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Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Exhibition review: Brent Harris, TarraWarra Museum of Art

Brent Harris' ambiguous and surreal forms explore the body, familial relationships and (post) death.

Group of dog sculptures in gallery with pink walls. Ngununggula
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Exhibition review: New Dog Old Tricks, Ngununggula

This summer exhibition demonstrates the complex roles dogs play in society and taps into the human condition.

LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA, installation view at Warrnambool Art Gallery. Photo: Supplied. An exhibition space partitioned with orange, dark turquoise and pink sheer curtains. In front of the curtains hang embroideries by Mirka Mora and clothing by Gorman x Mirka.
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Exhibition review: LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart, Warrnambool Art Gallery

A lyrical and symbiotic pairing of fashion design, sculptural installations, painting, embroideries and more by two Australian icons.

Hamilton Gallery Director Joshua White next to 'Lucretia' by Artemisia Gentileschi, installation view in Emerging From Darkness: Faith, Emotion and The Body in the Baroque at Hamilton Gallery. Photo: Madi Whyte. A figure with short brown hair, glasses and brown beard wearing a collared shirt and blazer stands next to a large painting depicting a women, half nude, sitting at the edge of her bed and gazing up.
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Regional exclusive Baroque exhibition signals vision, drive and potential

Hamilton Gallery’s world-class Baroque exhibition, 'Emerging From Darkness', reveals much about the vision and ambition of regional cultural tourism with…

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New Indigenous gallery opens with repatriated William Barak works

State Library Victoria's new Indigenous gallery is designed to support the voices and stories of Indigenous Victorians and connect visitors…

‘Nadine Christensen: Around’, installation view at Buxton Contemporary. Photo: ArtsHub.
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Exhibition review: Nadine Christensen, Buxton Contemporary

This major survey exhibition prompts viewers to be active and rewards them with a joyous experience positioned within a deeply…

NotFair art fair 2023 housed in the ex Hawksburn Primary School. Photo: ArtsHub. A range of paintings in a hall with white walls and timbre floor.
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Exhibition review: NotFair, 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra

A dance of light and darkness with a brilliant array of artist on view at NotFair 2023, ‘Alchemy’.

Bayside. Image is a number of paintings on a walls and a column in a white gallery with a dark floor.
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Honouring painting through increased prize money and local engagement

The Bayside Painting Prize is an annual celebration of the unique medium, this year with a $25,000 Major Prize and…

Emily Kam Kngwarry. Image is a gallery with batiks and large paintings hanging from the ceiling and on the walls.
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Repositioning Emily Kam Kngwarray, and why now

A rethinking of the work of Emily Kam Kngwarray reminds us that Country and Community come first.

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