December 1, 2017
A space of one’s own
Culture
Histories personal and national inform Helen Johnson’s large-scale canvases
Quentin Sprague
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October 2, 2017
The possibilities of flux at the TarraWarra International
Culture
Five Australian and international artists engage with history, impermanence and decay
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
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
April 20, 2017
Archives are us
Culture
The collected wisdom of Patrick Pound and Brook Andrew at NGV
December 1, 2016
A moveable feast
Culture
What does it take to transform the National Gallery of Australia into the Palace of Versailles?
November 1, 2016
Seeing visions
Culture
Lynette Wallworth’s ‘Collisions’ brings virtual reality to the Western Desert
April 1, 2016
Life’s work
Culture
Artist Jan Senbergs prepares for his NGV retrospective
December 1, 2015
Bringing them home
Culture
The National Museum of Australia’s ‘Encounters’ and the politics of collection
March 1, 2015
The extraordinary Mrs Gabori
Culture
The meteoric career of Kaiadilt painter Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda
February 1, 2015
Matthew Barney’s ‘River of Fundament’
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart (until 13 April 2015)
March 1, 2014
National Gallery of Victoria’s ‘Melbourne Now’
Art
Melbourne Now, the NGV’s ambitious exhibition of the city’s contemporary art and related disciplines, has been a varied undertaking. This is partly because contemporary art, unlike modern art before it, presents no unified front. Or, put …