Pat Hoffie is standing in front of a work from her Clusterfkk series (2018-20), her hand running across the surface as she points out various details and textures. We’re at QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, where her solo exhibition this mess … Continue reading Pat Hoffie: This Mess We’re In
“Isolation offered its own form of companionship”― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland 2023 marks 20 years since Linde Ivimey was launched into the annals of contemporary Australian art with a major solo exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne—the first … Continue reading Linde Ivimey: Parvuli
Richard Bell Reader: Tate Modern marks Brisbane-based artist Richard Bell’s staging of his seminal work ‘Embassy’ (2013- ongoing) at Tate Modern, London in May-June 2023. Taking the form of a broadsheet newspaper, this second iteration of the ‘Richard Bell Reader’ … Continue reading Richard Bell Reader: Tate Modern
Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen focuses on Australian artist Richard Bell’s continuing influence on contemporary art, exploring all aspects of his painting, video, installation, text and performance presented at documenta fifteen, especially the ongoing installation project ‘Embassy’ (2013-), considering this … Continue reading Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen
Deborah Kelly’s CREATION is a collaboration between artists and communities to develop an art work that offers ways to gather and commune – a counterpoint to the natural disasters, plagues and leadership failures of our era. A work drawn from … Continue reading Deborah Kelly: The Book of Creation
Surrounded by Alex and Kitty Mackay’s immense collection of erotic art it seems improbable that a small traditional painting by purchased in Bali in 1972 for USD$20.00 was its catalyst. Painted by I Gusti Nyoman Lempard, the Mackays were then … Continue reading Collector Profile: Alex & Kitty Mackay
James Barth’s approach to self-portraiture is as complex and multifaceted as the artist herself, exploring self-representation in a post-internet era where accessibility can quickly lead to vulnerability. Using a combination of analogue and digital techniques, Barth has carved out a … Continue reading James Barth: Forecast
First published in Art Almanac, Dec 2017-Jan 2018 For over 30 years, Badtjala artist Fiona Foley has been an advocate for Indigenous political and social equality, using her art to educate and inform on Indigenous issues relevant to all Australians. … Continue reading Fiona Foley: Horror has a Face
Art Almanac, July 2017 There is something ill-defined and unsettling about the women who feature throughout Heidi Yardley’s oeuvre. Begun as collages which then act as source material for larger paintings and drawings, each figure is a multilayered hybrid of … Continue reading Heidi Yardley: The Sinking Belle
First published on the QAGOMA Blog page, 18 February 2016. I was sixteen and doing work experience at the Gold Coast Art Gallery. My supervisor had received a fax (!) about a brand new exhibition of Asian and Oceanic art being launched at the Queensland Art Gallery, and for some inexplicable reason I was put in charge of taking a group of volunteers up to see the show. God knows why they thought I was responsible enough to get 22 octogenarians there and back safely, but as one of the volunteers said to me on the day “at least you’re … Continue reading My First Time
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