Gina Fairley
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The NATSIAAs are breaking down the polarising divide between city and remote artists
The NATSIAAs are more than an art award. They're also an evolving model of what expanded cultural exchange can look…
Ten editions on, has the Sydney Contemporary art fair kept its big promises?
While sales have ebbed, signs of market maturity and growing engagement are recalibrating how we register success of Australia’s largest…
At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, art refuses to stay safely on the wall
HEAP is an ephemeral commission engaging eight artists and 120 tonnes of soil for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.
Ryan Presley lands $100,000 Telstra NATSIAA Art Award with a Renaissance-inspired artwork
What does this year’s Telstra NATSIAA prize list reveal about the future of Indigenous art?
Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste offers a new way to see a beloved artist
The National Art School delivers the near impossible: an expansive yet intimate show that shepherds fresh conversations about Margaret Olley.
Arthur Boyd’s tapestries show us what trust in a commissioning process looks like
The story behind Arthur Boyd's greatest leap of faith reveals a collaboration that still blazes bright today.
Preserving Brett Whiteley’s spirit, not just his studio’s bricks and mortar
After a two year closure, the Brett Whiteley Studio reopens in Sydney with rare works from Fiji on display.
Craft is in crisis – but it seems only in Australia
As craft is enjoying unprecedented visibility globally, why is Australia dismantling the very institutions that sustain it?
Man on Fire review: Shaun Gladwell and Arthur Boyd in searing dialogue
In the hands of Arthur Boyd and Shaun Gladwell, the prescient tale of Nebuchadnezzar becomes a warning against hubris and…
Australian designers give heart to Powerhouse Parramatta
More than 50 Australian designers have been commissioned to fit out the new Powerhouse Parramatta, thanks to a $2.5 million…