October 30, 2017
Two approaches to abstraction
Culture
Exhibitions by Brent Harris and Karl Wiebke reinforce how abstract painting can both beguile and explore big questions
October 2, 2017
The possibilities of flux at the TarraWarra International
Culture
Five Australian and international artists engage with history, impermanence and decay
June 21, 2017
What is art for anyway?
Culture
Ian Potter Museum for Art’s ‘Vertigo Sea’ and ‘I was born in Indonesia’ are very different answers to the same question
May 17, 2017
After ‘Sovereignty’
Culture
ACCA’s exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art was a long overdue success