Photography
Get illuminated: The Top Fives on all things to do with light art
From outdoor light events to public art using light and light exhibitions on right now – we bring you a…
What contemporary art looks like in 2021: the Ramsay and NATSIAA finalists announced
With the announcement of two of Australia’s most prestigious art awards this week – the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize and…
Exhibition Review: OCCURRENT AFFAIR: proppaNOW, UQ Art Museum (QLD)
The QLD artist collective proppaNOW shaped the landscape for contemporary Aboriginal art. A new survey exhibition asks audiences to bare…
First 59 participants announced for the 2022 Biennale of Sydney
Launching the theme of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, the message was clear: this is an exhibition about sustainability, continuity…
Exhibition Review: Michael Cook Natures Mortes at Andrew Baker Art Dealer (QLD)
First Nations photographer Michael Cook takes a spin on a Dutch Old Masters aesthetic in a new series that weaves…
Exhibition Review: William Yang, Seeing and Being Seen, QAG
Celebrating the flaws in real life lived, one feels equally a voyeur and a participant in William Yang's narratives.
Exhibition Review: Rebecca Belmore, Griffith University Art Museum
Belmore's work positions the viewer as a witness and encourages us all to face what is monumental, and a shared…
Exhibition Review: Mervyn Bishop, National Film and Sound Archive
Australia's first Indigenous photojournalist Mervyn Bishop helped shaped Australian narratives. This exhibition looks at 60-years of his iconic images, as…
What getting Aboriginal art advocacy right looks like
Desart does professional development well – from a mentoring Photography Art Prize, to nurturing business skills for arts centres, and…
Q&A: Artist Wiliiam Yang on growing up gay and Chinese
He has been described as "the storyteller", blurring the boundaries of performance, photography and text to explore sexuality and identity…