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Review: David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948-2018, MCA
This important piece of South African history teaches global lessons in humanity, tolerance and environmental respect. It’s an exhibition for…
Review: Bodies of art: Human form from the National Collection, NGA
NGA Director Nick Mitzevich’s maiden exhibition traverses gender, genre and history when it comes to describing the body by putting…
Review: Borrowed Scenery, Campbelltown Arts Centre
A regional gallery rethinks its collecting future by commissioning a gender audit, and dives deep into timely narratives about its…
How AGNSW’s 2019 program speaks to its future vision
From icons Marcel Duchamp and Takashi Murakami, to projects new and old defining the Australian visual art landscape, the Art…
Just Not Australian! How artists are rethinking nationhood in turbulent times
A new exhibition at Artspace Sydney calls it straight when it comes to the origins and implications of contemporary Australian…
Vale Mrs Ngallametta
Late to her painting career, Ngallametta rapidly rose to become one of Australia’s leading Indigenous artists. She died this week…
Arthur Boyd – a complex genius who channelled Van Gogh
As Bundanon Trust embarks on a $8.6M redevelopment to ensure its future, an intimate exhibition of Boyd’s work travels nationally,…
Kilgour Art Prize consistently punches above its weight
Newcastle Art Gallery is calling for entries to its $50,000 prize for portrait and figurative painting.
Review: Wozzeck, Opera Australia
Artist William Kentridge gives us a mesmorising version of Berg's Wozzeck, his signature animations ramped up to horror vacui proportions,…
What regional galleries are showing in 2019
Regional galleries continue to punch above their weight in 2019, rolling out ambitious, erudite and often provocative programs that extend…