Awesome spiders really up close and personal
The male Maratus spider may well be the sexiest insect in the world, if viewed properly, far sexier than the peacock after whom the tiny arachnid has been nicknamed, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Liz Priestley's latest art works exhibited at Grainger Gallery where she uses the ancient encaustic technique of building up layers of wax, pigments and resin to form multiple layers of colour and texture.
From glass blowers to metal sculptors, the QPRC and Bendigo Bank 2026 Art Awards held on Saturday at The Q saw a record 87 entries competing across 12 prizes, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"These abstract works are successful in their ability to communicate through rhythm, shape and colour, the artist’s pictorial vision and its genesis in his poetic imagination," writes visual art reviewer KERRY-ANNE COUSINS.
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Celebrated Canberra artist and human rights warrior dead at 78
Internationally respected artist, educator, researcher, graphic designer, and ecological and human rights warrior, John Reid, has died. He was 78.
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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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Strong statement of humility and strength
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.
Gallipoli Art Prize winner Luke Cornish has criticised the desecration of a Commonwealth cemetery in Gaza, in which his great-uncle was buried.
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.
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...
