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One of the first casualties of Australia’s ban on gatherings over 500 people was The Other Art Fair, due to be held 19-22 March in Sydney, and 21-24 May in Melbourne. [...]
abstract art
Bridie Gillman: Wide Eyed
Reminiscent of the early 20thcentury action painters, Bridie Gillman’s mark making is an intuitive response to the memories and emotions evoked from her cross-cultural [...]
Belem Lett at Sydney Contemporary
At first glance, Belem Lett’s paintings appear like highly sophisticated versions of Rorschach ink blots. It’s only on closer inspection the you notice the tiny [...]
Lyndal Hargrave at Edwina Corlette Gallery
If you haven’t dropped in to see the latest exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery, then you’re missing out on one of the most beautiful exhibitions to hang in [...]
Call for Artists!
Listen up kids, I have an announcement! This year I’ll be working in conjunction with Queensland design institution Ambience Store to curate an exclusive series of art [...]
Amber Boardman’s Oddities
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the [...]
Waddell and Winton, the Painter and the Scribe.
Gazing across the choppy vistas of Craig Waddell’s most recent show, I can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Headlands, with its craggy outcrops and deep dark blues, [...]
Controlled Chaos
“It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order – and yet, deep inside the chaos, lurks an even eerier type of order.” [...]
The Value of Shadows: Judith Wright’s Desire
“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance.” Jean Rhys, Quartet Back in [...]
John Aslanidis – the art of science
It’s very hard to separate all the facets that make up the area collectively known as The Arts. In fact I’d go so far as to say it’s impossible to. I [...]
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