Visual art
Inspired by his ancestors, this artist just won a $100,000 prize
At the annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards in Darwin, memory and the process of making sense of the past emerges as a key theme.
- by Tristen Harwood
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New show may make you feel like you’re being watched. That’s because you are
Facial recognition and tracking technology help bring to life Mexican Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s exhibition Atmospheric Memory at the Powerhouse.
- by Cameron Bayley
Artists make Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and UFOs out of Lego
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro are using Lego to explore the strange things people believe in – from the paranormal to conspiracy theories.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Why artist Wendy Sharpe is happy to leave things up to chance
Sharpe won the Sulman Prize when she was fresh out of art school, and she reckons that fate intervened on her behalf.
- by Elizabeth Fortescue
Hustle Harder: Bringing dance into a gallery, all day long
Choreographer Adam Linder’s new commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art asks questions about how social media mediates our experience of the gallery.
- by Jo Higgins
A dozen Kiwi artists descended on Arthur Boyd’s property. Here’s what came next
The artist left the country his 1000-hectare property Bundanon in 1993. Now it’s the site of a gallery, where much of the work responds directly to the site.
- by Jo Higgins
Aussie artists who won a $US25,000 art prize take provocative work to Sydney
After taking out the Jane Lombard Prize last year, Indigenous art collective proppaNOW are exhibiting their work together in Sydney for the first time.
- by Arlie Alizzi
Do you own a piece of rock ’n’ roll art history? Find out this weekend
John Foy, Ben Brown, Glenn “Glenno” Smith and Simon Day are behind some of rock’s most well-known poster art. Now they’re getting together to fight piracy.
- by Phil Brandel
Blood and rage: The exhibition that’s a disturbing trip down memory lane
From works printed in blood to intricate watercolours blooming with symbolism, artist eX de Medici doesn’t shy away from using her art to spark change.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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National Gallery of Australia
Pollock’s Blue poles could be coming to a suburban gallery near you
The National Gallery of Australia is loaning its collection out to suburban and regional galleries across the country, with a $174 million Monet first on the list.
- by Linda Morris
Don’t miss this rare chance to see Frida Kahlo in Australia
For the first time, a comprehensive collection of works by the Mexican painter, her husband and their contemporaries is being shown in Australia.
- by Kerrie O'Brien