Gina Fairley
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Bark painting goes contemporary
The royalty of bark painting come together in an exhibition that explores Earth and Sky at Tarrawarra Museum of Art.
Cementing art in regional towns
How does a small regional town cope when 60 contemporary artists descend upon it for four days? Cementa shows how…
Vale Betty Churcher
Australia’s only female director of the National Gallery of Australia, Betty Churcher dies at the age of 84.
Aida
Handa’s Opera on the Harbour delivers spectacular and splash, but at what compromise?
Vale William Delafield Cook
Australian realist painter dies in England aged 78, while preparing for exhibition.
The world loves Trent Parke … who?
He is the only Australian photographer admitted to the prestigious Magnum fraternity. Parke’s Adelaide exhibition gives us a hint why.
Why should a New Zealand artist get a survey here?
Having curated his very first show, and now his most recent, Maud Page discusses the enigma of Michael Parekowhai and…
Is my art leaving on a jet plane?
With the rise of art fairs and biennales internationally, Australian artists are competing in global shopping malls that dictate the…
Arty merchandise sells
The shop has become a key component to the museum experience, but also a robust revenue stream vital to galleries…
A peek at what Fiona Hall is taking to Venice
Over 350 objects and military camouflage fabric are used to create a powerful statement about the casualities of global conflict.