Four artists explore grief, hope and global strain
ROB KENNEDY reviews Beyond, an exhibition by four artists - John Pratt, Kati Gorgenyi, Toni Hassan and Ujala Aftab - exploring global grief using painting, textiles, newsprint, and installation.
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ROB KENNEDY reviews Never the twain shall meet, an exhibition by artist Fatima Killeen.
Australia's biggest portrait award, the $100,000 Archibald Prize, has gone to Richard Lewer for a portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder Iluwanti Ken.
"It’s refreshing to see an exhibition of such unique artistic depth today, when so much of the contemporary art world is full of academic stuff that holds minimal appeal outside its context." ROB KENNEDY reviews Art Rocks by David Jensz.
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Stencil artist grieves Anzac graves destroyed in Gaza
Gallipoli Art Prize winner Luke Cornish has criticised the desecration of a Commonwealth cemetery in Gaza, in which his great-uncle was buried.
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Epic battle over Epic Country as NGA exhibition opens
As the exhibition at the centre of "white hands on black art" allegations opens, the damage wrought on an Aboriginal-run art collective becomes clear.
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Art controversy in court and on national gallery walls
The Ngura Pulka exhibition is finally opening at the National Gallery of Australia, following a three-year delay because of allegations of interference.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews John Brack x Noel McKenna: A face in the mirror, at the National Portrait Gallery.
The Canberra Art Fair has been postponed from May to October, with organisers citing ongoing global uncertainty and public unease, reports HELEN MUSA.
East Hotel in Kingston is showing a series of striking works by former Canberra visual artist and educator Lee Crisp.
It’s time for Canberra’s Italians and those who wish they were to kick up their heels as the Viva Italia in Canberra Festival returns with an expanded program, inviting locals and visitors to immerse themselves in Italian heritage.
Banksy's mystique is taking a hit after a media report about his real name, reports LAURIE KELLMAN in London.
BARRINA SOUTH reviews after/image, an exhibition by artist Brenda L Croft.
Central to Keiko Amenomori-Schmeisser's artistic practice was the Japanese textile tradition of shibori, a complex form of resist dyeing. Arts editor HELEN MUSA pays tribute to this innovative artist...
"In all the works there’s a sense of survival going on and the ever-present questions, who can help us? How can we help ourselves?" ROB KENNEDY reviews The Hurt Business, an exhibition of lithographs and woodcuts by Omar Musa.
"In Regeneration Glyphs, the artist brings together not only a selection of past works that provide a continuum of ideas and images, but also exciting recent work that promises new beginnings," writes reviewer KERRY-ANNE COUSINS.
LEN POWER previews The Hurt Business, an exhibition by Omar Musa of lithographs and woodcuts that "ricochets between dark humour and poetry".
ROB KENNEDY reviews Sharing Stories Arts Exchange exhibition at the ANU School of Art & Design.
The Louvre museum in Paris is in the news once again, this time after a gallery was damaged by flooding.
