There are plenty of museum shows to spark interest this year, and many of them are well worth trips across the country to enjoy.
Powerhouse, Sydney: Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp opens 24 March.
The Wharfies’ Mural is one of the Museum’s iconic treasures and was created by artist members of the Waterside Workers’ Federation (WWF) in 1950s Sydney. Initially made for the canteen walls of the workers’ headquarters in Darling Harbour, it soon inspired other artists to add to it and ended up as an epic wraparound banner that charts the history and politics around some of Australia’s most significant workers’ rights campaigns (from the 1850s onwards). It’s a little known fact that wharfie work provided much-needed income for many Sydney artists to continue their art. This mural is a stunning record of their style, influences and ideas. A definite must-see!
