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The fall of drawing and the rise of photography

Applying Sir Isaac Newton’s 17th century Third Art Law, could the rise in photography be at the fall of drawing?…

A finalist for the World Press Photo, Musuk Nolte's portrait shows a farmer carrying food across an Amazonian dried river bed. Image: Musuk Nolte.
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World Press Photo winner and finalists focus on war and climate change

The annual World Press Photo competition draws tens of thousands of entries from around the world, with this year's winners…

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Flotsam Festival is surfing along the Gold Coast

The annual festival returns in May with a whirlpool of film, photography, and surf.

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New kimono exhibition unfurls at NGV International

The iconic Japanese garment will be on display in historical and contemporary guises.

A red flower lies across the spotlight of a sewing machine's needle and thread.

Shining a light on emerging photomedia artists at the Museum of Australian Photography

Melbourne's future photographers on display.

de-centre re-centre: installation view of a photographic exhibition in a gallery space. Four landscape orientation photographs of faces of Aboriginal women are placed on a wall in the foreground of this image.
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Exhibition review: de-centre re-centre, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

A cohesive survey exhibition that points to the strong relevance of photographic media within the wider context of contemporary art.

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Canberra opens Our Story, a new exhibition exploring Aboriginal-Chinese heritage in Australia

Telling the untold story of Aboriginal-Chinese Australia.

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Exhibition review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, National Wool Museum, Geelong

London’s National History Museum collaborates with Geelong's National Wool Museum in spectacular fashion.

A large black and white video still is on display at the back featuring a woman, Frida Kahlo, lying on her front on a bed. In the gallery space there is also a white display table with small items on it.
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Exhibition review: Frida Kahlo: In her own image, Bendigo Art Gallery

A wide range of artefacts helps to explore the reality of the artist beyond her public persona.

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Exhibition review: Danie Mellor: marru I the unseen visible, Queensland Art Gallery

North Queensland multidisciplinary artist, Danie Mellor, explores Australia’s shared history in a powerful new exhibition. 

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