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Rebel Heart celebrates true stories of love that defied the status quo. Photo: Eugene Hyland / State Library Victoria.
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Rebel Heart review: SLV's new exhibition is a love letter to love letters (and librarians)

From queer bushrangers to fanmail and mixtapes, Rebel Heart asks what we lose when intimacy goes digital.

view of gallery exhibition of fantasy like ceramics in a room painted dark green. Lynda Draper
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Glimmer review: artist Lynda Draper's unrelenting and unique journey in ceramics

Glimmer is an outstanding survey exhibition by ceramic artist Lynda Draper that celebrates individuality and innovation.

Shaun Gladwell, Planet & Stars Sequence: Barrier Highway, 2009. Production still, HD video, 16:9, colour, sound, 25 min 53 sec. Photo: Josh Raymond. Courtesy: the artist and PALAS, Sydney. Exhibited in SEARCHERS at National Art School Galleries, Sydney
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SEARCHERS review: graffiti, spray paint and bringing the outsider in

The National Art School exhibition SEARCHERS brings audiences into a world that has thrived in the shadows.

Gallery installation with dryers and recycled slippers in basement environment. Mike Hewson.
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Mike Hewson’s The Key’s Under the Mat review: arty playground is joyous and chaotic

Mike Hewson shatters taboos and transforms the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank space into a light-filled, living playground.

Black and white photographs of varying sizes arranged on a wall next to small text. Each of the photographs has a spotlight.
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We Outside review: bold photos honouring the spirit of African diaspora youth

We Outside challenges stereotypes with tenderness. At the Immigration Museum, Melbourne, until 17 August.

Ancient relics and videos of Pompeii
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Exhibition review: Pompeii, National Museum of Australia

Off the back of new discoveries and a wave of immersive exhibitions globally, Pompeii is the star of an exhibition…

woman looking at artefact in Museum with blue lighting Machu Picchu
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Exhibition review: Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, Australian Museum

The Australian Museum turns to bucket list destinations to again draw summer crowds.

Three pieces of artwork by Glen Downey of faces made up of organic matter like plants and animals.
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Exhibition review: Glen Downey, Isabella Hayes, Kate Pullen, Dan Go, Nyssa Braid, Off The Kerb Gallery and Studios

Independent Melbourne art gallery again proves its finger is on the pulse. 

Multi screen video installation in black and white of woman looking at African objects. Isaac Julien.
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Exhibition review: Isaac Julien, Once Again... (Statues Never Die), MCA

A spectacular exhibition asks the big questions about how museums collect, and show, artworks with Black histories.

‘Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone’, installation view at MUMA. An installation resembling three work stations with different lab equipment and large ceramic vessels beside each station. The space is filled with natural light thanks to a floor to ceiling window on the left side. The walls of the gallery space are paintings in a dark mahogany colour.
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Exhibition review: Candice Lin: The Sex Life of Stone, MUMA

Mineral politics, animal kinship and dark demonic romance come together in the work of Chinese American multidisciplinary artist Candice Lin.

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