Visual artists tell you why and how they create! From studio visits, intimate interviews, and live issues, we take art out of the gallery and into your ears.
Whatever happened to Ricky Swallow?
After rising to prominence locally in the early 2000s, Ricky Swallow left Australia and built an international art career with his small-scale, often intimate bronzes. Speaking from LA, Ricky talks about his unconscious move towards abstraction, his first foray into public art for Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and the profound impact of the recent California fires.
Topher Campbell splays his 'rukus' heart
What began as a living archive of queer Black British experience in the early 2000s has morphed into visual memoir for the interdisciplinary artist Topher Campbell.Told through three of his arthouse films including the uncompromising Fetish (2018) where he walks the streets of New York completely naked, an Afrofuturistic sculpture and intimate sound work composed of missed WhatsApp messages, Campbell isn't afraid to take risks.His installation at the Tate Modern, My rukus! Heart (2024) is both r
Latai Taumoepeau: This is not a drill
Latai Taumoepeau is an artist who thinks big. Not only is her subject matter expansive—the impact of global warming and rising sea levels in the South Pacific—increasingly she produces works of remarkable scale.Deep Communion sung in minor (ArchipelaGO, THIS IS NOT A DRILL), which premiered at Venice as part of Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania and is now on at Artspace in Sydney, uses musical scores and sculptural interactive machines that simulate paddle boards to bring the immediacy of the climate crisis
CJ Hendry and who gets to decide 'what is art'
Blurring the line between commercial and high art, self-described Brisbane bogan CJ Hendry is a social media phenomenon. Her seductive, hyperreal drawings of luxury and consumer goods, combined with marketing nous and a flair for self-promotion, have earned the New York-based expat a global following and commercial success. While the core of her practice is drawing, CJ also mounts elaborate conceptual exhibitions that tweak her audience's innate sense of childlike wonder, and that's where she sa
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Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
Laura Jones on the Archibald prize plus Jennifer Higgie on the art of interviewing artists
Daniel catches up with Archibald Prize winner Laura Jones, who painted author Tim Winton. Painter and sitter share a passion for WA's Ningaloo reef and its survival amid climate crisis. Unusually, Laura's own portrait is also on display – she entered it in the concurrent Sulman Prize, on at the Art Gallery of NSW. Interviewing visual artists is just one of the things that Jennifer Higgie has mastered in her decades-long career at the helm of Frieze magazine and as a writer, reviewer and podcas
Joyful ceramics plus a Timor Leste artist heads to the Venice Biennale
Ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa’s work is beautiful, playful and highly technical…and he’s having a moment, featuring in several exhibitions during 2024 including the MAKE Award, Generation Clay and re/JOY. His work is a beacon of light and happiness in dark times.Maria Madeira escaped the Indonesian invasion of Timor Leste in 1975, to end up in a refugee camp in Portugal. In 2005 she returned as the first artist to hold a solo exhibition there, ever. Now the artist, who came to Australia in 1983, is
Street art in ascendence; the art of RONE. Plus Judy Watson's life of art
The artist RONE was always attracted to street art's impermanence. He's since moved beyond street art and into large scale installations, involving space, sound, music, light and large scale art pieces, that breathe life into the rooms of decaying mansions and inside spaces. RONE's "Time" was on at AGWA Centenary Galleries in Western AustraliaFor four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about profound and difficult subjects: frontier violence, dispossession and ecological d
Archie Moore wins at Venice Biennale + Leonardo Da Vinci + Nikki Lam
Archie Moore won the top honour at one of the world's most prestigious and oldest art festivals – the Venice Biennale -- for a monumental work showing thousands of years of family lineage, and invoking lives lost under the colonial state.Monsignor Alberto Rocca is an Italian priest and art curator who has a singular job: accompanying pages from Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, to the other side of the world. This Codex is the largest collection of Leonardo's drawings and notes, made up of t
Sarah Contos looks over the Eye Lash Horizon, APA celebrates Intimate Imaginaries and Monica Rani Rudhar on personal stories writ large
Great conversations wiIn her complex installations, featuring dozens on objects and materials, Sarah Contos imbues and perceives a sensuality within everyday objects. She explores the mind, the womb, the soul and the belly of her major new exhibition, Eye Lash Horizon.Monica Rani Rudhar explores how art has deepened her connection with her family and explains the deeply personal root of her large-scale jewellery.And Mark Smith and Anthony Fitzpatrick celebrate 50 years of Arts Project Australia,
The virtual and real worlds of Cao Fei + printmaking with Karen Rogers and Sean Richard Smith
One of the most influential artists in the world, Cao Fei has documented China's rapid urbanisation and digital revolutions for over two decades. In a new exhibition at AGNSW, My City is Yours, she traces the connections between major cities like Beijing and Sydney, and explores how the digital and physical worlds connect.And Karen Rogers and Sean Richard Smith share the collaborative process behind printmaking. How does this act of translation change or expand a work of art, and what is the rel
How are a new generation of diasporic Australian artists working with their cultural material?
The histories our families share can be in the stories we tell, the food we eat, the objects that are passed down from one generation to the next. Finding our own place in those histories can be difficult, but it can also be exciting and crucial. How are Australian artists from the Asian diaspora creating their own stories? And how are they reckoning with the charged history of museum collections?Leyla Stevens uses her camera as a tool to engage with interconnected webs of song, performance, and
Radical textiles and experimental idiocy
A time-travelling, multi-regional journey through the histories of ceramics that explores how contemporary artists are politicising this elemental medium.Nell has said that “all my life is a practice", but what does that mean for the work she creates? And how has her latest piece, a quilt featuring work by 400 people, changed her perspective on collaboration?Glenn Barkley looks back at the many histories of ceramics, shares his favourite skewer, and discusses the impact of the “Anglosphere mind
Reframing the portrait
The self-portrait is perhaps the most ubiquitous image of the modern era, but how do contemporary artists use the portrait, not just to reflect themselves or their subject, but to shift our understanding of who we are and who we can be?Atong Atem takes us into her practice of self-portraiture, exploring how the history of beautification has inspired her images, and why a love for interior design has been an important influence.And acclaimed contemporary artist Joan Ross explains why fluorescent
Playgrounds and powerful women: the role of art in the public space
Public art comes with big price tags and excites popular opinion, but what does it actually take to produce such large work and how does art change our experience of the public sphere?Justene Williams takes a chainsaw to her art and to the idea that women in public should be passive, with giant feminine statues that are inspired by the sheela na gig carvings of the middle agesLindy Lee discusses her major new work, Ouroboros, at the National Gallery of Australia. And for most artists, the idea o
Marc Newson's art inspirations and the story of Lucky Kwong
Australian designer Marc Newson has helped to define the shape of our world today. But what are the artworks that inspired his approach and shaped his world?NGV Curator Laurie Benson takes you into the history of Rodin's The Thinker and explores what happens when a work of art becomes a cultural phenomenon.Jason Phu shares his latest Phuism.And chef and restaurateur Kylie Kwong shares the deeply personal story of the artwork that watched over customers at her restaurant Lucky Kwong.
Tim Winton explores the Australian landscape and Lucienne Rickard brings audiences to tears
Tim Winton is one of Australia's greatest writers, but this year he found himself at the centre of the art world when Laura Jones' portrait took out the Archibald Prize. From his earliest experiences in a gallery to some of the earliest examples of art in Australia, Winton shares the work that's helped to shape his own keen observations of nature and our own place in it.Two guards from the Art Gallery of NSW explain what it takes to keep the work safe and introduce us to their own favourite pain
Whitney director emeritus Adam Weinberg and an art partnership in the Blue Mountains
Adam Weinberg ran the Whitney Museum of American Art, one of New Yorks most iconic art spaces, for over 20 years. And he is a quintessential New Yorker.More artful poetry from millennial slashie Jason Phu.A peek into the studio of another real life artist partnership in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Claire Healey and Sean Cordeiro. They will be exhibiting shortly here, and in 2025 at The Tokyo Art Fair
Art scandals, art couples and art poets
One of the most salacious art scandals to hit the global art market is that of the Wildensteins. Author and journalist Rachel Corbett brings us her New York Times investigation of this secretive and flawed family dynasty that stretches back five generations.Poet and sculptor Jason Phu with more of his artful silliness.Plus the idea of artists, romantically partnered with other artists is a powerful narrative. Nabila Nordin and Nick Modrzewski join us from LA.
Author Markus Zusak on art; the immersive, mysterious work of Angelica Mesiti; the art of poetry; a ruinous studio visit
Curator and art writer Micheal Do is sitting in for Daniel Browning for the next five weeks.Author Markus Zuzak takes us back to 2005, to a wintery day in Vienna where an artwork by a little known German/Austrian painter Werner Berg found and transported him. Micheal and Markus discuss art, writing and memoir - his latest book is Three Wild Dogs and The Truth.Angelica Mesiti's arresting and monumental immersive piece The Rites of When startles and entrances Micheal Do at the Tank at the Art Gall
The influence of Japanese ukiyo-e + Gina Rinehart's picture drama
Cressida Campbell and Margaret Preston (1875-1963): two beloved printmakers inspired by Ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodcut genre whose influence swept through western art. Rosa speaks to Cressida and Geelong Gallery senior curator Lisa Sullivan about Ukiyo-e and Preston, for a new exhibition connecting all three printmaking styles.Art History professor Roger Benjamin joins us to talk about the Gina Rinehart portrait drama. Khaled Sabsabi moves fluidly between the genres of music and visual art, but h
Helen Molesworth on death of Carl Andre + Olana Janfa + Brent Harris
Helen Molesworth is a curator and writer who became widely known for her hit podcast Death of an Artist, about the artist Ana Mendieta, whose husband sculptor Carl Andre was charged then acquitted of her murder in the 1980s. Carl Andre died last week, and Helen has a book of collected art writing out: Open Questions: Thirty years of writing about art.Daniel visits the backyard studio of Olana Janfa. The Ethiopian-Norwegian artist started painting relatively recently but his distinct voice, draw
Alphonse Mucha: star of the Art Nouveau movement
This week it's The Art (Nouveau) Show! Flowers, peacocks and sensuous drapes. Bejewelled women entwined in billowing hair and that classic black outline, that turns the dreamy into the bold – the NEW. Despite what we may think about the arts and crafts that came out of Belgium, France and Czechia at the turn of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau was considered to be an ultra-modern aesthetic.One artist who defined the style is Alphonse Mucha. We hear from Mucha's great-grandson Marcus Mucha an
Ramesh Nithiyendran's inner sanctum and Jack Wilkie-Jans on If Not Critical
Over the past decade, Ramesh Nithiyendran has become one of the most visible artists of his generation and one of the most hardworking with his signature emoji-like, wildly coloured and often multiple-limbed sculptures making their presence felt across the globe. Daniel drops in on Ramesh as he prepares to unveil his next big solo exhibition - including his magnum opus, a self-deity in bronze.And the first in an occasional series If Not Critical, we meet art critic (and artist) Jack Wilkie-Jans.
That’s not a medium! Art made from unusual material
Sasha Huber is Swiss-Haitian… but she lives and works in Finland. She’s got a truly interdisciplinary practice - but she does have one particular medium, that’s quite unusual - in fact, it’s hard to imagine how she makes art from this non-art material. Her medium is the humble staple - not your desk type - she packs a semi-automatic staple gun like the ones tradies use.Sasha's work can be seen at Crepusculum along with artist Petri Saarikko at Gallery Project8 in Melbourne until 14 September.Fre
Street art in ascendence; the art of RONE and Manda Lane
The artist RONE was always attracted to street art's impermanence. He's since moved beyond street art and into large scale installations, involving space, sound, music, light and large scale art pieces, that breathe life into the rooms of decaying mansions and inside spaces. RONE's "Time" is on at AGWA Centenary Galleries in Western AustraliaDan visits artist Manda Lane in her Collingwood studio to see her beautiful and complex paper cut practice that came out of her background as a street artis
Joyful ceramics, the NATSIAAs and a glimpse of Renaissance Europe
Ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa’s work is beautiful, playful and highly technical…and he’s having a moment, featuring in several exhibitions this year including the MAKE Award, Generation Clay and re/JOY. His work is a beacon of light and happiness in dark times.We swing by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) in Darwin, where artist Noli Rictor, a Pitjantjatjara man from Tjuntjuntjara in Western Australia, won the overall award for his work on canvas, Kamanti.Plus,
The "master of time" Hiroshi Sugimoto + the much prized lutruwita landscape
Hiroshi Sugimoto's sublime black and white photographs capture subjects as diverse as polar bears and landscapes, to portraits of Princess Diana – but they're not what they seem. Called 'master of time', Sugimoto is also an architect, designing galleries and art installations around the world. Daniel speaks with him at his big exhibition at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.In lutruwita / Tasmania, three young artists share a city studio and depict the local landscape in very different styles.
Black Modernism with Huey Copeland + cartoonist Mandy Ord
Art historian Huey Copeland is hard at work on what he says will be “the first gender-balanced and racially integrated history of Western modernism”. Daniel speaks with Huey about the overlooked stories behind some of the best known paintings in the Western canon.Australian cartoonist and illustrator Mandy Ord makes the mundane profound, with trademark wit and touching humour. She speaks with Rosa about her latest book Bulk Nuts.In 2003 a group of US artists, evicted from their studios in Provid
Kelly Koumalatsos + abstract painter Lesley Dumbrell + Claudia Nicholson
Three women and three artists with three very different ways of looking at the world: Kelly Koumalatsos has a book (Madjem Bambandila) that charts three and half decades of her art practice (including possum skin cloak making) that is always embedded in culture.At 82, abstract painter Lesley Dumbrell has her first career survey at a major state gallery, Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum.And Claudia Nicholson, who was adopted from Colombia as an infant, treats photos taken by other people like an archive o
Iris van Herpen: the Dutch fashion designer who sculpts clothing
She’s an artist whose medium is fashion. Dutch designer Iris van Herpen is an innovator, remaking high fashion to be wearable art - fabric is almost plastic in her hands, moulding and shaping it so that it becomes a sculptural form. The first designer to ever 3D print a dress, her atelier in Amsterdam is more like a problem-solving incubator. She trained with Alexander McQueen, and like him there’s a sense in her designs of female empowerment, even if it accords with socially acceptable feminini
Machine Drawing and The Sex Life of Stone
What does a historic bark painting from Arnhem Land have to do with manganese, the metal that makes lustrous gold and liquid black ceramic glazes? It’s one of the tangents in American interdisciplinary artist Candice Lin's first solo exhibition in Australia, along with cat-led tours, wolf’s urine and the sea cucumber, the aphrodisiac fished for hundreds of years in the waters of northern Australia.Best known for his digital video, film and photographic output Daniel Crooks explains how he’s engi
How do you capture African fashion? And When Solidarity is Not a Metaphor
Fashion is not a luxury; it’s a crucial part of the social fabric of many African countries. Capturing this diversity in an exhibition was the monumental task for Christine Checinska, the Senior Curator of African Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK. Africa Fashion is touring the world, bringing diverse voices from the African diaspora to the forefront. Among these voices is photographer Suleiman Thomas, whose portraits of the African Australian fashion community reflect the
What happened to Thailand's Ban Chiang relics? Plus Judy Watson's life of art
A culture that flourished 3,500 years ago in Thailand. They made jewellery and ceramics, not war. You may never have heard of Ban Chiang —That’s possibly because the objects that tell the story of this fascinating archaeological site are in limbo, caught between voracious collectors, tomb-raiding locals and undercover federal agents. Art historian Dr Melody Rod-ari tells Daniel the story. For four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about profound and difficult subjects: f
Alphonse Mucha and the popularity of Art Nouveau
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
Laura Jones wins the Archibald portrait prize + Jeremy Deller
Big-name conceptual artist - four words you don’t often hear together. But Jeremy Deller is one - he’s a household name in Britain, but a few years back he sparked controversy here when he made giant wax candles of Rupert Murdoch and son Lachlan, and let them burn. The Turner Prize-winning artist also orchestrates mass public spectacles that bridge the worlds of contemporary art and pop culture.Daniel catches up with Archibald Prize winner Laura Jones, who painted author Tim Winton. Painter and
Remembering trailblazing artist Destiny Deacon
We remember the life of the iconic artist Destiny Deacon, with curator Natalie King, and a cast of friends who sent us voice memos. She was the first artist to creatively reuse Aboriginal kitsch - and to make it the stuff of high art. A cultural icon, she was an outlier - a quirk of the artworld - whose strikingly original vision and prolific output found her an international audience.Plus, a studio visit with Alexander Brown, an artist who gave up interior design to focus on sculpture made from
Blak art and Destiny Deacon + an Abstract friendship
Kimberley Moulten, an adjunct curator at Britain's Tate gallery, specialising in First Nations art and Kate ten Buuren, a Taungurung curator, walk us through the public installation Blak Infinite for Melbourne's winter arts festival, RISING.The artist Destiny Deacon, who passed away last week, first coined 'Blak' to reclaim a word often weaponised against Aboriginal people in Australia. Rosa speaks with the Art Show's own Daniel Browning, who knew Destiny, about the artist's influential work an
The influence of Japanese ukiyo-e + Gina Rinehart's picture drama
Cressida Campbell and Margaret Preston (1875-1963): two beloved printmakers inspired by Ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodcut genre whose influence swept through western art. Rosa speaks to Cressida and Geelong Gallery senior curator Lisa Sullivan about Ukiyo-e and Preston, for a new exhibition connecting all three printmaking styles.Art History professor Roger Benjamin joins us to talk about the Gina Rinehart portrait drama. Khaled Sabsabi moves fluidly between the genres of music and visual art, but h
John Akomfrah at the Venice Biennale + mentors in art and life + Zeno Sworder
Daniel meets the British filmmaker and artist Sir John Akomfrah, who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale with his work Listening All Night to Rain.Mentors can have many guises. For Miriwoong artist Jan Griffiths, Tiwi artist Johnathon World Peace Bush and Gomeroi Yinarr artist Sophie Honess, they each chose someone who could offer them artistic guidance as well as cultural knowledge. The resulting works were commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria for a show called My Country
Prison, pokies and colour: Three artists who turned art into therapy
Damien Linnane was serving a prison sentence when he took up art as mental health therapy, going on to edit the magazines for prisoners Paper Chained and working on a PhD. Damien is the curator of a new art exhibition at Boom Gate Gallery at Sydney's Long Bay gaol, showing art from people incarcerated around the world.My Thing...is using art to talk about gambling harm. All his life, Nelson Nghe has seen up close the harm caused by gambling on poker machines, or 'tiger machine' in Chinese lang
Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani + Anna Park flip the script
Saudi-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani studied at a famously conceptual art school, before learning traditional Islamic crafts and principles, like sacred geometry. Now Dana is exploring the destruction of build heritage in the Arab world, most recently the devastated city of Gaza. Her work is being shown at Adelaide's Samstag Museum of Art and at the Venice Biennale.Rosa visits the Melbourne studio of ceramic artist Georgia Harvey. Taking influences from Mesopotamian art and our cross-cultural
Archie Moore wins at the Venice Biennale + Leonardo Da Vinci + Nikki Lam
Archie Moore has won the top honour at one of the world's most prestigious and oldest art festivals – the Venice Biennale-- for a monumental work showing thousands of years of family lineage, and invoking lives lost under the colonial state.Monsignor Alberto Rocca is an Italian priest and art curator who has a singular job: accompanying pages from Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, to the other side of the world. This Codex is the largest collection of Leonardo's drawings and notes, made up
Nicholas Mangan makes art from phosphate, coral and bitcoin
Nicholas Mangan is drawn to the stories behind some of our most contentious commodities: phosphate from Nauru, copper from Bougainville and cryptocurrency, which Nick compares to an ancient form of stone money from Yap, a Micronesian island. Nick takes the viewer into these histories through sculptural installations and intriguing films. His survey exhibition World Undone is now on at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.My Thing is… GPS Art. ABC science reporter Belinda Smith makes art on t
A graphic designer in the spotlight + Adelaide's art biennial
Visnja Brdar's art motto is “The more nothing, the better”. She is one of this country’s most internationally successful graphic designers, the child of Croatian migrants who took her solo agency from Melbourne to New York, head-first into the competitive world of international branding -- and she's the subject of the first significant art survey of a female graphic designer in Australia, Visnja Brdar: Design Exalted at MUMA.Inner sanctum is the title of the 2024 Adelaide Biennial of Australian
Why Katy Hessel never stops searching for the great women artists
Katy Hessel's podcast and bestselling book on the great women artists ride the wave of interest in a parallel cannon of art, where women have long been missing. So, what sparked her work correcting the record, and what has changed since she started? Katy is appearing at Sydney Writers Festival and other book events in Australia in May.Ellen Dahl ventured out to a frozen archipelago in the Arctic Ocean to take photos. The striking images won her Australia's National Photography Prize. She speaks
Who reaps the profits from Aboriginal art re-sold overseas?
Australia's art resale royalty scheme was supposed to help artists (or their families) get a small percentage when paintings were re-sold at auction for big bucks, particularly Indigenous artists. But it hasn't gone according to plan. ABC national business reporter Emilia Terzon tells Daniel about her year-long investigation into what many says is an unjust state of affairs.For four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about the most profound and difficult subjects in Austra
Jennifer Higgie on the art of interviewing artists
Interviewing visual artists is just one of the things that Jennifer Higgie has mastered in her decades-long career at the helm of Frieze magazine, as a writer, reviewer and podcast host. Daniel speaks with London-based Jennifer as her new podcast series for the National Gallery of Australia is released. Listen to Jennifer and Daniel's conversation about women artists and the spirit world.In 2007, a group of 'new media' artists came together in India's largest city to form CAMP, a studio with a r
An artist paints her lush Far North home, plus the secrets of Vermeer
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
Reviving a Maori artform in a new political climate + doors to an artist's life
We meet the Maori artist who’s single-handedly reviving the lost cultural tradition of barkcloth making. As a right-wing conservative government winds back the prevalence of Maori culture and the teaching of Te Reo Maori, Nikau Hindin is collaborating with artists from across the Great Ocean for the Biennale of Sydney. She explains the complexities and risks in trying to breathe new life into a cultural practice after more than a century.My Art Crush …is Lavinia Fontana. National Gallery of Vict
A Timor Leste artist heads to the Venice Biennale + a Yucky exhibition
Maria Madeira escaped the Indonesian invasion of Timor Leste in 1975, to end up in a refugee camp in Portugal. In 2005 she returned as the first artist to hold a solo exhibition there, ever. Now the artist, who came to Australia in 1983, is representing Timor Leste at the Venice Biennale.A fountain of drool, the realities of catheter bags and people 'seeing but pretending not to see': Yucky is an exhibition developed by artist Sam Petersen that confronts ideas of 'yuckiness' and other prejudices
The artist who takes you to West Africa, through sound and taste
Emeka Ogboh used years of field recordings to create layered soundscapes of his hometown, Lagos in Nigeria. When he moved to Berlin, he added music and combined the sounds of both global cities in critically acclaimed albums. Now Emeka is in nipaluna / Hobart for Mona Foma, where he's making work with the locals – including 2023 Tasmanian of the Year John Kamara.My Thing is... the chickenosaurus. As a teenager, JESWRI took to tagging to 'disrupt' the omnipresent advertising in his inner-city nei
The power couple behind this year's Sydney Biennale
So, you're given the keys to Australia's largest visual art festival, what next? Romanian-born curator Cosmin Costinas and Colombian Inti Guerrero are the co-directors of the Sydney Biennale. The art power couple tell us how they got to know Australian art and how they selected 116 artists from dozens of countries to showcase a world of contemporary art in this year's Biennale Ten Thousand Suns.My Thing is... the 'olla'. Ceramic artist Richilde Flavell has been inspired by the ancient plant wate
Helen Molesworth on death of Carl Andre + Olana Janfa + Brent Harris
Helen Molesworth is a curator and writer who became widely known for her hit podcast Death of an Artist, about the artist Ana Mendieta, whose husband sculptor Carl Andre was charged then acquitted of her murder in the 1980s. Carl Andre died last week, and Helen has a book of collected art writing out: Open Questions: Thirty years of writing about art.Daniel visits the backyard studio of Olana Janfa. The Ethiopian-Norwegian artist started painting relatively recently but his distinct voice, draw
David Shrigley's sublimely silly, dark universe
When you see a David Shrigley picture – at worst, you’ll chuckle, at best you’ll laugh out loud every time you think of it (which is sometimes years later.) The Shrigley universe is filled with badly drawn hands, everyday disappointment, and simple pleasures. In short, it’s sublimely silly and pretty dark. Daniel speaks with the British artist during his Australian visit for the National Gallery of Victoria's Triennial.We meet up with Australian artist Daniel Boyd, fresh from his first major sol
Tacita Dean + Hydraulic Press Girl + conflict avocados
Tacita Dean is one of the UK's most acclaimed artists, best known for working with 16mm analogue film. Daniel speaks with her about recent work on important living artists, and her huge, mesmerising chalk drawings, from her exhibition at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.My Thing is... getting squished. Actor and choreographer Smac McCreanor went viral for her Hydraulic Press Girl videos, imitating household objects getting crushed by a hydraulic press. Now she's in the art gallery -- featuri
An artist paints her lush Far North home + the secrets of Vermeer
Naomi Hobson grew up on some of the most beautiful country on the continent, Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, and is named after the hoop pine that grows there. Her southern Kaantju and Umpila culture has always been a driving force in her art, from bold expressive paintings to ceramics and photography. Her series Adolescent Wonderland features teenagers in her small community of Coen, displaying their humour, creativity and brilliance. First aired March 2023.My Thing is ...the Pers
In the studio with painter Prudence Flint + photos of 'Humpty Doom'
Painter Prudence Flint has a career spanning 35 years, best known for enigmatic pictures of female protagonists in surreal domestic scenes. Despite a serious local following, her paintings have proved much more popular overseas, and she only produces around eight a year. All situate the viewer in an intriguing psychological space -- but does the painter ever feel too exposed?A Beginner’s guide to art openings. The art exhibition opening is a rite of passage for artists and art lovers alike, but
Catherine Opie's photos chart life changing decades for LGBTQI subjects + Rosie Westbrook
Daniel speaks with the pioneering US photographer, activist and UCLA Professor Catherine Opie, whose early portraits of her genderqueer community challenged homophobia and moral panic during the heightened atmosphere of the AIDS epidemic. Catherine has gone to become one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographers. Binding Ties is the first survey of her work in Australia.My Thing is… improvising music to art. Musician Rosie Westbrook is hired by galleries and sometimes artists the
The rise and rise of the artist-in-residence + Rosa Bonheur
When did artists begin doing ‘residencies’? From the patronage system of Renaissance Italy, to artists’ colonies of the 19th Century and the decades-long stint of an artist-in-residence at the NYC Sanitation Department, researcher Amaara Raheem tells us the history and ideas behind the Artist-in-Residence. Producer Lisa Divissi catches up with the artist-in-residence of Melbourne’s Footscray Railway Station, David Wells. And artists Nicole Barakat, Nikki Lam and Gegee Ayurzana share messages fr
Jerry Saltz says 'show up' (you big scaredy cats) + the women artists who spoke to spirits
Jerry Saltz is the Pulitzer prize-winning art critic for New York Magazine. Before he turned his hand to writing at the age of 40, he drove long-haul trucks and was a failed visual artist. Jerry reckons the gatekeepers of the art world have effectively 'effed off' and now anyone can —and must— take part. Jerry Saltz's latest book of essays is Art is Life. First broadcast January 2023.Many great artists have claimed to communicate with the spirit world, especially in the heyday of Theosophy and
Emily Kam Kngwarray took the art world by storm — but did it understand her?
On our final show of the year, we look at the work and career of the great Emily Kam Kngwarray. A senior Anmatyerr woman from Utopia who took up painting in her 70s, Kngwarray is arguably the most significant contemporary artist from Australia to emerge in the twentieth century. Daniel speaks with Hetti Perkins, the co-curator of a summer blockbuster showcasing Kngwarray's work on at the National Gallery of Australia, as well as art historian Stephen Gilchrist. That's a wrap, 2023! Daniel is joi
Thomas J Price makes monuments to the real world + fairy tales in Art
In the middle of a rarefied gallery or in a busy city square, a bronze statue of a woman looms in front of you. But this figure isn’t on a plinth or striking a heroic pose: she’s an ordinary modern woman, looking at her phone with a calm detachment.It’s said the monument Reaching Out is only the third public statue in Britain of a Black woman. The artist behind it is Thomas J Price - one of the country’s leading contemporary artists, who takes on the problem of colonial monuments and representat
Lee Miller's glamorous Surrealism and dark wartime photography
Lee Miller cut a glamorous figure among the Bohemian art circles of Paris. As a fashion model she captured the eye and heart of Man Ray; as a gifted photographer she rivalled his artistic vision, photographing their world with Surrealist wit and a feminist conviction. Lee's career lasted 16 years up until her time as a photojournalist in Nazi occupied Europe, when the horrors of the Holocaust led her to quit photography. Antony Penrose is Lee Miller’s only child and in charge of her archive whic
Meet world-building printmaker Brian Robinson + the art critic who wrote an encyclopedia
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
How psychoanalysis influenced the art of Louise Bourgeois
Motherhood, childhood wounds and Freudian nightmares preoccupied the great sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who was especially iconic to younger followers in the latter part of her life. One of them was Philip Larratt-Smith, who became her literary archivist. He talks to Daniel about the importance of psychoanalysis on the artist. A new exhibition of Louise Bourgeois is on at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. My thing is... the 'souvenirs' of consumerism. Artist Joyce Lubotzky takes plastic things f
Why are hundreds of ancient Thai relics locked in legal limbo?
A culture that flourished 3,500 years ago in Thailand. They made jewellery and ceramics, not war. You may never have heard of Ban Chiang —That’s possibly because the objects that tell the story of this fascinating archaeological site are in limbo, caught between voracious collectors, tomb-raiding locals and undercover federal agents. Art historian Dr Melody Rod-ari tells Daniel the story.
My Thing is... Black Histories. Prince made 'Purple Rain' famous, but five years later in 1989, a group of
Kandinsky: the visionary artist 'brought back down to earth'
Vasily Kandinsky was a pioneer of abstract painting, writing influential theories on spirituality and colour. But for all his correspondence, his inner life can be hidden to art historians, the Guggenheim's Megan Fontanella tells Daniel. And with the discovery of earlier abstract painters like Hilma Af Klint and Georgiana Houghton, does labelling Kandinsky 'the first' still apply? Daniel speaks to Megan on the new eve of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Inside the Victorian Spiritualist
An outback monastery hides the biggest art heist you've never heard of
The town of New Norcia in WA is a monastery in the bush, home to a community of Benedictine monks and a treasure chest of 17th and 16th c. European religious art -- all of which was stolen in a brazen heist in 1986. It's an art crime that RN's Marc Fennell set out to unpack with art historian and fraud expert Dr Pamela James in a new SBS TV series.
My Thing is… The Resilience Coat. Rowena and Angela Foong, from the label High Tea with Mrs Woo, have designed a coat for all bodies, all trends and
The artist who recreates 'petrichor' plus James Tylor and painting house flies
Catherine Sarah Young is an artist working with science to talk about the climate crisis. Most recently, she's making art about petrichor -- the smell of recent rain emanating from the earth, and what it might be like when fire and flood obliterate it... or what petrichor smells like on Mars! Catherine is the Art Show's ABC RN Top 5 resident.
When James Tylor discovered the laborious but beautiful 19th C. photography method of daguerreotype, he found a medium that expressed the darkness of histo
Lonnie Holley's creative universe plus Mary Beard on how the Caesars used Art to wield power
US artist Lonnie Holley is a prolific maker of things - whether it’s his assemblages of found objects or the fluid, jazz-style improvisations of his music. He’s one of those polymath creative spirits who don’t separate one artform from the other. But his life of improvisational creativity wasn’t a certainty for Lonnie, who was born 73 years ago in the Jim Crow era in a hotbed of racial politics in America’s Deep South.
Classicist Mary Beard examines art inspired by the lives and excesses of the
85,000 oyster shells at Sydney Opera House and an Impressionist video game
We start this week's episode on a lapping city harbour where Quandamooka artist Megan Cope has prepared 85,000 oyster shells for her monumental artwork Whispers for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House — before that, it's where Gadigal people gathered for thousands of years.
Tarek Atoui is attuned to the sounds of harbours -- from Sydney to Beirut, Porto to Singapore, the Lebanese sound artist records the many frequencies and sounds that make up the bodies of water around which cities
Spencer Tunick's naked crowds plus fossil fuel sponsorship in the arts
How important is the 'social license' provided by arts events to fossil fuel companies? How significant is the money provided to art festivals by those companies? A recent study examines the current involvement of coal, gas, and oil corporations in arts sponsorship in Australia. Daniel speaks with the report's co-author Dr Adam Karg, Anna Weekes from a group that spearheaded a campaign to end fossil fuel funding of the Darwin Festival, and filmmaker Alex Kelly.
My Thing is... nuclear test sites.
Care ethics + can joining an art collective make you happier?
How do the much-talked about principles of care ethics apply to visual arts? Whether it be the treatment of others in the commercial art world, the trope of the lone male genius, or the practices of contemporary artists navigating political and environmental crisis. Jacqueline Millner has co-edited the book Care Ethics and Art and joins Daniel in convo with artist Jesse Boylan.
Social societies make the happiest, so why don’t more artists join artist collectives? Even better, a festival of artis
Newell Harry sparks connections + Jim Moginie's Colour Wheel + the Whitely Art Scandal
Newell Harry is one of those people that finds the connections, the invisible networks and chance encounters - that link us all. In his exhibition Esperanto Newell makes use of found objects and sourced materials alongside his own original artworks. The story it weaves is full of cross-cultural connections --from South Africa, where his family fled Apartheid, to Oceania. But also driven by moments of serendipity and linguistic twists and turns.
My Thing is... the colour wheel. Jim Moginie is bes
Photographer Hoda Afshar: from Manus Island to whistleblowers and Iran's uprising
Hoda Afshar is a photo media artist known for examining people denied a voice, or those risking everything for freedom, or truth. At the same time, Hoda is is also concerned with the politics of traditional documentary photography, and centres the humanity of her subjects. From her portraits of refugees detained on Manus Island, to immortalising whistleblowers as classical Greek statues and a series inspired by Iran's feminist uprising. Hoda's first major solo exhibition at an Australian insti
Kara Walker stirs the pot with nightmarish visions of Antebellum America
Kara Walker is one of America’s most significant living artists, known for cut-paper silhouettes and gigantic public sculptures, using the visual artefacts of slavery in nightmarish black and white scenes.
At the heart is an exploration of race, sexuality and gender, and a critique of white supremacy. Could the black-humoured delivery of the message get lost on Australian audiences? Hopefully not – two of her works, Your World is About to Change and a film, Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burd
Art mirrors life in the work of these fiction authors + the ethnographic vision of Gary Lee
There's an enduring appetite for novels about artists and their muses. Australian writers Kylie Needham (Girl in a Pink Dress) and Edwina Preston (Bad Art Mother) have written books centred on women artists who are navigating ambition, doubt, and freedom in art scenes where men wield the power and where women are routinely cast as muses rather than as creators. Recorded for RN's Big Weekend of Books 2023.
Larrakia artist Gary Lee has led a powerfully creative life including pioneering work in In
NATSIAA awards showcase the best of Australian Indigenous art
A life-size sculpted tree complete with parrots and a wandering dog won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Awards (NATSIAA). Every element has ceremonial significance, says Thu' and Apalech artist Keith Wikmunea, from Western Cape York. Brenda L Croft's 19th Century-style photograph tells a multi-layered story of family bonds and forced child removal. While Anne Nginyangka Thompson's ceramics contain a message about Anangu self determination and the everyday consequences of colonisa
Tove Jansson's Moomins and the perfect art of picture framing
Finnish artist Tove Jansson lived a richly unconventional life as a visual artist and writer and is best known as the creator of the troll characters, The Moomins. The Moomins were a hit children's book, cartoon strip, tv show and eventually theme park. The biggest exhibition of Jansson work will show in Paris in September 2023. Her biographer Prof Boel Westin talks about her bohemian life and enduring legacy.
Filmmaker Adéla Komrzý spent a week filming the gruelling entrance exams for Czechia's
Tove Jansson's Moomins and the perfect art of picture framing
Finnish artist Tove Jansson lived a richly unconventional life as a visual artist and writer and is best known as the creator of the troll characters, The Moomins. The Moomins were a hit children's book, cartoon strip, tv show and eventually theme park. The biggest exhibition of Jansson work will show in Paris in September 2023. Her biographer Prof Boel Westin talks about her bohemian life and enduring legacy.
Filmmaker Adéla Komrzý spent a week filming the gruelling entrance exams for Czechia's
She's got your number: 15 years of the Countess project + Gail Mabo + Mayco Naing
Since 2008 CoUNTess has been commenting and reporting on art institutions, prizes and journalism, exposing the unequal gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector. A new book about the pioneering blog and later, data project Countess Report, started by Elvis Richardson has been co-written by Melinda Rackham.
Using the current of water as a metaphor for family memories, history and existential threats such as climate change, Gail Mabo along with Dominic White and Lisa Waup, are ins
She's got your number: 15 years of the Countess project + Gail Mabo + Mayco Naing
Since 2008 CoUNTess has been commenting and reporting on art institutions, prizes and journalism, exposing the unequal gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector. A new book about the pioneering blog and later, data project Countess Report, started by Elvis Richardson has been co-written by Melinda Rackham.
Using the current of water as a metaphor for family memories, history and existential threats such as climate change, Gail Mabo along with Dominic White and Lisa Waup, are ins
Anne Zahalka turns her lens on her archive + gritty industrial scenes —in needlepoint
In 1989 photographer Anne Zahalka recreated a well-known painting of stylised, muscular white Australians frolicking on the beach, into a multi-ethnic tableau of an Australia that was more recognisable to her. Deconstructing the identity of the characters in famous Australian artworks is just one strand of her four-decade career. Anne talks to Rosa about using old-school museum dioramas to imagine climate crisis scenarios, and her immigrant Jewish mother’s story of survival.
My Thing is…the comm
Anne Zahalka turns her lens on her archive + gritty industrial scenes —in needlepoint
In 1989 photographer Anne Zahalka recreated a well-known painting of stylised, muscular white Australians frolicking on the beach, into a multi-ethnic tableau of an Australia that was more recognisable to her. Deconstructing the identity of the characters in famous Australian artworks is just one strand of her four-decade career. Anne talks to Rosa about using old-school museum dioramas to imagine climate crisis scenarios, and her immigrant Jewish mother’s story of survival.
My Thing is…the comm
Chinese-Australian dissident artist Badiucao + Anna Emina El Samad
Badiucao is a Chinese-Australian political cartoonist and artist who makes work primarily about China's human rights record and role in international politics. But with a rising profile has come a loss of anonymity, reported intimidation and attempts to have international exhibitions of his work closed. He talks to Rosa about Chinese government censorship, cartooning, his art heroes and his filmmaking lineage.
My Thing is… the Sydney Harbour cocktail cabinet. Woodworker Michael Gill has been mak
Chinese-Australian dissident artist Badiucao + Anna Emina El Samad
Badiucao is a Chinese-Australian political cartoonist and artist who makes work primarily about China's human rights record and role in international politics. But with a rising profile has come a loss of anonymity, reported intimidation and attempts to have international exhibitions of his work closed. He talks to Rosa about Chinese government censorship, cartooning, his art heroes and his filmmaking lineage.
My Thing is… the Sydney Harbour cocktail cabinet. Woodworker Michael Gill has been mak
Prudence Flint's character studies + a beginner's guide to art openings
Painter Prudence Flint has a career spanning 35 years, best known for enigmatic pictures of female protagonists in surreal domestic scenes. Despite a serious local following, her paintings have proved much more popular overseas, and she only produces around eight a year. All situate the viewer in an interesting psychological space.
A Beginner’s guide to art openings. The art exhibition opening is a rite of passage for artists and art lovers alike, but it can be an intimidating and exclusive soci
Prudence Flint's character studies + a beginner's guide to art openings
Painter Prudence Flint has a career spanning 35 years, best known for enigmatic pictures of female protagonists in surreal domestic scenes. Despite a serious local following, her paintings have proved much more popular overseas, and she only produces around eight a year. All situate the viewer in an interesting psychological space.
A Beginner’s guide to art openings. The art exhibition opening is a rite of passage for artists and art lovers alike, but it can be an intimidating and exclusive soci
Maree Clarke looks deep into a rich material + Ida Sophia bears witness and Frida Kahlo returns to Australia
Maree Clarke is a key figure in the reclamation and revival of South East Australian Indigenous art, over a three-decade career. For Between Waves at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art (ACCA), she’s created a wall of multicolour microscopic images of river reeds, that once grew on the wetlands where ACCA now stands, on Wuruendjeri Woi Wurrung land. She's one of ten artists from South East nations that curator Jessica Clark has commissioned to explore the "shapeshifting ecologies within, b
Maree Clarke looks deep into a rich material + Ida Sophia bears witness and Frida Kahlo returns to Australia
Maree Clarke is a key figure in the reclamation and revival of South East Australian Indigenous art, over a three-decade career. For Between Waves at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art (ACCA), she’s created a wall of multicolour microscopic images of river reeds, that once grew on the wetlands where ACCA now stands, on Wuruendjeri Woi Wurrung land. She's one of ten artists from South East nations that curator Jessica Clark has commissioned to explore the "shapeshifting ecologies within, b
The rise and rise of the Artist-in-Residence
When did artists begin doing ‘residencies’? From the patronage system of Renaissance Italy, to artists’ colonies of the 19th Century and the decades-long stint of an artist-in-residence at the NYC Sanitation Department, researcher Amaara Raheem tells us the history and ideas behind the Artist-in-Residence. Producer Lisa Divissi catches up with the artist-in-residence of Melbourne’s Footscray Railway Station, David Wells. And artists Nicole Barakat, Nikki Lam and Gegee Ayurzana share messages fr
The rise and rise of the Artist-in-Residence
When did artists begin doing ‘residencies’? From the patronage system of Renaissance Italy, to artists’ colonies of the 19th Century and the decades-long stint of an artist-in-residence at the NYC Sanitation Department, researcher Amaara Raheem tells us the history and ideas behind the Artist-in-Residence. Producer Lisa Divissi catches up with the artist-in-residence of Melbourne’s Footscray Railway Station, David Wells. And artists Nicole Barakat, Nikki Lam and Gegee Ayurzana share messages fr
Hayley Millar Baker in Shadow Spirit + Marc Chagall at The Jewish Museum
Gunditjmara artist Hayley Millar Baker sets her latest film work at the witching hour, when the spirit world and physical overlap. Hayley previously worked in black and white photography, exploring the psychic scars of frontier violence and dispossession. Ghosts have always been present in Hayley’s work – and in her life. She’s part of the acclaimed new exhibition Shadow Spirit, on at at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station.
Marc Chagall is the quintessential 20th Century European artist. Born in
Hayley Millar Baker in Shadow Spirit + Marc Chagall at The Jewish Museum
Gunditjmara artist Hayley Millar Baker sets her latest film work at the witching hour, when the spirit world and physical overlap. Hayley previously worked in black and white photography, exploring the psychic scars of frontier violence and dispossession. Ghosts have always been present in Hayley’s work – and in her life. She’s part of the acclaimed new exhibition Shadow Spirit, on at at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station.
Marc Chagall is the quintessential 20th Century European artist. Born in
An introduction to Pierre Bonnard, misty seascapes and Marikit Santiago
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An introduction to Pierre Bonnard, misty seascapes and Marikit Santiago
Pierre Bonnard was a key artist in a movement that came after Impressionism: Les Nabis. Influenced by the flat colour and decorative elements of Japanese wood prints and Gauguin’s pure colours, Bonnard forged a style that was both radical and beautiful. Curator of the NGV’s winter blockbuster, Ted Gott and Musee d’Orsay’s Isabelle Cahn, discuss Bonnard’s life and long relationship with his wife and muse Marthe de Meligny.
Enter the studio of Michaye Boulter, a nipaluna/Hobart-based painter whose
Richard Bell takes his Embassy to UK's Tate Modern + what happens when an artist puts you in charge of their estate?
Daniel Browning travels to London's Tate Modern, to speak with artist Richard Bell about his ongoing installation Embassy, inspired by the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy pitched in 1972. Embassy offers a space for dialogue about the continuing struggle for Aboriginal land rights.
Rosa visits the studio of designer and experimental woodturner Makiko Ryujin, who torches her creations until they're charred and transformed into new forms.
When great artists pass, how do you ensure their legacy and
Richard Bell takes his Embassy to UK's Tate Modern + what happens when an artist puts you in charge of their estate?
Daniel Browning travels to London's Tate Modern, to speak with artist Richard Bell about his ongoing installation Embassy, inspired by the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy pitched in 1972. Embassy offers a space for dialogue about the continuing struggle for Aboriginal land rights.
Rosa visits the studio of designer and experimental woodturner Makiko Ryujin, who torches her creations until they're charred and transformed into new forms.
When great artists pass, how do you ensure their legacy and
Louise Zhang on colour, the frying pan studio and Zico Albaiquni
Artist Louise Zhang uses a multi-hued palette and traditional Chinese symbols to explore the horror genre, spiritual beliefs and her own cultural history, on her own terms. Louise's latest exhibition is No dust left in the lilies.
My Thing is… Frying Pan. The frying pan is a new recording studio built around an iconic mixing desk that once lived at Abbey Road Studios, London from 1958 to 1980. Now it has a permanent home at MONA in lutruwita/Tasmania. Chris Townend is the sound engineer behin
Louise Zhang on colour, the frying pan studio and Zico Albaiquni
Artist Louise Zhang uses a multi-hued palette and traditional Chinese symbols to explore the horror genre, spiritual beliefs and her own cultural history, on her own terms. Louise's latest exhibition is No dust left in the lilies.
My Thing is… Frying Pan. The frying pan is a new recording studio built around an iconic mixing desk that once lived at Abbey Road Studios, London from 1958 to 1980. Now it has a permanent home at MONA in lutruwita/Tasmania. Chris Townend is the sound engineer behin
Mithu Sen on being a provocateur, GPS Art and Danelle Bergstrom's Swedish journey
Indian conceptual artist Mithu Sen talks about the idea of 'radical hospitality' and how she pokes fun at the art world's hierarchies. Plus, science reporter Belinda Smith explains why she creates GPS art on the run. And painter Danelle Bergstrom on a journey to Sweden that altered the course of her life and art.
Mithu Sen on being a provocateur, GPS Art and Danelle Bergstrom's Swedish journey
Indian conceptual artist Mithu Sen talks about the idea of 'radical hospitality' and how she pokes fun at the art world's hierarchies. Plus, science reporter Belinda Smith explains why she creates GPS art on the run. And painter Danelle Bergstrom on a journey to Sweden that altered the course of her life and art.
Mark Valenzuela, inside Vermeer's world and photos of 'Humpty Doom'
Mark Valenzuela makes magical sculptural installations based on a military upbringing and living in two worlds - Australia and the Philippines. Plus, we hear from the curator of the Rijksmuseum's blockbuster Vermeer show. And Liss Fenwick photographs her Top End hometown, Humpty Doo.
Mark Valenzuela, inside Vermeer's world and photos of 'Humpty Doom'
Mark Valenzuela makes magical sculptural installations based on a military upbringing and living in two worlds - Australia and the Philippines. Plus, we hear from the curator of the Rijksmuseum's blockbuster Vermeer show. And Liss Fenwick photographs her Top End hometown, Humpty Doo.
Julia Gutman wins the Archibald Prize and finding the real Clarice Beckett
Julia Gutman won Australia's most prestigious painting prize for a portrait sewn with fabric. She chats to guest host Rosa Ellen about her winning work and the gendered view of textiles and craft. Plus, meet sculptor Renee So and delve into the secret life of Clarice Beckett, the modernist master almost lost to history.
Julia Gutman wins the Archibald Prize and finding the real Clarice Beckett
Julia Gutman won Australia's most prestigious painting prize for a portrait sewn with fabric. She chats to guest host Rosa Ellen about her winning work and the gendered view of textiles and craft. Plus, meet sculptor Renee So and delve into the secret life of Clarice Beckett, the modernist master almost lost to history.
A famous portrait tells an uncomfortable story + artists take over a sewerage plant
The Portrait of Mai (Omai) by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicts a youthful Polynesian man who visited England in the 1770s and spent time on James Cook’s third voyage. The work has been the subject of UK government export bans, a feverish fundraising campaign, millions in donations and some panhandling by Britain’s elites, in a desperate bid to keep it on British soil. Daniel speaks with Professor Kate Fullagar, who’s written a book about the Raiatean subject of the painting Mai, and artist Reynolds,
A famous portrait tells an uncomfortable story + artists take over a sewerage plant
The Portrait of Mai (Omai) by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicts a youthful Polynesian man who visited England in the 1770s and spent time on James Cook’s third voyage. The work has been the subject of UK government export bans, a feverish fundraising campaign, millions in donations and some panhandling by Britain’s elites, in a desperate bid to keep it on British soil. Daniel speaks with Professor Kate Fullagar, who’s written a book about the Raiatean subject of the painting Mai, and artist Reynolds,
Why Charmaine Papertalk Green writes poetry about the work of one artist
Charmaine Papertalk Green writes poetry inspired by individual paintings of the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett. The ancient Greeks called this genre 'ekphrasis'. Plus, sculptor Heather B. Swann takes a different perspective on the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan, putting the female Leda at the psychological centre of the story.
Why Charmaine Papertalk Green writes poetry about the work of one artist
Charmaine Papertalk Green writes poetry inspired by individual paintings of the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett. The ancient Greeks called this genre 'ekphrasis'. Plus, sculptor Heather B. Swann takes a different perspective on the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan, putting the female Leda at the psychological centre of the story.
'It felt radical at the time': Catherine Opie's photos chart life changing decades for LGBTQI subjects
Daniel speaks with the pioneering US photographer, activist and UCLA Professor Catherine Opie, whose early portraits of her genderqueer community challenged homophobia and moral panic during the heightened atmosphere of the AIDS epidemic. Catherine has gone to become one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographers. Binding Ties is the first survey of her work in Australia. Plus, meet a musician who improvises music to artworks she encounters at galleries and artists' studios.
'It felt radical at the time': Catherine Opie's photos chart life changing decades for LGBTQI subjects
Daniel speaks with the pioneering US photographer, activist and UCLA Professor Catherine Opie, whose early portraits of her genderqueer community challenged homophobia and moral panic during the heightened atmosphere of the AIDS epidemic. Catherine has gone to become one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographers. Binding Ties is the first survey of her work in Australia. Plus, meet a musician who improvises music to artworks she encounters at galleries and artists' studios.
Janet Laurence goes to Antarctica and an art space faces an uncertain future
Environmental artist Janet Laurence tells us the story behind her latest exhibition, based on life-changing trips to Antarctica and Iceland. Plus, fashion designer Kiel Rogers on why a sense of being 'anti-fashion' drives him. And what's happening with Melbourne's Nicholas Building? A plan to buy back the iconic artists' hub is now on hold, while the last remaining artist-run gallery in the building says it can't afford the rent.
Janet Laurence goes to Antarctica and an art space faces an uncertain future
Environmental artist Janet Laurence tells us the story behind her latest exhibition, based on life-changing trips to Antarctica and Iceland. Plus, fashion designer Kiel Rogers on why a sense of being 'anti-fashion' drives him. And what's happening with Melbourne's Nicholas Building? A plan to buy back the iconic artists' hub is now on hold, while the last remaining artist-run gallery in the building says it can't afford the rent.
Melbourne Now and Sydney's The National: different outlooks on Australian art
It’s a bit like the art world State of Origin: two rival cities go head to head with big exhibitions showcasing the best of Australian contemporary art and design. The prize? Your attention, column inches, buzz and kudos. Daniel takes a tour of Melbourne Now and The National, held across Sydney's major galleries..
Melbourne Now and Sydney's The National: different outlooks on Australian art
It’s a bit like the art world State of Origin: two rival cities go head to head with big exhibitions showcasing the best of Australian contemporary art and design. The prize? Your attention, column inches, buzz and kudos. Daniel takes a tour of Melbourne Now and The National, held across Sydney's major galleries..
Betty Muffler: the artist healing country, plus the artist and the iPhone miniature
On this highlights episode of the show, Daniel speaks to guests Sally Scales and Nici Cumpston about the meteoric rise of the Pitjantjatjara artist Betty Muffler. Betty is a ngangkari (a traditional doctor) — a fact intrinsic to her work. Plus, we visit the studio of miniaturist Natasha Bieniek and speak to author Claire Roberts about the influence of China on the painter Ian Fairweather.
Betty Muffler: the artist healing country, plus the artist and the iPhone miniature
On this highlights episode of the show, Daniel speaks to guests Sally Scales and Nici Cumpston about the meteoric rise of the Pitjantjatjara artist Betty Muffler. Betty is a ngangkari (a traditional doctor) — a fact intrinsic to her work. Plus, we visit the studio of miniaturist Natasha Bieniek and speak to author Claire Roberts about the influence of China on the painter Ian Fairweather.
How will AI change our understanding of Art?
2023 is going to be the year of AI art. If you’ve been playing around with text-to-image apps like DALL-E 2 or Stable Diffusion, you know how remarkable the technology is and how fast it’s moving. UNSW AI Institute's Prof Toby Walsh talks about the history of artificial intelligence and art, artist Kim Leutwyler on the experience of having your artwork used to ‘train’ AI (without consent) and Rodolfo Ocampo sees a new type of hybrid artist emerging, as well as certain artforms completely transfo
How will AI change our understanding of Art?
2023 is going to be the year of AI art. If you’ve been playing around with text-to-image apps like DALL-E 2 or Stable Diffusion, you know how remarkable the technology is and how fast it’s moving. UNSW AI Institute's Prof Toby Walsh talks about the history of artificial intelligence and art, artist Kim Leutwyler on the experience of having your artwork used to ‘train’ AI (without consent) and Rodolfo Ocampo sees a new type of hybrid artist emerging, as well as certain artforms completely transfo
What would Andy Warhol do with social media? Be an influencer.
What can a new Andy Warhol exhibition teach us about social media and the cult of celebrity? Plus, an artist spends a year working at a 1930s Georgian mansion in Adelaide, making artwork about its ecological footprint and storied art collection.
What would Andy Warhol do with social media? Be an influencer.
What can a new Andy Warhol exhibition teach us about social media and the cult of celebrity? Plus, an artist spends a year working at a 1930s Georgian mansion in Adelaide, making artwork about its ecological footprint and storied art collection.
Women, Life, Freedom: art from Iran's female-led uprising
Hoda Afshar on the impact of protest art and photography in the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran. Plus, the unconventional life of 19th Century painter Rosa Bonheur, and painter Marikit Santiago on ambition, conflicting identities and banana leaves.
Women, Life, Freedom: art from Iran's female-led uprising
Hoda Afshar on the impact of protest art and photography in the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran. Plus, the unconventional life of 19th Century painter Rosa Bonheur, and painter Marikit Santiago on ambition, conflicting identities and banana leaves.
An artist paints her lush Far North home + a city's hidden 'bits of Brutalism'
On this episode, two artists and two very different takes on place and belonging. Callum Morton focuses on the built environment and Naomi Hobson is deeply embedded in the natural landscape.
An artist paints her lush Far North home + a city's hidden 'bits of Brutalism'
On this episode, two artists and two very different takes on place and belonging. Callum Morton focuses on the built environment and Naomi Hobson is deeply embedded in the natural landscape.
Dylan Mooney's hero lovers and Ali Tahayori's poetic mirror works
Dylan Mooney's work celebrates young Black characters embodying queer love. And he does it in a bold, heartfelt graphic style that is proving irresistibly popular with audiences. Plus, Ali Tahayori on the poet Hafez, and creating art about queerness and otherness, through kaleidoscopic mirrors.
Dylan Mooney's hero lovers and Ali Tahayori's poetic mirror works
Dylan Mooney's work celebrates young Black characters embodying queer love. And he does it in a bold, heartfelt graphic style that is proving irresistibly popular with audiences. Plus, Ali Tahayori on the poet Hafez, and creating art about queerness and otherness, through kaleidoscopic mirrors.
The women artists who spoke to spirits and were left out of the canon
Jennifer Higgie talks about her new book on women artists and the spirit world. Plus, Daniel visits the largest collection of artworks by the Victorian medium Georgiana Houghton, held at a spiritualist church.
The women artists who spoke to spirits and were left out of the canon
Jennifer Higgie talks about her new book on women artists and the spirit world. Plus, Daniel visits the largest collection of artworks by the Victorian medium Georgiana Houghton, held at a spiritualist church.
How will AI change our understanding of Art?
2023 is going to be the year of AI art. If you’ve been playing around with text-to-image apps like DALL-E 2 or Stable Diffusion, you know how remarkable the technology is and how fast it’s moving. UNSW AI Institute's Prof Toby Walsh talks about the history of artificial intelligence and art, artist Kim Leutwyler on the experience of having your artwork used to ‘train’ AI (without consent) and Rodolfo Ocampo sees a new type of hybrid artist emerging, as well as certain artforms completely transfo
How will AI change our understanding of Art?
2023 is going to be the year of AI art. If you’ve been playing around with text-to-image apps like DALL-E 2 or Stable Diffusion, you know how remarkable the technology is and how fast it’s moving. UNSW AI Institute's Prof Toby Walsh talks about the history of artificial intelligence and art, artist Kim Leutwyler on the experience of having your artwork used to ‘train’ AI (without consent) and Rodolfo Ocampo sees a new type of hybrid artist emerging, as well as certain artforms completely transfo
What Texta Queen did next + thinking through pink + Marian Tubbs
Five years ago, Texta Queen was riding high with a mid-career survey show, that should have marked a significant achievement for the artist. Instead, it resulted in a kind of burnout with the whole system. It led the artist to find new ways to have a career independent of the gallery system and build towards a residency project for other queer, disabled and BIPOC artists, called They Swarm.
What Texta Queen did next + thinking through pink + Marian Tubbs
Five years ago, Texta Queen was riding high with a mid-career survey show, that should have marked a significant achievement for the artist. Instead, it resulted in a kind of burnout with the whole system. It led the artist to find new ways to have a career independent of the gallery system and build towards a residency project for other queer, disabled and BIPOC artists, called They Swarm.
Jerry Saltz says: 'Show up' (You big scaredy-cat babies) + imagine a city with monuments to women?
Jerry Saltz is the Pulitzer prize-winning art critic for New York Magazine. Before he turned his hand to writing at the age of 40, he drove long-haul trucks and was a failed visual artist. Jerry reckons the gatekeepers of the art world have effectively 'effed off' and now anyone can —and must— take part. Jerry Saltz's latest book of essays is Art is Life.
Jerry Saltz says: 'Show up' (You big scaredy-cat babies) + imagine a city with monuments to women?
Jerry Saltz is the Pulitzer prize-winning art critic for New York Magazine. Before he turned his hand to writing at the age of 40, he drove long-haul trucks and was a failed visual artist. Jerry reckons the gatekeepers of the art world have effectively 'effed off' and now anyone can —and must— take part. Jerry Saltz's latest book of essays is Art is Life.
Kiki Smith on tapestry, Kirtika Kain explores Dalit oppression + women street photographers
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
Kiki Smith on tapestry, Kirtika Kain explores Dalit oppression + women street photographers
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
David Noonan's mystery collage and Hoda Afshar on the people possessed by the wind
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
David Noonan's mystery collage and Hoda Afshar on the people possessed by the wind
Great conversations with visual artists, gallery and museum directors and curators.
Isaac Julien's marvelous entanglement + tattoos and watercolour with eX de Medici
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Isaac Julien's marvelous entanglement + tattoos and watercolour with eX de Medici
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Karla Dickens' fearless found objects + clay gone wild
Enter the eclectic studio and thought-provoking work of the Wiradjuri installation artist Karla Dickens. Plus, we look at ‘wild clay', the DIY-trend for gathering your own. But before you pull on gumboots and pick up a shovel – what are the ethics of digging up your own clay?
Karla Dickens' fearless found objects + clay gone wild
Enter the eclectic studio and thought-provoking work of the Wiradjuri installation artist Karla Dickens. Plus, we look at ‘wild clay', the DIY-trend for gathering your own. But before you pull on gumboots and pick up a shovel – what are the ethics of digging up your own clay?
Edward Burtynsky, painting the Holy Family and Dennis Golding's Redfern.
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian-Ukrainian photographer who captures human activity on Earth that's normally too big to perceive, except through aerial photography.
Edward Burtynsky, painting the Holy Family and Dennis Golding's Redfern.
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian-Ukrainian photographer who captures human activity on Earth that's normally too big to perceive, except through aerial photography.
Alexander McQueen's spectacular art and high stakes fashion + how do you make an exhibition about the air itself?
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Alexander McQueen's spectacular art and high stakes fashion + how do you make an exhibition about the air itself?
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How Cressida Campbell makes things beautiful + what do we think of Sydney Modern?
Cressida Campbell is best known for beautiful scenes of domestic interiors and still life arrangements, achieved through an intriguing technique. Kind of a cross between painting and printmaking. She is now the subject of a big solo show. Plus we visit the big new Sydney Modern Project.
How Cressida Campbell makes things beautiful + what do we think of Sydney Modern?
Cressida Campbell is best known for beautiful scenes of domestic interiors and still life arrangements, achieved through an intriguing technique. Kind of a cross between painting and printmaking. She is now the subject of a big solo show. Plus we visit the big new Sydney Modern Project.
Imants Tillers on his credo and why he had to 'fire' his parents, and mixed reactions to climate activism in galleries
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Imants Tillers on his credo and why he had to 'fire' his parents, and mixed reactions to climate activism in galleries
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Mary Beard on how the Caesars used Art to wield power, plus why did climate activists target a Gustav Klimt?
Classicist Mary Beard examines art inspired by the lives and excesses of the Caesars, who wielded power in cruel and immoral ways.
Mary Beard on how the Caesars used Art to wield power, plus why did climate activists target a Gustav Klimt?
Classicist Mary Beard examines art inspired by the lives and excesses of the Caesars, who wielded power in cruel and immoral ways.
Inside Yayoi Kusama's world with Stephanie Rosenthal, plus Nalini Malani + Katie West
You know the Japanese superstar artist Yayoi Kusama for her polka dots and infinity mirror rooms, and giant spotted pumpkins.
Inside Yayoi Kusama's world with Stephanie Rosenthal, plus Nalini Malani + Katie West
You know the Japanese superstar artist Yayoi Kusama for her polka dots and infinity mirror rooms, and giant spotted pumpkins.
Art that's rubbish: why more artists are using post-consumer waste
A trash-talking episode of The Art Show. We live on a planet choking on post-consumer waste and single-use plastics, so is it any wonder that more and more artists are using it as a serious material?
Art that's rubbish: why more artists are using post-consumer waste
A trash-talking episode of The Art Show. We live on a planet choking on post-consumer waste and single-use plastics, so is it any wonder that more and more artists are using it as a serious material?
What to know about the great Barbara Hepworth, an artist asks for family stories + fish traps, re-told
Dame Barbara Hepworth is a revered figure in British art, who has never had a dedicated solo show in Australia.
Her abstract sculptures echo the coastal landscape where she lived, and the human body. She wanted viewers to touch her artwork and move around it, and she rejected the pristine art gallery. For Barbara Hepworth: In Equilibrium, Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan chat to Daniel about curating 40 of Hepworth’s works for the Heide Museum of Modern Art.
My Thing is... auto fiction. In her
What to know about the great Barbara Hepworth, an artist asks for family stories + fish traps, re-told
Dame Barbara Hepworth is a revered figure in British art, who has never had a dedicated solo show in Australia.
Her abstract sculptures echo the coastal landscape where she lived, and the human body. She wanted viewers to touch her artwork and move around it, and she rejected the pristine art gallery. For Barbara Hepworth: In Equilibrium, Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan chat to Daniel about curating 40 of Hepworth’s works for the Heide Museum of Modern Art.
My Thing is... auto fiction. In her
'Shaken to the core': the Indonesian art collective at the centre of the Documenta 15 controversy + Bertie Blackman
We meet a member of Taring Padi, the Indonesian artists' collective at the centre of an art controversy at Documenta 15, the prestigious art show held every five years in Germany. In 2022 the show was plagued by accusations of antisemitism, but the Indonesian artists say the ensuing maelstrom prevented meaningful dialogue. Featuring Alex Supertono from Taring Padi, art historian Terry Smith and academic Wulan Dirgantoro.
Bertie Blackman had a free-range childhood growing up in a famous Australia
'Shaken to the core': the Indonesian art collective at the centre of the Documenta 15 controversy + Bertie Blackman
We meet a member of Taring Padi, the Indonesian artists' collective at the centre of an art controversy at Documenta 15, the prestigious art show held every five years in Germany. In 2022 the show was plagued by accusations of antisemitism, but the Indonesian artists say the ensuing maelstrom prevented meaningful dialogue. Featuring Alex Supertono from Taring Padi, art historian Terry Smith and academic Wulan Dirgantoro.
Bertie Blackman had a free-range childhood growing up in a famous Australia
Filming art for the big screen, sewing my feminist muse and soulful bird portraits
British filmmaker Phil Grabsky is responsible for a prolific number of documentaries about famous artists, often in collaboration with large museums. Plus, Julia Gutman on 'painting with fabric' and finding a relatable muse. And Leila Jeffreys' inimitable bird portraits seem to reach into the avian soul.
Filming art for the big screen, sewing my feminist muse and soulful bird portraits
British filmmaker Phil Grabsky is responsible for a prolific number of documentaries about famous artists, often in collaboration with large museums. Plus, Julia Gutman on 'painting with fabric' and finding a relatable muse. And Leila Jeffreys' inimitable bird portraits seem to reach into the avian soul.
Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenburg's creative and romantic partnership
We look at the love story between two of modern art's greats: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns... but is it visible in their work? Plus, meet Patrick Pound: the artist who's lovingly collected 60-thousand photographs for his fascinating photographic arrangements. And for My Art Crush, curator Prof Natalie King on why seeing Botticelli's the Birth of Venus led her to switch a law degree for art.
Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenburg's creative and romantic partnership
We look at the love story between two of modern art's greats: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns... but is it visible in their work? Plus, meet Patrick Pound: the artist who's lovingly collected 60-thousand photographs for his fascinating photographic arrangements. And for My Art Crush, curator Prof Natalie King on why seeing Botticelli's the Birth of Venus led her to switch a law degree for art.
Polly Borland on her pivot to sculpture and how it felt to photograph the Queen
Australian-born Polly Borland is best known for photographing kink sub cultures, Nick Cave and the late Queen, but she has also long been experimenting with the surreal. She tells Daniel about her shift to sculpture and her true feelings about photographing the late monarch. Plus, who was Janet Sobel? The unlikely abstract artist who used paint drips and splatters before Jackson Pollack 'furtively admired' her work.
Polly Borland on her pivot to sculpture and how it felt to photograph the Queen
Australian-born Polly Borland is best known for photographing kink sub cultures, Nick Cave and the late Queen, but she has also long been experimenting with the surreal. She tells Daniel about her shift to sculpture and her true feelings about photographing the late monarch. Plus, who was Janet Sobel? The unlikely abstract artist who used paint drips and splatters before Jackson Pollack 'furtively admired' her work.
The radical work of Vivienne Binns + when did people start smiling in western Art?
In the 1960s Vivienne Binns scandalised critics with her joyfully sexual paintings of giant genitalia and Dada-inspired pop art. But instead of following her expected path, Binns abandoned painting and devoted herself to community art projects and the Feminist art movement. Plus, a spotlight on pioneering ceramic artist Thanakupi, from Napranum (Weipa). And a short history of the smile in western Art.
The radical work of Vivienne Binns + when did people start smiling in western Art?
In the 1960s Vivienne Binns scandalised critics with her joyfully sexual paintings of giant genitalia and Dada-inspired pop art. But instead of following her expected path, Binns abandoned painting and devoted herself to community art projects and the Feminist art movement. Plus, a spotlight on pioneering ceramic artist Thanakupi, from Napranum (Weipa). And a short history of the smile in western Art.
After censorship scandal, Paul Yore returns with joyful, trademark trash
Paul Yore's colourful artworks riff off pop culture, queer identity, religion and politics. In 2014, he was embroiled in a censorship scandal that saw him charged with child pornography (later dropped) over images he used in a collage, part of an exhibition in honour of the Australian avant-garde artist Mike Brown. Paul talks to Daniel about the impact of the case and his new survey show, full of his trademark trash, sparkle, found objects -- and ‘obscenities’.
Plus, the 'shark bra' that bit bac
After censorship scandal, Paul Yore returns with joyful, trademark trash
Paul Yore's colourful artworks riff off pop culture, queer identity, religion and politics. In 2014, he was embroiled in a censorship scandal that saw him charged with child pornography (later dropped) over images he used in a collage, part of an exhibition in honour of the Australian avant-garde artist Mike Brown. Paul talks to Daniel about the impact of the case and his new survey show, full of his trademark trash, sparkle, found objects -- and ‘obscenities’.
Plus, the 'shark bra' that bit bac
Kara Walker stirs the pot with nightmarish visions of Antebellum America
Kara Walker is one of America’s most significant living artists, known for cut-paper silhouettes and gigantic public sculptures, using the visual artefacts of slavery in nightmarish black and white scenes. Daniel speaks with Kara from her Brooklyn studio, for the National Gallery f Australia's Annual Lecture. Plus, pick up a pen and draw your plants! Our resident drawing instructor Lily Mae Martin says it's good for the soul. And Daniel visits the studio of Archibald Prize-winning painter Yvette
Kara Walker stirs the pot with nightmarish visions of Antebellum America
Kara Walker is one of America’s most significant living artists, known for cut-paper silhouettes and gigantic public sculptures, using the visual artefacts of slavery in nightmarish black and white scenes. Daniel speaks with Kara from her Brooklyn studio, for the National Gallery f Australia's Annual Lecture. Plus, pick up a pen and draw your plants! Our resident drawing instructor Lily Mae Martin says it's good for the soul. And Daniel visits the studio of Archibald Prize-winning painter Yvette
Edward Burtynsky, how to draw hands + an artist goes to Burning Man
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian-Ukrainian photographer who hangs out of helicopters to capture aerial scenes of rapid industrialisation and destruction, on Earth. So how does he pick his monumental subjects? And what has he witnessed over his 40-year career?
Plus, this week on The Drawing Board, Daniel and Lily Mae Martin talk about how to draw hands. Why can they be so hard to get right?!
And Australian sculptor Clayton Blake on making art for Burning Man in the Nevada desert -- just don't call
Edward Burtynsky, how to draw hands + an artist goes to Burning Man
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian-Ukrainian photographer who hangs out of helicopters to capture aerial scenes of rapid industrialisation and destruction, on Earth. So how does he pick his monumental subjects? And what has he witnessed over his 40-year career?
Plus, this week on The Drawing Board, Daniel and Lily Mae Martin talk about how to draw hands. Why can they be so hard to get right?!
And Australian sculptor Clayton Blake on making art for Burning Man in the Nevada desert -- just don't call
Why viruses can have style and molecules look beautiful
Drew Berry is a biomedical animator, who brings to life microscopic molecular processes in vivid colour. He’s won an Emmy for his visualisation of DNA and been described as the ‘Steven Spielberg of molecular animation’.
Plus, on The Drawing Board learn how to approach drawing perspective with instructor Lily Mae Martin.
And Natalya Hughes shows Daniel around her exhibition The Interior, where the potent imagery of Sigmund Freud's famous case studies meet the furnishings of his consultation room
Why viruses can have style and molecules look beautiful
Drew Berry is a biomedical animator, who brings to life microscopic molecular processes in vivid colour. He’s won an Emmy for his visualisation of DNA and been described as the ‘Steven Spielberg of molecular animation’.
Plus, on The Drawing Board learn how to approach drawing perspective with instructor Lily Mae Martin.
And Natalya Hughes shows Daniel around her exhibition The Interior, where the potent imagery of Sigmund Freud's famous case studies meet the furnishings of his consultation room
Afghan artists on Taliban anniversary, and how to start drawing?
One year on since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, we speak to Adelaide-based Hazara artist and poet Elyas Alavi and photographer and conceptual artist Rada Akbar, now living in France.
Plus, do you want to start drawing (again)? Lily Mae Martin takes Daniel back to The Drawing Board, our new drawing segment.
And enter the marine world of textile artist and weaver Aly de Groot.
Afghan artists on Taliban anniversary, and how to start drawing?
One year on since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, we speak to Adelaide-based Hazara artist and poet Elyas Alavi and photographer and conceptual artist Rada Akbar, now living in France.
Plus, do you want to start drawing (again)? Lily Mae Martin takes Daniel back to The Drawing Board, our new drawing segment.
And enter the marine world of textile artist and weaver Aly de Groot.
The lake that vanished + Rachel Griffiths + Catherine Woo
Fifty years ago, a stunning glacial outwash lake in southwest lutruwita/Tasmania disappeared under an inundation of river water for a hydro-electric dam. A new exhibition looks at the profound loss felt for nature and what artists do with it. Plus, Rachel Griffiths on her first art love. And step inside the studio of Catherine Woo, who uses minerals and the elements to depict nature from an entirely different perspective.
The lake that vanished + Rachel Griffiths + Catherine Woo
Fifty years ago, a stunning glacial outwash lake in southwest lutruwita/Tasmania disappeared under an inundation of river water for a hydro-electric dam. A new exhibition looks at the profound loss felt for nature and what artists do with it. Plus, Rachel Griffiths on her first art love. And step inside the studio of Catherine Woo, who uses minerals and the elements to depict nature from an entirely different perspective.
Meet the Tennant Creek Brio — a thrilling new voice in art
Tennant Creek Brio is a collective of artists who met in a men’s art therapy group. Their latest show Shock and Ore is generating serious buzz. Plus, hear from the winners of this year's vibrant National Aboriginal and Islander Art Awards. And get a taste of the art marketplace where remote art centres rub shoulders with art lovers.
Meet the Tennant Creek Brio — a thrilling new voice in art
Tennant Creek Brio is a collective of artists who met in a men’s art therapy group. Their latest show Shock and Ore is generating serious buzz. Plus, hear from the winners of this year's vibrant National Aboriginal and Islander Art Awards. And get a taste of the art marketplace where remote art centres rub shoulders with art lovers.
A call to heroines + Michaye Boulter's seascapes + Joel Sherwood Spring
Singing stars, anti-apartheid activists, writers and mavericks are among the Southern African women honoured by visual artists in a new exhibition, And she was wearing trousers: a call to our heroines curated by Roberta Joy Rich and Naomi Velaphi.
Enter the studio of Michaye Boulter, a nipaluna/Hobart-based painter whose seascapes are unmistakably of southern Tasmania… but painted from her imagination, not from life.
Plus, Tom O’Hern on why it's ok to draw badly.
And Wiradjuri architect-slash-mu
A call to heroines + Michaye Boulter's seascapes + Joel Sherwood Spring
Singing stars, anti-apartheid activists, writers and mavericks are among the Southern African women honoured by visual artists in a new exhibition, And she was wearing trousers: a call to our heroines curated by Roberta Joy Rich and Naomi Velaphi.
Enter the studio of Michaye Boulter, a nipaluna/Hobart-based painter whose seascapes are unmistakably of southern Tasmania… but painted from her imagination, not from life.
Plus, Tom O’Hern on why it's ok to draw badly.
And Wiradjuri architect-slash-mu
Artists head to 'Europe's most divided city' in Kosovo + how do you judge a landscape art prize?
Curator Petrit Abazi fled Kosovo as a child with his parents and now heads a contemporary art centre in Darwin. This month he’s returned to the city of his birth, Mitrovica, where Albanians and Serbs still live divided, to curate two artworks for the European art festival Manifesta 14. With Ukrainian-Australian artist Stanislava Pinchuk and endurance-swimmer and artist Piers Greville
Plus, we speak to the winner and judges of the Hadley's Art Prize, and ask: is landscape as a genre still fit for
Artists head to 'Europe's most divided city' in Kosovo + how do you judge a landscape art prize?
Curator Petrit Abazi fled Kosovo as a child with his parents and now heads a contemporary art centre in Darwin. This month he’s returned to the city of his birth, Mitrovica, where Albanians and Serbs still live divided, to curate two artworks for the European art festival Manifesta 14. With Ukrainian-Australian artist Stanislava Pinchuk and endurance-swimmer and artist Piers Greville
Plus, we speak to the winner and judges of the Hadley's Art Prize, and ask: is landscape as a genre still fit for
'It was like I'd been plugged into the mains': Bruce Munro's lights + the search for a Hong Kong street artist
Bruce Munro is the hugely popular light installation artist who filled the foreground of Uluru with a Field of Light. He talks to Daniel about his career, new show and early encouragement from Kevin McCloud.
Plus, how does a string of amethyst beads tell the story of an astonishing ancient maritime trade?
And hear the story behind The King of Kowloon, Louis Lim's rollicking new podcast about an enigmatic Hong Kong street artist.
'It was like I'd been plugged into the mains': Bruce Munro's lights + the search for a Hong Kong street artist
Bruce Munro is the hugely popular light installation artist who filled the foreground of Uluru with a Field of Light. He talks to Daniel about his career, new show and early encouragement from Kevin McCloud.
Plus, how does a string of amethyst beads tell the story of an astonishing ancient maritime trade?
And hear the story behind The King of Kowloon, Louis Lim's rollicking new podcast about an enigmatic Hong Kong street artist.
What's left unsaid at this Picasso blockbuster? Plus, Snuff Puppets work with Ukrainian refugees
Can you separate the misogynist from the art? If you walk around the winter blockbuster The Picasso Century at the National Gallery of Victoria, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this wasn’t a live debate. Daniel speaks with Didier Ottinger from the Centre Pompidou, who hopes the exhibition he’s curated presents the 20th Century's most famous artist as a sensitive man defined by his friendships and rivalries and shaped by his extraordinary times. Art historian Ksenia Soboleva and writer Shanno
What's left unsaid at this Picasso blockbuster? Plus, Snuff Puppets work with Ukrainian refugees
Can you separate the misogynist from the art? If you walk around the winter blockbuster The Picasso Century at the National Gallery of Victoria, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this wasn’t a live debate. Daniel speaks with Didier Ottinger from the Centre Pompidou, who hopes the exhibition he’s curated presents the 20th Century's most famous artist as a sensitive man defined by his friendships and rivalries and shaped by his extraordinary times. Art historian Ksenia Soboleva and writer Shanno
Richard Bell at Documenta 15, Sebastian di Mauro, and 1980s New York artist Edward Brezinski finally finds his 15 minutes of fame
Richard Bell is one of the few individual artists curated into Documenta 15, the highly-anticipated global survey of contemporary art. This year, for the first time, it’s been dominated by artists and collectives from the Global South. But the historic takeover has been eclipsed by a media storm ignited by what appears to be a Jewish caricature in a mural painted by Indonesian artist group Taring Padi, since taken down.
Queensland-born sculptor Sebastian di Mauro who now calls Delaware home, di
Richard Bell at Documenta 15, Sebastian di Mauro, and 1980s New York artist Edward Brezinski finally finds his 15 minutes of fame
Richard Bell is one of the few individual artists curated into Documenta 15, the highly-anticipated global survey of contemporary art. This year, for the first time, it’s been dominated by artists and collectives from the Global South. But the historic takeover has been eclipsed by a media storm ignited by what appears to be a Jewish caricature in a mural painted by Indonesian artist group Taring Padi, since taken down.
Queensland-born sculptor Sebastian di Mauro who now calls Delaware home, di
Daniel Boyd's solo show, Sally Ryan's Holy Family, and reclaiming Arnhem Land's art
A conversation with artist Daniel Boyd whose work has focussed on reframing Eurocentric images from Australia's past. Plus, Sally Ryan discusses her latest commission, a giant oil painting of Jesus, Mary and Joseph for St Mary’s cathedral in Sydney. She says it's her hardest painting yet. And, returning artefacts taken from Kunwinjku and Gagadju artists in Arnhem Land in the early 1900s.
Daniel Boyd's solo show, Sally Ryan's Holy Family, and reclaiming Arnhem Land's art
A conversation with artist Daniel Boyd whose work has focussed on reframing Eurocentric images from Australia's past. Plus, Sally Ryan discusses her latest commission, a giant oil painting of Jesus, Mary and Joseph for St Mary’s cathedral in Sydney. She says it's her hardest painting yet. And, returning artefacts taken from Kunwinjku and Gagadju artists in Arnhem Land in the early 1900s.
Chiharu Shiota's epic threads, Wura Ogunji and a history of light in Art
Have you ever walked through an epic entanglement of red cotton thread, by the artist Chiharu Shiota? The Japanese installation and performance artist takes Daniel through The Soul Trembles, an exhibition highlighting 25 years of her practice. Including the time she undertook a nude workshop with Marina Abramovic, mistaking her for the textile sculptor Magdalena Abakanowitcz. Plus, Daniel speaks with performance artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji, who came to Sydney to lead a public endurance performanc
Chiharu Shiota's epic threads, Wura Ogunji and a history of light in Art
Have you ever walked through an epic entanglement of red cotton thread, by the artist Chiharu Shiota? The Japanese installation and performance artist takes Daniel through The Soul Trembles, an exhibition highlighting 25 years of her practice. Including the time she undertook a nude workshop with Marina Abramovic, mistaking her for the textile sculptor Magdalena Abakanowitcz. Plus, Daniel speaks with performance artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji, who came to Sydney to lead a public endurance performanc
Colour is my medium: David Sequeira, colourblind art and the magic of Autochrome
Why artist and curator David Sequeira doesn't believe in just a 'pop of colour'.
How a colour-blind artist adapted to colours he couldn't perceive. And how glasses that allow colour-deficient people to see the full spectrum of colours, work.
Plus, Daniel chats to V&A curator Catlin Langford about her book on the mania for Autochrome, an early colour photography process invented by the Lumière brothers.
Colour is my medium: David Sequeira, colourblind art and the magic of Autochrome
Why artist and curator David Sequeira doesn't believe in just a 'pop of colour'.
How a colour-blind artist adapted to colours he couldn't perceive. And how glasses that allow colour-deficient people to see the full spectrum of colours, work.
Plus, Daniel chats to V&A curator Catlin Langford about her book on the mania for Autochrome, an early colour photography process invented by the Lumière brothers.
Tattoos, watercolour with eX-de-Medici + Angelica Mesiti at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris
We start the show at the Parade for the Moon in Melbourne's Chinatown, part of the city's RISING festival.
Then Daniel speaks with tattoo and visual artist eX-de-Medici about her intense and detailed watercolours that interrogate violent power structures.
And step inside the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where Daniel catches up with Australian artist Angelica Mesiti, who teaches there.
Tattoos, watercolour with eX-de-Medici + Angelica Mesiti at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris
We start the show at the Parade for the Moon in Melbourne's Chinatown, part of the city's RISING festival.
Then Daniel speaks with tattoo and visual artist eX-de-Medici about her intense and detailed watercolours that interrogate violent power structures.
And step inside the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where Daniel catches up with Australian artist Angelica Mesiti, who teaches there.
Abdullah brothers, Leeroy New and the return of a William Barak painting
Daniel chats with artist brothers Abdul-Rahman and Abdul Abdullah, who are close in life but not so much in their art. However, thorny issues unite them in Land Abounds, their new joint exhibition.
Hear how Filipino sculptor Leeroy New builds his large-scale sci-fi installations made from 100% recycled materials. He's in Australia for Melbourne's RISING festival.
And how did an 1897 painting by the Wurundjeri clan leader William Barak, end up at a Sotheby's auction house in New York? Last week W
Abdullah brothers, Leeroy New and the return of a William Barak painting
Daniel chats with artist brothers Abdul-Rahman and Abdul Abdullah, who are close in life but not so much in their art. However, thorny issues unite them in Land Abounds, their new joint exhibition.
Hear how Filipino sculptor Leeroy New builds his large-scale sci-fi installations made from 100% recycled materials. He's in Australia for Melbourne's RISING festival.
And how did an 1897 painting by the Wurundjeri clan leader William Barak, end up at a Sotheby's auction house in New York? Last week W
Kiki Smith, Kirtika Kain and Reclaim the Earth at the Palais de Tokyo
The American artist Kiki Smith talks about tapestry and her long career.
My Art Crush: painter and printmaker Kirtika Kain makes tactile work about the oppression and unrecorded history of Dalit people.
Step inside the Palais de Tokyo (in Paris), Europe's largest centre for contemporary art, for a tour of the exhibition Reclaim The Earth.
Kiki Smith, Kirtika Kain and Reclaim the Earth at the Palais de Tokyo
The American artist Kiki Smith talks about tapestry and her long career.
My Art Crush: painter and printmaker Kirtika Kain makes tactile work about the oppression and unrecorded history of Dalit people.
Step inside the Palais de Tokyo (in Paris), Europe's largest centre for contemporary art, for a tour of the exhibition Reclaim The Earth.
Blak Douglas wins the Archibald, NFT artist Beeple and embroidered organs that get personal
How often does a political artwork fall into the national spotlight during a federal election? Hear from Archibald portrait prize winner Blak Douglas.
Plus, an Italian art exhibition that puts NFT juggernaut Beeple alongside European masters and Australia's Richard Bell.
And enter the studio of weaver, printmaker and textile artist Ema Shin.
Blak Douglas wins the Archibald, NFT artist Beeple and embroidered organs that get personal
How often does a political artwork fall into the national spotlight during a federal election? Hear from Archibald portrait prize winner Blak Douglas.
Plus, an Italian art exhibition that puts NFT juggernaut Beeple alongside European masters and Australia's Richard Bell.
And enter the studio of weaver, printmaker and textile artist Ema Shin.
The Venice Biennale: electric sounds, new voices and open borders
Greetings from the 22nd La Biennale di Venezia, in Italy!
The Venice Biennale is known as the Olympics of the art world, complete with golden awards, stunning achievement and sometimes, disappointment. This year has seen more female artists, Black artists and minority cultures representing national pavilions than even before. Take a tour with Daniel around the storied pavilions and canals of the world’s most prestigious art event, speaking with participants, former Australian representatives and
The Venice Biennale: electric sounds, new voices and open borders
Greetings from the 22nd La Biennale di Venezia, in Italy!
The Venice Biennale is known as the Olympics of the art world, complete with golden awards, stunning achievement and sometimes, disappointment. This year has seen more female artists, Black artists and minority cultures representing national pavilions than even before. Take a tour with Daniel around the storied pavilions and canals of the world’s most prestigious art event, speaking with participants, former Australian representatives and
Public art, toppled monuments and the statue in the crate
What do artists think about when making huge public art? Lindy Lee is making the most expensive work commissioned by the NGA, and Judy Watson's bara will grace Sydney's harbour with a giant Gadigal fish hook.
Then, the US art lab addressing the problem of confederate monuments to racist causes... and Indigenous artists Julie Gough, Nicholas Galanin and Yhonnie Scarce on Australia's own colonial memorialising.
Public art, toppled monuments and the statue in the crate
What do artists think about when making huge public art? Lindy Lee is making the most expensive work commissioned by the NGA, and Judy Watson's bara will grace Sydney's harbour with a giant Gadigal fish hook.
Then, the US art lab addressing the problem of confederate monuments to racist causes... and Indigenous artists Julie Gough, Nicholas Galanin and Yhonnie Scarce on Australia's own colonial memorialising.
First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, Sally Smart's dance-inspired studio and Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp
Rebecca Belmore is one of Canada's most important artists and is now having her first Australian solo show.
Plus, visit Sally Smart's studio, inspired by one of the most influential dance companies of the twentieth century.
And Yuki Kihara's Venice Biennale entry Paradise Camp, where the artist reimagines tropes used by Paul Gauguin and Samoan tourism brochures, with a Fa’afafine cast.
First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, Sally Smart's dance-inspired studio and Yuki Kihara's Paradise Camp
Rebecca Belmore is one of Canada's most important artists and is now having her first Australian solo show.
Plus, visit Sally Smart's studio, inspired by one of the most influential dance companies of the twentieth century.
And Yuki Kihara's Venice Biennale entry Paradise Camp, where the artist reimagines tropes used by Paul Gauguin and Samoan tourism brochures, with a Fa’afafine cast.
Marco Fusinato, Lala Deen Dayal and an art gallery mines its collection for queer stories
Marco Fusinato is representing Australia at the 2022 Venice Biennale with work for 'monstrous times'.
Plus, artworks that tell queer stories selected from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, for NGV Queer.
And who was Lala Deen Dayal? The pioneering Indian photographer who documented a vast nation.
Marco Fusinato, Lala Deen Dayal and an art gallery mines its collection for queer stories
Marco Fusinato is representing Australia at the 2022 Venice Biennale with work for 'monstrous times'.
Plus, artworks that tell queer stories selected from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, for NGV Queer.
And who was Lala Deen Dayal? The pioneering Indian photographer who documented a vast nation.
Victor Ehikhamenor + Benin bronzes, pottery in a midnight garden and Nathan Beard's tropical fruit
Victor Ehikhamenor is one of Nigeria’s most prominent artists and calls for the Benin bronzes, the looted cultural treasures of Edo State, to be repatriated. So what did he do when he was asked to make an artwork in response to the memorial to the 19th C. British leader of the looting?
Plus, South Australian artist Helen Fuller turns her hand to unconventional ceramic pots -- and an original way to exhibit them.
And why tropical fruit, low-cost bejewelling and a Thai auteur inspire artist Nathan
Victor Ehikhamenor + Benin bronzes, pottery in a midnight garden and Nathan Beard's tropical fruit
Victor Ehikhamenor is one of Nigeria’s most prominent artists and calls for the Benin bronzes, the looted cultural treasures of Edo State, to be repatriated. So what did he do when he was asked to make an artwork in response to the memorial to the 19th C. British leader of the looting?
Plus, South Australian artist Helen Fuller turns her hand to unconventional ceramic pots -- and an original way to exhibit them.
And why tropical fruit, low-cost bejewelling and a Thai auteur inspire artist Nathan
David Noonan's mystery collage and Hoda Afshar on the people possessed by the wind
David Noonan makes intriguing black-and-white collage of people in often liminal states. But despite their evocative drama, his pictures don't tell a story.
Plus, Hoda Afshar's photographic project Speak the Wind, about people in the Persian Gulf who believe that humans can be possessed by the wind.
And spotlight on the Australian artist and feminist Erica McGilchrist, whose painting series in the 1950s was based on her experiences teaching art at a mental hospital.
David Noonan's mystery collage and Hoda Afshar on the people possessed by the wind
David Noonan makes intriguing black-and-white collage of people in often liminal states. But despite their evocative drama, his pictures don't tell a story.
Plus, Hoda Afshar's photographic project Speak the Wind, about people in the Persian Gulf who believe that humans can be possessed by the wind.
And spotlight on the Australian artist and feminist Erica McGilchrist, whose painting series in the 1950s was based on her experiences teaching art at a mental hospital.
Home truths: Ian Strange, Sera Waters and spotlight on feminist artist Frances Phoenix
Ian Strange uses entire houses -slated for demolition- as his canvas, exploring the symbolism of 'home' through eras of unaffordability and urban development.
Plus, meet Irish artist Sean Lynch onsite at his new public artwork in inner-city Melbourne.
Sera Waters uses old English needlework techniques and crafts to examine the legacy of her settler forbears.
And celebrating the work of feminist artist Frances Phoenix, whose doilies and embroidery packed a punch to the patriarchy.
Home truths: Ian Strange, Sera Waters and spotlight on feminist artist Frances Phoenix
Ian Strange uses entire houses -slated for demolition- as his canvas, exploring the symbolism of 'home' through eras of unaffordability and urban development.
Plus, meet Irish artist Sean Lynch onsite at his new public artwork in inner-city Melbourne.
Sera Waters uses old English needlework techniques and crafts to examine the legacy of her settler forbears.
And celebrating the work of feminist artist Frances Phoenix, whose doilies and embroidery packed a punch to the patriarchy.
The artist defending rivers, a Russian art museum forced to react and Dennis Golding's Redfern
Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo gives voice to rivers dammed for huge hydroelectric projects.
What happens when the art world turns its back on Russia's major contemporary art museum?
And Dennis Golding shares memories of 'the Block', using treasured iron lace from Redfern's terrace houses.
The artist defending rivers, a Russian art museum forced to react and Dennis Golding's Redfern
Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo gives voice to rivers dammed for huge hydroelectric projects.
What happens when the art world turns its back on Russia's major contemporary art museum?
And Dennis Golding shares memories of 'the Block', using treasured iron lace from Redfern's terrace houses.
Know My Name S2 ep 7: Elaine Russell
Aunty Elaine Russell has legendary status in her home town of Sydney. She was an artist and storyteller who inspired many, and whose work has been acquired by a number of Australia's major galleries and museums.
Know My Name S2 ep 7: Elaine Russell
Aunty Elaine Russell has legendary status in her home town of Sydney. She was an artist and storyteller who inspired many, and whose work has been acquired by a number of Australia's major galleries and museums.
Know My Name S2 ep 7: Elaine Russell
Aunty Elaine Russell has legendary status in her home town of Sydney. She was an artist and storyteller who inspired many, and whose work has been acquired by a number of Australia's major galleries and museums.
Isaac Julien, Leda and the Swan retold and why you should know Thanakupi
British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien on his latest works: a spellbinding interpretation of Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi and a portrait of 19th C. abolitionist Fredrick Douglass.
Plus, Heather B. Swann's potent retelling of the Greek myth 'Leda and the swan', where Leda is at the centre of the story.
And why you should know the name Thanakupi -- the pioneering ceramic artist from the Thaynakwith language group in western Cape York, whose legacy looms large.
Isaac Julien, Leda and the Swan retold and why you should know Thanakupi
British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien on his latest works: a spellbinding interpretation of Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi and a portrait of 19th C. abolitionist Fredrick Douglass.
Plus, Heather B. Swann's potent retelling of the Greek myth 'Leda and the swan', where Leda is at the centre of the story.
And why you should know the name Thanakupi -- the pioneering ceramic artist from the Thaynakwith language group in western Cape York, whose legacy looms large.
Know My Name S2 ep 6: Jennifer Herd
Jennifer Herd is a Mbarbarrum artist and founding member of Brisbane's proppaNOW art collective.
Know My Name S2 ep 6: Jennifer Herd
Jennifer Herd is a Mbarbarrum artist and founding member of Brisbane's proppaNOW art collective.
Flooded art galleries, Stanislava Pinchuk on Ukraine and celebrating Ethel Spowers
Floods have ravaged art galleries and studios in northern New South Wales. We hear from a gallery director and artist Megan Cope.
Plus Ukrainian-Australian artist Stanislava Pinchuk.
And a spotlight on the bold modernist printmaker Ethel Spowers.
Flooded art galleries, Stanislava Pinchuk on Ukraine and celebrating Ethel Spowers
Floods have ravaged art galleries and studios in northern New South Wales. We hear from a gallery director and artist Megan Cope.
Plus Ukrainian-Australian artist Stanislava Pinchuk.
And a spotlight on the bold modernist printmaker Ethel Spowers.
Know My Name S2 ep 5: Dianne Jones
Dianne Jones is a provocative photo-media artist who manipulates images from colonial art to give prominence to Indigenous people.
Know My Name S2 ep 5: Dianne Jones
Dianne Jones is a provocative photo-media artist who manipulates images from colonial art to give prominence to Indigenous people.
A history of Venus in Art, the artist who lives on a boat and Yul Scarf
The goddess of love has reigned supreme through Western art, but her roots are darker, more ancient and shape-shifting than you'd expect.
Historian and TV presenter Prof Bettany Hughes joins Daniel to tell the surprising history of Venus/Aphrodite.
Plus, a seascape painter who lives on a yacht, and step into the studio of Yul Scarf, who uses ceramics, old bricks and the revived tech of QR codes, to explore questions of colonialism.
A history of Venus in Art, the artist who lives on a boat and Yul Scarf
The goddess of love has reigned supreme through Western art, but her roots are darker, more ancient and shape-shifting than you'd expect.
Historian and TV presenter Prof Bettany Hughes joins Daniel to tell the surprising history of Venus/Aphrodite.
Plus, a seascape painter who lives on a yacht, and step into the studio of Yul Scarf, who uses ceramics, old bricks and the revived tech of QR codes, to explore questions of colonialism.
Know My Name S2 ep 4: Laurel Nannup
Laurel Nannup is a Noongar artist and elder who grew up near Pinjara in Western Australia. As part of the Stolen Generation she was taken from her mother at the age of 8 and sent to the Wanderling Mission.
Know My Name S2 ep 4: Laurel Nannup
Laurel Nannup is a Noongar artist and elder who grew up near Pinjara in Western Australia. As part of the Stolen Generation she was taken from her mother at the age of 8 and sent to the Wanderling Mission.
The new 'canon', Renaissance woman Lavinia Fontana and Atong Atem's collage vision
Who makes up “the canon” in Art today? A new book picks 50 artists from around the world, and across centuries, to take a meaningful snapshot of art masters.
Plus, a curator on 16th C. artist Lavinia Fontana, Europe's first female professional painter.
And Atong Atem's panoramic collage that charts 10 years of life, family and art.
The new 'canon', Renaissance woman Lavinia Fontana and Atong Atem's collage vision
Who makes up “the canon” in Art today? A new book picks 50 artists from around the world, and across centuries, to take a meaningful snapshot of art masters.
Plus, a curator on 16th C. artist Lavinia Fontana, Europe's first female professional painter.
And Atong Atem's panoramic collage that charts 10 years of life, family and art.
Know My Name S2 ep 3: Julie Gough
Julie Gough is a Trawlwoolway artist whose practice often refers to her family's experiences as Tasmanian Aboriginal people and is held in many private collections and major galleries in Australia.
Know My Name S2 ep 3: Julie Gough
Julie Gough is a Trawlwoolway artist whose practice often refers to her family's experiences as Tasmanian Aboriginal people and is held in many private collections and major galleries in Australia.
Patricia Piccinini's mutants light up a ballroom, My Art Crush and Thea Anamara Perkins
Patricia Piccinini is Australia’s foremost artist exploring the relationship between humanity and technology, and the ethical tensions it inspires in the viewer.
Plus, introducing our new segment My Art Crush. Jess Cochrane on the impact of Édouard Manet's Olympia on her work.
And Thea Anamara Perkins on family legacy and NFTs.
Patricia Piccinini's mutants light up a ballroom, My Art Crush and Thea Anamara Perkins
Patricia Piccinini is Australia’s foremost artist exploring the relationship between humanity and technology, and the ethical tensions it inspires in the viewer.
Plus, introducing our new segment My Art Crush. Jess Cochrane on the impact of Édouard Manet's Olympia on her work.
And Thea Anamara Perkins on family legacy and NFTs.
Know My Name S2 ep 2: Julie Dowling
Julie Dowling is considered one of Australia's greatest exponents of the family portrait, but always with an Indigenous focus.
Know My Name S2 ep 2: Julie Dowling
Julie Dowling is considered one of Australia's greatest exponents of the family portrait, but always with an Indigenous focus.
The radical work of Vivienne Binns
Vivienne Binns shocked critics in the 1960s with her joyful paintings of giant genitalia and Dada-inspired assemblages. Now aged 81, she looks back at a vast arts practice that has never stopped questioning: what is art, and what do we want to say with it?
Plus, Jazmina Cininas' magical take on a DIY folk instrument that conjures Pagan myths and Lithuanian folk lore.
The radical work of Vivienne Binns
Vivienne Binns shocked critics in the 1960s with her joyful paintings of giant genitalia and Dada-inspired assemblages. Now aged 81, she looks back at a vast arts practice that has never stopped questioning: what is art, and what do we want to say with it?
Plus, Jazmina Cininas' magical take on a DIY folk instrument that conjures Pagan myths and Lithuanian folk lore.
Know My Name S2 ep 1: Fiona Foley
Know My Name Series Two: interviews with Indigenous women artists from the ABC archives. In this episode meet Fiona Foley, a Badtjala artist from K'gari in Queensland
Know My Name S2 ep 1: Fiona Foley
Know My Name Series Two: interviews with Indigenous women artists from the ABC archives. In this episode meet Fiona Foley, a Badtjala artist from K'gari in Queensland
The art of mindfulness and women street photographers
How does mindfulness stimulate artists? Meet the artists and curators of a new exhibition exploring mindfulness and meditation, called Presence of Mind.
Plus, meet Gulnara Samoilova, founder of the global project Women Street Photographers.
The art of mindfulness and women street photographers
How does mindfulness stimulate artists? Meet the artists and curators of a new exhibition exploring mindfulness and meditation, called Presence of Mind.
Plus, meet Gulnara Samoilova, founder of the global project Women Street Photographers.
Karla Dickens' fearless found objects, the Aboriginal flag as an artwork and clay gone wild
Enter the eclectic studio and thought-provoking work of the Wiradjuri installation artist Karla Dickens.
Plus, is the Aboriginal flag, now freed from copyright restrictions, a work of art?
And the 'wild clay' movement, where potters dig their own.
Karla Dickens' fearless found objects, the Aboriginal flag as an artwork and clay gone wild
Enter the eclectic studio and thought-provoking work of the Wiradjuri installation artist Karla Dickens.
Plus, is the Aboriginal flag, now freed from copyright restrictions, a work of art?
And the 'wild clay' movement, where potters dig their own.
How Instagram has changed how we see and experience art
How has social media giant Instagram changed how we experience art? Experts, artists and critics weigh in on the photo sharing platform, an evolution that's allowed artists to build careers outside of the gallery system, while drastically changing our consumption of art.
How Instagram has changed how we see and experience art
How has social media giant Instagram changed how we experience art? Experts, artists and critics weigh in on the photo sharing platform, an evolution that's allowed artists to build careers outside of the gallery system, while drastically changing our consumption of art.
Anne Wallace and the Beijing Silvermine
Anne Wallace paints film-like scenes of intimacy and psychological tension that speak to iso life and the female gaze.
Plus, the found photo archive that documents China's embrace of capitalism.
Anne Wallace and the Beijing Silvermine
Anne Wallace paints film-like scenes of intimacy and psychological tension that speak to iso life and the female gaze.
Plus, the found photo archive that documents China's embrace of capitalism.
Hilma af Klint, the art of the book cover and Mary Tonkin's immersive landscapes
The rediscovery of Hilma af Klint's abstract paintings has taken the art world by storm, but what meaning can we find in her powerful, mysterious work?
Plus, artist and designer W.H. Chong on the secret behind the perfect book cover.
And head into the bush with immersive landscape painter Mary Tonkin.
Hilma af Klint, the art of the book cover and Mary Tonkin's immersive landscapes
The rediscovery of Hilma af Klint's abstract paintings has taken the art world by storm, but what meaning can we find in her powerful, mysterious work?
Plus, artist and designer W.H. Chong on the secret behind the perfect book cover.
And head into the bush with immersive landscape painter Mary Tonkin.
Endurance act: performance art in Australia
Performance art tests the limits of the body and the gallery space. Fiona Kelly McGregor's latest book relives its bracing ascendancy in Sydney's queer and underground scene, and the well-known and lesser-known artists who lived and breathed it.
Plus, performance artists Justin Shoulder and Stelarc. And, how do art galleries preserve performance art?
Endurance act: performance art in Australia
Performance art tests the limits of the body and the gallery space. Fiona Kelly McGregor's latest book relives its bracing ascendancy in Sydney's queer and underground scene, and the well-known and lesser-known artists who lived and breathed it.
Plus, performance artists Justin Shoulder and Stelarc. And, how do art galleries preserve performance art?
Breaking the myths of whiteness in classical sculpture
What if the use of white in classical sculpture was just a construct? For the ancient Greeks and Romans, sculptures were brightly-coloured affairs, clad in vivid red gowns with red lips, and pink or olive skin. Now scholars and artists want us to see that, too.
Breaking the myths of whiteness in classical sculpture
What if the use of white in classical sculpture was just a construct? For the ancient Greeks and Romans, sculptures were brightly-coloured affairs, clad in vivid red gowns with red lips, and pink or olive skin. Now scholars and artists want us to see that, too.
Video art in the wake of Black Lives Matter, surreal fake food and plein air in the Build Up
Franklin Sirmans is the curator of Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity, an exhibition of video works by renowned Black American, British and Canadian artists, including Arthur Jafa and Garrett Bradley.
Plus, 'hyper-surreal' sculpture made with fake food.
And enter the studio of Darwin plein air painter Max Bowden as she works through the Top End’s Build Up season.
Video art in the wake of Black Lives Matter, surreal fake food and plein air in the Build Up
Franklin Sirmans is the curator of Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity, an exhibition of video works by renowned Black American, British and Canadian artists, including Arthur Jafa and Garrett Bradley.
Plus, 'hyper-surreal' sculpture made with fake food.
And enter the studio of Darwin plein air painter Max Bowden as she works through the Top End’s Build Up season.
Life with Jeffrey Smart and Natalya Hughes takes on the shrink's couch
The enduring power of Jeffrey Smart's urban wastelands, and his comparatively beautiful life in Tuscany, as told by the late artist's partner Ermes De Zan.
Plus, visit the studio of Natalya Hughes as she works on an installation of mid-century aesthetics and Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
Life with Jeffrey Smart and Natalya Hughes takes on the shrink's couch
The enduring power of Jeffrey Smart's urban wastelands, and his comparatively beautiful life in Tuscany, as told by the late artist's partner Ermes De Zan.
Plus, visit the studio of Natalya Hughes as she works on an installation of mid-century aesthetics and Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
Doug Aitken, Robert Andrew's machines with ochre residue and the lost Leonardo da Vinci
US artist Doug Aitken looks to the future through the hyperconnected present, in New Era.|
Plus, enter the studio of Robert Andrew, whose programmable machines imprint ochre residue and missing histories.
And a real-life art thriller documentary centred around the 'lost Leonardo da Vinci'.
Doug Aitken, Robert Andrew's machines with ochre residue and the lost Leonardo da Vinci
US artist Doug Aitken looks to the future through the hyperconnected present, in New Era.|
Plus, enter the studio of Robert Andrew, whose programmable machines imprint ochre residue and missing histories.
And a real-life art thriller documentary centred around the 'lost Leonardo da Vinci'.
NFTs: next gen, reclaiming Bougainville and being an 'unwilling inspiration'
We take stock of NFTs and hear from three people invested in the future of tokens, including Jonathan Zawada, collaborator to musician Flume.
Plus, Bruno Booth on being an 'unwilling inspiration'.
And Taloi Havini reclaims connections to land, culture and identity of Bougainville, PNG.
NFTs: next gen, reclaiming Bougainville and being an 'unwilling inspiration'
We take stock of NFTs and hear from three people invested in the future of tokens, including Jonathan Zawada, collaborator to musician Flume.
Plus, Bruno Booth on being an 'unwilling inspiration'.
And Taloi Havini reclaims connections to land, culture and identity of Bougainville, PNG.
Christopher Pease layers Nyoongar iconography over colonial vistas
Christopher Pease wanted to create his own visual language, one that spoke to European art tradition and the hidden iconography of his Nyoongar ancestors.
Plus, the horses that inspire Michael Zavros.
And what happens when a painter loses half her hand? After a bad accident, Kaye Strange adapted.
Christopher Pease layers Nyoongar iconography over colonial vistas
Christopher Pease wanted to create his own visual language, one that spoke to European art tradition and the hidden iconography of his Nyoongar ancestors.
Plus, the horses that inspire Michael Zavros.
And what happens when a painter loses half her hand? After a bad accident, Kaye Strange adapted.
Doing Feminism, painting riverscapes and polar ice art at COP26
A history of feminist art in Australia, painting western Tasmania and ice from a warming planet, at COP26.
Doing Feminism, painting riverscapes and polar ice art at COP26
A history of feminist art in Australia, painting western Tasmania and ice from a warming planet, at COP26.
A history of Venus in art with Bettany Hughes
The goddess of love has reigned supreme through Western art, but her roots are darker, more ancient and shape-shifting than you'd expect.
Historian and TV presenter Prof Bettany Hughes joins Daniel to tell the surprising history of the powerful immortal.
Plus, a seascape painter who lives on a yacht, and artist Khaled Sabsabi explores the exchange between spiritual belief and our human aspirations.
A history of Venus in art with Bettany Hughes
The goddess of love has reigned supreme through Western art, but her roots are darker, more ancient and shape-shifting than you'd expect.
Historian and TV presenter Prof Bettany Hughes joins Daniel to tell the surprising history of the powerful immortal.
Plus, a seascape painter who lives on a yacht, and artist Khaled Sabsabi explores the exchange between spiritual belief and our human aspirations.
Cocktails with a curator, art on the news and Matisse in the Pacific
Meet the man behind the hit YouTube series Cocktails with a Curator, from The Frick in New York.
Plus, what if the arts were on the nightly TV news, like sport?
And artists respond to Matisse's Tahiti-inspired work in a new exhibition.
Cocktails with a curator, art on the news and Matisse in the Pacific
Meet the man behind the hit YouTube series Cocktails with a Curator, from The Frick in New York.
Plus, what if the arts were on the nightly TV news, like sport?
And artists respond to Matisse's Tahiti-inspired work in a new exhibition.
Know My Name episode 6: Rosalie Gascoigne
With a bower bird's habit of collecting found objects, Rosalie Gascoigne's sculptures were inspired by her surrounding natural environment.
The final episode in this series of radio interviews with Australian women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 6: Rosalie Gascoigne
With a bower bird's habit of collecting found objects, Rosalie Gascoigne's sculptures were inspired by her surrounding natural environment.
The final episode in this series of radio interviews with Australian women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 5: Mari Funaki
An interview with sculptor and metal smith Mari Funaki, who was instrumental in getting Australian contemporary jewellery on the global map.
The fifth episode in a pod-only series featuring interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 5: Mari Funaki
An interview with sculptor and metal smith Mari Funaki, who was instrumental in getting Australian contemporary jewellery on the global map.
The fifth episode in a pod-only series featuring interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 4: Margaret Olley
A 2009 interview with the artist Margaret Olley, two years before her death.
Part of our series featuring interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 4: Margaret Olley
A 2009 interview with the artist Margaret Olley, two years before her death.
Part of our series featuring interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Know My Name episode 3: Ivy Shore
Interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
In 1979 Ivy Shore won Australia's richest art competition for women painters, for a portrait of trail blazing trade unionist Della Elliot.
Know My Name episode 3: Ivy Shore
Interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
In 1979 Ivy Shore won Australia's richest art competition for women painters, for a portrait of trail blazing trade unionist Della Elliot.
Know My Name episode 2: Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Know My Name: interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Hear Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, one of Australia's most renowned ceramicists, speaking to the ABC’s Julie Copeland in 1994.
Know My Name episode 2: Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Know My Name: interviews with women artists from the ABC archives.
Hear Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, one of Australia's most renowned ceramicists, speaking to the ABC’s Julie Copeland in 1994.
Know My Name episode 1: Grace Cossington Smith
Introducing Know My Name: interviews with women artists from the ABC archives. In this episode, hear from Grace Cossington Smith. A pioneer of modernism in Australia and one of the country’s most influential artists.
Here she is interviewed in 1965 by Hazel de Berg for the National Library of Australia’s oral history collection.
Know My Name episode 1: Grace Cossington Smith
Introducing Know My Name: interviews with women artists from the ABC archives. In this episode, hear from Grace Cossington Smith. A pioneer of modernism in Australia and one of the country’s most influential artists.
Here she is interviewed in 1965 by Hazel de Berg for the National Library of Australia’s oral history collection.
Public art, toppled monuments and the statue in the crate
What do artists think about when making huge public art? Lindy Lee is making the most expensive work commissioned by the NGA, and Judy Watson's bara will grace Sydney's harbour with a giant Gadigal fish hook.
Then, the US art lab addressing the problem of confederate monuments to racist causes... and Indigenous artists Julie Gough, Nicholas Galanin and Yhonnie Scarce on Australia's own colonial memorialising.
Public art, toppled monuments and the statue in the crate
What do artists think about when making huge public art? Lindy Lee is making the most expensive work commissioned by the NGA, and Judy Watson's bara will grace Sydney's harbour with a giant Gadigal fish hook.
Then, the US art lab addressing the problem of confederate monuments to racist causes... and Indigenous artists Julie Gough, Nicholas Galanin and Yhonnie Scarce on Australia's own colonial memorialising.
'We perpetuate this myth of not having a history': taking art beyond black-white terms
Globally and at home, artists are engaging with the reckoning happening around race and colonisation. But where do recent migrants and refugees to Australia fit into the dialogue?
'We perpetuate this myth of not having a history': taking art beyond black-white terms
Globally and at home, artists are engaging with the reckoning happening around race and colonisation. But where do recent migrants and refugees to Australia fit into the dialogue?
Fifty years of the Western Desert art movement, Leigh Bowery, Mari Katayama and Darwin street art
It's 50 years since artists from Papunya began painting on board, heralding the Western Desert art movement, 'the last great art movement of the 20th Century' according to one famous critic.
Plus, an artist's tribute to the iconic Leigh Bowery. A Japan-Australia photographic project featuring Mari Katayama.
And Darwin's Street Art Festival brings new life to empty walls.
Fifty years of the Western Desert art movement, Leigh Bowery, Mari Katayama and Darwin street art
It's 50 years since artists from Papunya began painting on board, heralding the Western Desert art movement, 'the last great art movement of the 20th Century' according to one famous critic.
Plus, an artist's tribute to the iconic Leigh Bowery. A Japan-Australia photographic project featuring Mari Katayama.
And Darwin's Street Art Festival brings new life to empty walls.
Goya, Tik Tok art history and wine that draws
How does Francisco Goya help us make sense of the chaos of our contemporary world, and its depths of suffering? Then, discover art history through TikTok… and a contemporary sculpture powered by wind, water… and wine.
Goya, Tik Tok art history and wine that draws
How does Francisco Goya help us make sense of the chaos of our contemporary world, and its depths of suffering? Then, discover art history through TikTok… and a contemporary sculpture powered by wind, water… and wine.
Renaissance amnesia, Vernon Ah Kee, and a mysterious Sydney painting
Do we turn a blind eye to the aggression and militarism — and colonialism — that defined the Italian Renaissance? Plus, hear why artist Vernon Ah Kee can't ignore a distinct Australian brand of racism, and whether a work by the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi found its way to 1970s Sydney.
Renaissance amnesia, Vernon Ah Kee, and a mysterious Sydney painting
Do we turn a blind eye to the aggression and militarism — and colonialism — that defined the Italian Renaissance? Plus, hear why artist Vernon Ah Kee can't ignore a distinct Australian brand of racism, and whether a work by the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi found its way to 1970s Sydney.
How Instagram has changed how we see and experience art
How has social media giant Instagram changed how we experience art? Experts, artists and critics weigh in on the photo sharing platform, an evolution that's allowed artists to build careers outside of the gallery system, while drastically changing our consumption of art.
How Instagram has changed how we see and experience art
How has social media giant Instagram changed how we experience art? Experts, artists and critics weigh in on the photo sharing platform, an evolution that's allowed artists to build careers outside of the gallery system, while drastically changing our consumption of art.
Maree Clarke, collages of protest and Craig Ruddy's studio
Maree Clarke is a key figure in the reclamation of southeast Australian Aboriginal art. Her three-decade career has centred on the revival and sharing of culture.
Plus, Jemima Wyman's collages using images from global protests.
And visit the studio of acclaimed painter Craig Ruddy.
Maree Clarke, collages of protest and Craig Ruddy's studio
Maree Clarke is a key figure in the reclamation of southeast Australian Aboriginal art. Her three-decade career has centred on the revival and sharing of culture.
Plus, Jemima Wyman's collages using images from global protests.
And visit the studio of acclaimed painter Craig Ruddy.
What two Hazara artists feel about Afghanistan, and a new art movement is forged in metal
Artists in Afghanistan are facing a frightening future. Australian Hazara artists Khadim Ali and Elyas Alavi speak to Daniel about what’s happening in their homeland.
There’s a lot of buzz about 'Murrnginy', a new exhibition by Yolngu artists from Yirrkala, who have swapped stringybark for scrap metal. The works take a stunning contemporary direction on an ancient practice.
What two Hazara artists feel about Afghanistan, and a new art movement is forged in metal
Artists in Afghanistan are facing a frightening future. Australian Hazara artists Khadim Ali and Elyas Alavi speak to Daniel about what’s happening in their homeland.
There’s a lot of buzz about 'Murrnginy', a new exhibition by Yolngu artists from Yirrkala, who have swapped stringybark for scrap metal. The works take a stunning contemporary direction on an ancient practice.
Cooking Sections art collective, Kathy Temin's fake fur and Ian Fairweather in China
Meet the Turner Prize-nominated UK art collective Cooking Sections, making art about the food we eat, ecology and geopolitics.
Plus, how Kathy Temin came to use fake fur for her large-scale monuments to memory.
And a new book delves into the elusive Ian Fairweather's love of Chinese art and language.
Cooking Sections art collective, Kathy Temin's fake fur and Ian Fairweather in China
Meet the Turner Prize-nominated UK art collective Cooking Sections, making art about the food we eat, ecology and geopolitics.
Plus, how Kathy Temin came to use fake fur for her large-scale monuments to memory.
And a new book delves into the elusive Ian Fairweather's love of Chinese art and language.
Anne Wallace, a mystery tomb fresco and art from Western Arnhem Land
Anne Wallace paints film-like scenes of intimacy and psychological tension that speak to iso life and the female gaze.
Plus, the ancient tomb art in Southern Italy that told an unexpected story of burial in the Classical world.
And a new generation of artists from Western Arnhem Land in a new exhibition of exquisite art created on stone country.
Anne Wallace, a mystery tomb fresco and art from Western Arnhem Land
Anne Wallace paints film-like scenes of intimacy and psychological tension that speak to iso life and the female gaze.
Plus, the ancient tomb art in Southern Italy that told an unexpected story of burial in the Classical world.
And a new generation of artists from Western Arnhem Land in a new exhibition of exquisite art created on stone country.
Hilda Rix Nicholas, the art of the book cover and the NATSIAAs
A new biography of the post-Impressionist artist Hilda Rix Nicholas looks at the unusual life and sometimes overlooked career of a great Australian painter.
Artist and designer W.H. Chong on the secret behind the perfect book cover.
And this year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards (NATSIAAs).
Hilda Rix Nicholas, the art of the book cover and the NATSIAAs
A new biography of the post-Impressionist artist Hilda Rix Nicholas looks at the unusual life and sometimes overlooked career of a great Australian painter.
Artist and designer W.H. Chong on the secret behind the perfect book cover.
And this year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards (NATSIAAs).
Mapping a lost Beirut and the return of stolen 'living gods'
Two artists reflect on what has happened to Beirut since the devastating port explosion one year ago.
And an antiquities sleuth and an art academic on the National Gallery of Australia's decision to return looted artworks to India.
Mapping a lost Beirut and the return of stolen 'living gods'
Two artists reflect on what has happened to Beirut since the devastating port explosion one year ago.
And an antiquities sleuth and an art academic on the National Gallery of Australia's decision to return looted artworks to India.
Endurance act: performance art in Australia
Performance art tests the limits of the body and the gallery space. Fiona Kelly McGregor's latest book relives its bracing ascendancy in Sydney's queer and underground scene, and the well-known and lesser-known artists who lived and breathed it.
Plus, performance artists Justin Shoulder and Stelarc. And, how do art galleries preserve performance art?
Endurance act: performance art in Australia
Performance art tests the limits of the body and the gallery space. Fiona Kelly McGregor's latest book relives its bracing ascendancy in Sydney's queer and underground scene, and the well-known and lesser-known artists who lived and breathed it.
Plus, performance artists Justin Shoulder and Stelarc. And, how do art galleries preserve performance art?
Breaking the myths of whiteness in classical sculpture
What if the use of white in classical sculpture was just a construct? For the ancient Greeks and Romans, sculptures were brightly-coloured affairs, clad in vivid red gowns with red lips, and pink or olive skin. Now scholars and artists want us to see that, too.
Breaking the myths of whiteness in classical sculpture
What if the use of white in classical sculpture was just a construct? For the ancient Greeks and Romans, sculptures were brightly-coloured affairs, clad in vivid red gowns with red lips, and pink or olive skin. Now scholars and artists want us to see that, too.
Artist Dale Harding joins forces with mother Kate, and a war photographer snaps the climate crisis
The mother-and-son collaboration of artists Dale and Kate Harding works across generations, artforms —and worlds. Textile artist Kate makes quilts, while Dale’s work is most commonly seen in the rarefied world of contemporary art. So why did they join forces for an exhibition?
Plus, the photojournalist who turned his lens from the war in Afghanistan to the climate crisis at home.
And a bespoke shoemaker mixing art and fashion.
Artist Dale Harding joins forces with mother Kate, and a war photographer snaps the climate crisis
The mother-and-son collaboration of artists Dale and Kate Harding works across generations, artforms —and worlds. Textile artist Kate makes quilts, while Dale’s work is most commonly seen in the rarefied world of contemporary art. So why did they join forces for an exhibition?
Plus, the photojournalist who turned his lens from the war in Afghanistan to the climate crisis at home.
And a bespoke shoemaker mixing art and fashion.
Betty Muffler: the phenomenal artist healing country
The Art Show’s new presenter Daniel Browning finds Indigenous artists who enact healing and cultural rejuvenation through their artwork – from senior Pitjantjatjara elder and Betty Muffler, whose practice as a traditional healer – or ngangkari – extends to her monochromatic canvases mapping the topography and spiritual odysseys of her ancestor to the work of mainland Torres Strait Islander artists working in still lives and comic superheroes.
Betty Muffler: the phenomenal artist healing country
The Art Show’s new presenter Daniel Browning finds Indigenous artists who enact healing and cultural rejuvenation through their artwork – from senior Pitjantjatjara elder and Betty Muffler, whose practice as a traditional healer – or ngangkari – extends to her monochromatic canvases mapping the topography and spiritual odysseys of her ancestor to the work of mainland Torres Strait Islander artists working in still lives and comic superheroes.
Surrealists at sea, fake food, and the Beijing Silvermine
Czech brothers Dušan and Voitre Marek escaped communist political repression for Australia, but their Surrealist art was met with incomprehension in 1950s Australia. Now decades of their vibrant artistic output is on show, raising the question -- why aren't they better known? Plus, sculpture meets imitation food and the found photos that document China's embrace of capitalism.
Surrealists at sea, fake food, and the Beijing Silvermine
Czech brothers Dušan and Voitre Marek escaped communist political repression for Australia, but their Surrealist art was met with incomprehension in 1950s Australia. Now decades of their vibrant artistic output is on show, raising the question -- why aren't they better known? Plus, sculpture meets imitation food and the found photos that document China's embrace of capitalism.
The wondrous Hilma af Klint, Tania Ferrier's angry underwear and the question of portraiture
The rediscovery of Hilma af Klint's abstract paintings has taken the art world by storm, but what meaning can we find in her powerful, mysterious work? The curator of the largest exhibition to reach Australia talks us through her symbols and spiritual quest. Plus, hear from an artist whose feminist-inspired underwear became a hit with the likes of Madonna. Then it's time to ponder… what do artists actually want to portray in a portrait?
The wondrous Hilma af Klint, Tania Ferrier's angry underwear and the question of portraiture
The rediscovery of Hilma af Klint's abstract paintings has taken the art world by storm, but what meaning can we find in her powerful, mysterious work? The curator of the largest exhibition to reach Australia talks us through her symbols and spiritual quest. Plus, hear from an artist whose feminist-inspired underwear became a hit with the likes of Madonna. Then it's time to ponder… what do artists actually want to portray in a portrait?
Goya, Tik Tok art history and wine that draws
How does Francisco Goya help us make sense of the chaos of our contemporary world, and its depths of suffering? Then, discover art history through TikTok… and a contemporary sculpture powered by wind, water… and wine.
Goya, Tik Tok art history and wine that draws
How does Francisco Goya help us make sense of the chaos of our contemporary world, and its depths of suffering? Then, discover art history through TikTok… and a contemporary sculpture powered by wind, water… and wine.
Goya, Tik Tok art history and wine that draws
How does Francisco Goya help us make sense of the chaos of our contemporary world, and its depths of suffering? Then, discover art history through TikTok… and a contemporary sculpture powered by wind, water… and wine.
Portrait of a nation: the Archibald at 100
Australia's Archibald portrait prize has been running for 100 years and remains wildly popular with punters, with its spats and controversies often more memorable than its artworks. What lies behind its appeal, and with a history of portraying and awarding a narrow range of distinguished Australians — what does it really say about us?
Plus, meet the contemporary jeweller whose necklaces and rings tell stories of industry, social history and even architecture.
Portrait of a nation: the Archibald at 100
Australia's Archibald portrait prize has been running for 100 years and remains wildly popular with punters, with its spats and controversies often more memorable than its artworks. What lies behind its appeal, and with a history of portraying and awarding a narrow range of distinguished Australians — what does it really say about us?
Plus, meet the contemporary jeweller whose necklaces and rings tell stories of industry, social history and even architecture.
'Frankenstein was a really bad parent': Patricia Piccinini's mutants light up a ballroom
Patricia Piccinini returns to press our ethical buttons with new hyper-real silicon sculptures, staged in a hidden ballroom above Melbourne's busiest train station.
Pus, what's the state of drawing in Australia? The simple act of putting pencil to paper used to be central to almost all art practices and art schools, but is it still? Two leading drawing artists make the case.
'Frankenstein was a really bad parent': Patricia Piccinini's mutants light up a ballroom
Patricia Piccinini returns to press our ethical buttons with new hyper-real silicon sculptures, staged in a hidden ballroom above Melbourne's busiest train station.
Pus, what's the state of drawing in Australia? The simple act of putting pencil to paper used to be central to almost all art practices and art schools, but is it still? Two leading drawing artists make the case.
Behind the portraits of the cult 'Aussie' poster series
For years now, Peter Drew's been challenging notions of Australian identity in his 'Aussie' poster series — join him as he pastes up his next series around Melbourne's laneways. Then hear about how Walt Disney Studios preserves its vast film stills archive, which holds the earliest sketches of beloved characters including Bambi, Dumbo and Pinocchio. Afterward, introduce yourself to Yul Scarf, a multi-disciplinary artist and recent art school graduate who's been 'hatched' by the Perth Institute o
Behind the portraits of the cult 'Aussie' poster series
For years now, Peter Drew's been challenging notions of Australian identity in his 'Aussie' poster series — join him as he pastes up his next series around Melbourne's laneways. Then hear about how Walt Disney Studios preserves its vast film stills archive, which holds the earliest sketches of beloved characters including Bambi, Dumbo and Pinocchio. Afterward, introduce yourself to Yul Scarf, a multi-disciplinary artist and recent art school graduate who's been 'hatched' by the Perth Institute o
Finding Australia's lost impressionist, and the beauty in gumnuts
Who exactly was Iso Rae, the Melbourne-born impressionist painter who honed her craft in northern France? Plus, a different take on a distinctly Australian 'ready-made' — the gumnut — with Colombian-Australian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso.
Finding Australia's lost impressionist, and the beauty in gumnuts
Who exactly was Iso Rae, the Melbourne-born impressionist painter who honed her craft in northern France? Plus, a different take on a distinctly Australian 'ready-made' — the gumnut — with Colombian-Australian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso.
'It lit a fire in me': How Atong Atem flips the ethnographic gaze
Australian-South Sudanese artist Atong Atem brilliantly flips the Ethnographic gaze to create gorgeous studio portraits with a powerful statement.
Plus, how does the medium of video art exist in the era of binge watching?
And Namila chats to incoming guest host Daniel Browning, a familiar voice to RN listeners — but did you know he trained as an artist?
'It lit a fire in me': How Atong Atem flips the ethnographic gaze
Australian-South Sudanese artist Atong Atem brilliantly flips the Ethnographic gaze to create gorgeous studio portraits with a powerful statement.
Plus, how does the medium of video art exist in the era of binge watching?
And Namila chats to incoming guest host Daniel Browning, a familiar voice to RN listeners — but did you know he trained as an artist?
Hostile topographies, the iPhone miniature and museums in the age of COVID-19
How do you turn the stark geographical facts of war and conflict into art? And how do you do it authentically and sensitively, from the far-off shores of Australia? Stanislava Pinchuk started making street art in Melbourne, then moved into tattooing before the Russo-Ukrainian conflict pushed her art in a very different direction. At 32, she has a survey exhibition called Terra Data — mapping the borders and human movement of war and displacement.
Hostile topographies, the iPhone miniature and museums in the age of COVID-19
How do you turn the stark geographical facts of war and conflict into art? And how do you do it authentically and sensitively, from the far-off shores of Australia? Stanislava Pinchuk started making street art in Melbourne, then moved into tattooing before the Russo-Ukrainian conflict pushed her art in a very different direction. At 32, she has a survey exhibition called Terra Data — mapping the borders and human movement of war and displacement.
'It's a sculpture' — understanding and protecting Australia's oldest art
The partial destruction of the 1,500-year-old stone sculptural arrangement in Victoria’s western district added to the devastating tally of damaged First Nations art and cultural sites. Museums Victoria curator Kimberley Moulton joins Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe.
Plus, take a tour of FLOAT, an innovative community artists' studio floating on Lake Tyers.
And we talk to an artist and a curator about two new exhibitions that look at food and eating through Art.
'It's a sculpture' — understanding and protecting Australia's oldest art
The partial destruction of the 1,500-year-old stone sculptural arrangement in Victoria’s western district added to the devastating tally of damaged First Nations art and cultural sites. Museums Victoria curator Kimberley Moulton joins Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe.
Plus, take a tour of FLOAT, an innovative community artists' studio floating on Lake Tyers.
And we talk to an artist and a curator about two new exhibitions that look at food and eating through Art.
'This is Aotearoa's First of everything' — Yuki Kihara goes to the Venice Biennale
Yuki Kihara's reaction to being chosen to represent Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 2021 Venice Biennale was to scream at the top of her lungs. But with it came a huge sense of responsibility: "If I f**k this up, then people like me won't get a chance anymore." An interdiscplinary artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent, Kihara has hit a lot of firsts in her international career — a show at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the first Pacifika and Asian artist to represent Aotearoa at the Bien
'This is Aotearoa's First of everything' — Yuki Kihara goes to the Venice Biennale
Yuki Kihara's reaction to being chosen to represent Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 2021 Venice Biennale was to scream at the top of her lungs. But with it came a huge sense of responsibility: "If I f**k this up, then people like me won't get a chance anymore." An interdiscplinary artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent, Kihara has hit a lot of firsts in her international career — a show at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the first Pacifika and Asian artist to represent Aotearoa at the Bien
Khadim Ali's Invisible Border
Khadim Ali began his art career painting propaganda murals in Iran before training in Persian miniatures and eventually finding his way to Australia. Now the acclaimed Hazara artist is launching his largest solo show at the Institute of Modern Art.
Using apparently innocent phrases and bright enamel paint, Jon Campbell’s joyful paintings unpack the pathos and humour of Australian vernacular and suburban life.
Plus, why did the Australia Council commission a report on Graphic storytelling? Co-aut
Khadim Ali's Invisible Border
Khadim Ali began his art career painting propaganda murals in Iran before training in Persian miniatures and eventually finding his way to Australia. Now the acclaimed Hazara artist is launching his largest solo show at the Institute of Modern Art.
Using apparently innocent phrases and bright enamel paint, Jon Campbell’s joyful paintings unpack the pathos and humour of Australian vernacular and suburban life.
Plus, why did the Australia Council commission a report on Graphic storytelling? Co-aut
Candid camera: William Yang on his life in photography
Photographer William Yang has been turning the camera on himself and his community with equal candour for four decades. Now he dusts off the film for the largest survey of his work yet.
Plus, when you think of Australia’s best art and culture destinations, do you think ‘go bush’? With many of Australia’s most sought-after artists living remote, it might be time to re-think where our cultural capitals lie. Parrtjima Festival director Rhoda Roberts joins author Monica Tan (Stranger Country).
Candid camera: William Yang on his life in photography
Photographer William Yang has been turning the camera on himself and his community with equal candour for four decades. Now he dusts off the film for the largest survey of his work yet.
Plus, when you think of Australia’s best art and culture destinations, do you think ‘go bush’? With many of Australia’s most sought-after artists living remote, it might be time to re-think where our cultural capitals lie. Parrtjima Festival director Rhoda Roberts joins author Monica Tan (Stranger Country).
Vernon Ah Kee and Liz Ann Macgregor
Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee has been making art that asks hard questions for nearly two decades, critiquing systems and racial inequality in contemporary Australia.
Plus an interview with Liz Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art. The director has since announced she will be leaving the job after 22 years.
Vernon Ah Kee and Liz Ann Macgregor
Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee has been making art that asks hard questions for nearly two decades, critiquing systems and racial inequality in contemporary Australia.
Plus an interview with Liz Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art. The director has since announced she will be leaving the job after 22 years.
Vernon Ah Kee and Liz Ann Macgregor
Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee has been making art that asks hard questions for nearly two decades, critiquing systems and racial inequality in contemporary Australia.
Plus an interview with Liz Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art. The director has since announced she will be leaving the job after 22 years.
Yhonnie Scarce, Dirty Three's Mick Turner, and the joy of zines
Yhonnie Scarce creates hand-blown glass installations that express the trauma of atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and 60s, and the impact of colonisation.
Enter the studio of painter and musician Mick Turner, one third of the band Dirty Three.
Plus, what about zines? Two zinesters make the case for the longevity of the DIY art mag.
Yhonnie Scarce, Dirty Three's Mick Turner, and the joy of zines
Yhonnie Scarce creates hand-blown glass installations that express the trauma of atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and 60s, and the impact of colonisation.
Enter the studio of painter and musician Mick Turner, one third of the band Dirty Three.
Plus, what about zines? Two zinesters make the case for the longevity of the DIY art mag.
Yhonnie Scarce, Dirty Three's Mick Turner, and the joy of zines
Yhonnie Scarce creates hand-blown glass installations that express the trauma of atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and 60s, and the impact of colonisation.
Enter the studio of painter and musician Mick Turner, one third of the band Dirty Three.
Plus, what about zines? Two zinesters make the case for the longevity of the DIY art mag.
Robert Owen, shoemaker Claire Best and the crazy world of NFTs
Namila meets the abstract artist Robert Owen at a new retrospective.
Plus, enter the studio of a bespoke shoemaker mixing art and high fashion.
And an artist and journalist explain the phenomenon of NFTs.
Robert Owen, shoemaker Claire Best and the crazy world of NFTs
Namila meets the abstract artist Robert Owen at a new retrospective.
Plus, enter the studio of a bespoke shoemaker mixing art and high fashion.
And an artist and journalist explain the phenomenon of NFTs.
Robert Owen, shoemaker Claire Best and the crazy world of NFTs
Namila meets the abstract artist Robert Owen at a new retrospective.
Plus, enter the studio of a bespoke shoemaker mixing art and high fashion.
And an artist and journalist explain the phenomenon of NFTs.
Four women artists tackling the environmental and body issues of the everyday
Is there a fear of the older female nude? Flesh After Fifty is an exhibition about women’s bodies over the age of 50.
Plus, Gabby O’Connor is tackling how to communicate the risk of climate change through public art, with the help of scientists.
And enter the studio of sculptor Isadora Vaughan and the fantastical Plastic Bag Store of puppeteer Robin Frohardt.
Four women artists tackling the environmental and body issues of the everyday
Is there a fear of the older female nude? Flesh After Fifty is an exhibition about women’s bodies over the age of 50.
Plus, Gabby O’Connor is tackling how to communicate the risk of climate change through public art, with the help of scientists.
And enter the studio of sculptor Isadora Vaughan and the fantastical Plastic Bag Store of puppeteer Robin Frohardt.
Four women artists tackling the environmental and body issues of the everyday
Is there a fear of the older female nude? Flesh After Fifty is an exhibition about women’s bodies over the age of 50.
Plus, Gabby O’Connor is tackling how to communicate the risk of climate change through public art, with the help of scientists.
And enter the studio of sculptor Isadora Vaughan and the fantastical Plastic Bag Store of puppeteer Robin Frohardt.
Kay Rufai's smiling boys, lush landscapes and the secret history of tattoos
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys to create healing and social change.
Plus, head into the bush with immersive landscape painter Mary Tonkin.
And what’s in a tattoo? An art exhibition about Ink in LGBTI history and culture.
Kay Rufai's smiling boys, lush landscapes and the secret history of tattoos
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys to create healing and social change.
Plus, head into the bush with immersive landscape painter Mary Tonkin.
And what’s in a tattoo? An art exhibition about Ink in LGBTI history and culture.
Kay Rufai's smiling boys, lush landscapes and the secret history of tattoos
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys to create healing and social change.
Plus, head into the bush with immersive landscape painter Mary Tonkin.
And what’s in a tattoo? An art exhibition about Ink in LGBTI history and culture.
Hoda Afshar and Clarice Beckett
Photographer Hoda Afshar turns 110 camera lenses on well-known Australian whistle-blowers for her work 'Agonistes'.
And walk in the footsteps of modernist Clarice Beckett, the subject of a new retrospective.
Hoda Afshar and Clarice Beckett
Photographer Hoda Afshar turns 110 camera lenses on well-known Australian whistle-blowers for her work 'Agonistes'.
And walk in the footsteps of modernist Clarice Beckett, the subject of a new retrospective.
Hoda Afshar and Clarice Beckett
Photographer Hoda Afshar turns 110 camera lenses on well-known Australian whistle-blowers for her work 'Agonistes'.
And walk in the footsteps of modernist Clarice Beckett, the subject of a new retrospective.
Rescue dogs and the good life: the art of Lucy Culliton
Artist Lucy Culliton paints almost exclusively her own homelife on the farm. She takes us through her inspiration and philosophy, including the importance of rescue animals in her life – all eight dogs, four horses, parrots, goats and 47 sheep.
Plus, meet the sculptor using discarded plastic lids to create large-scale 'constellations'.
And what makes for 'disobedience' in Art, and how does gender matter?
Rescue dogs and the good life: the art of Lucy Culliton
Artist Lucy Culliton paints almost exclusively her own homelife on the farm. She takes us through her inspiration and philosophy, including the importance of rescue animals in her life – all eight dogs, four horses, parrots, goats and 47 sheep.
Plus, meet the sculptor using discarded plastic lids to create large-scale 'constellations'.
And what makes for 'disobedience' in Art, and how does gender matter?
Rescue dogs and the good life: the art of Lucy Culliton
Artist Lucy Culliton paints almost exclusively her own homelife on the farm. She takes us through her inspiration and philosophy, including the importance of rescue animals in her life – all eight dogs, four horses, parrots, goats and 47 sheep.
Plus, meet the sculptor using discarded plastic lids to create large-scale 'constellations'.
And what makes for 'disobedience' in Art, and how does gender matter?
Love stories of 20th century art
Art historian Kate Bryan on her favourite Art love stories of the 20th Century.
Filmmaker-turned-photographer Amos Gebhardt guides us through ‘Small acts of resistance’, a glittering triptych of queer love.
And the spirit and life lessons of the iconic Melbourne artist Mirka Mora, the subject of a big new exhibition.
Love stories of 20th century art
Art historian Kate Bryan on her favourite Art love stories of the 20th Century.
Filmmaker-turned-photographer Amos Gebhardt guides us through ‘Small acts of resistance’, a glittering triptych of queer love.
And the spirit and life lessons of the iconic Melbourne artist Mirka Mora, the subject of a big new exhibition.
Love stories of 20th century art
Art historian Kate Bryan on her favourite Art love stories of the 20th Century.
Filmmaker-turned-photographer Amos Gebhardt guides us through ‘Small acts of resistance’, a glittering triptych of queer love.
And the spirit and life lessons of the iconic Melbourne artist Mirka Mora, the subject of a big new exhibition.
The long journey to Slow Art
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn on the family stories and mythical sagas at play in her meditative Slow Art.
Plus, step into the outback landscapes of painter Zhou Xiaoping.
And two artists discuss a new artwork about an environmental tragedy.
The long journey to Slow Art
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn on the family stories and mythical sagas at play in her meditative Slow Art.
Plus, step into the outback landscapes of painter Zhou Xiaoping.
And two artists discuss a new artwork about an environmental tragedy.
The long journey to Slow Art
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn on the family stories and mythical sagas at play in her meditative Slow Art.
Plus, step into the outback landscapes of painter Zhou Xiaoping.
And two artists discuss a new artwork about an environmental tragedy.
Refik Anadol: the artist bringing AI dreams to life
The visionary Turkish artist and his studio collaborate with computers to make hallucinatory public art.
We go into the studio of Kate Just, who's knitting a feminist project bound for the Museum of Contemporary Art.
And Tony Albert and Brook Andrew discuss the legacy of significant Australian artist Gordon Bennett.
Refik Anadol: the artist bringing AI dreams to life
The visionary Turkish artist and his studio collaborate with computers to make hallucinatory public art.
We go into the studio of Kate Just, who's knitting a feminist project bound for the Museum of Contemporary Art.
And Tony Albert and Brook Andrew discuss the legacy of significant Australian artist Gordon Bennett.
Refik Anadol: the artist bringing AI dreams to life
The visionary Turkish artist and his studio collaborate with computers to make hallucinatory public art.
We go into the studio of Kate Just, who's knitting a feminist project bound for the Museum of Contemporary Art.
And Tony Albert and Brook Andrew discuss the legacy of significant Australian artist Gordon Bennett.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
Last year marked 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea. For this RN Summer edition of the Art Show, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
Last year marked 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea. For this RN Summer edition of the Art Show, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
Last year marked 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea. For this RN Summer edition of the Art Show, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
Lindy Lee and Areej Nur
Influential artist Lindy Lee reflects on her long career; plus the art collective Still Nomads claiming new space for young African Australian artists.
Lindy Lee and Areej Nur
Influential artist Lindy Lee reflects on her long career; plus the art collective Still Nomads claiming new space for young African Australian artists.
Lindy Lee and Areej Nur
Influential artist Lindy Lee reflects on her long career; plus the art collective Still Nomads claiming new space for young African Australian artists.
Confronting our fraught family histories
Megan Evans is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose art examines Australia's colonial history, looking at the impact that history has had on her own life and the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Confronting our fraught family histories
Megan Evans is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose art examines Australia's colonial history, looking at the impact that history has had on her own life and the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Confronting our fraught family histories
Megan Evans is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose art examines Australia's colonial history, looking at the impact that history has had on her own life and the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
What does access look like in the arts?
Carly Findlay OAM joins The Art Show to celebrate International Day of People with Disability. Carly and Namila discuss access and creativity with installation artist Eugenie Lee, painter Digby Webster and blacksmith Ceilidh Dalton.
What does access look like in the arts?
Carly Findlay OAM joins The Art Show to celebrate International Day of People with Disability. Carly and Namila discuss access and creativity with installation artist Eugenie Lee, painter Digby Webster and blacksmith Ceilidh Dalton.
What does access look like in the arts?
Carly Findlay OAM joins The Art Show to celebrate International Day of People with Disability. Carly and Namila discuss access and creativity with installation artist Eugenie Lee, painter Digby Webster and blacksmith Ceilidh Dalton.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Judy Watson on using beauty to confront Australia's colonial history
In her latest work, artist Judy Watson investigates our relationship to ancient sites, drawing viewers in with beguiling works of art that ask us to confront Australia's brutal colonial history
Judy Watson on using beauty to confront Australia's colonial history
In her latest work, artist Judy Watson investigates our relationship to ancient sites, drawing viewers in with beguiling works of art that ask us to confront Australia's brutal colonial history
Judy Watson on using beauty to confront Australia's colonial history
In her latest work, artist Judy Watson investigates our relationship to ancient sites, drawing viewers in with beguiling works of art that ask us to confront Australia's brutal colonial history
Polly Borland: 'The difficult things have to be looked at'
Australian artist Polly Borland reflects on politics, grown up men dressing as babies and why her art sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable.
Polly Borland: 'The difficult things have to be looked at'
Australian artist Polly Borland reflects on politics, grown up men dressing as babies and why her art sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable.
Polly Borland: 'The difficult things have to be looked at'
Australian artist Polly Borland reflects on politics, grown up men dressing as babies and why her art sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable.
Griselda Pollock: 'It's a delusion to think you make any progress'
Griselda Pollock, Holberg Prize winner and professor of art history at the University of Leeds, discusses the absence of women in Western art history and how she believes it's delusional to think society is making any progress on the issue of women's rights.
Griselda Pollock: 'It's a delusion to think you make any progress'
Griselda Pollock, Holberg Prize winner and professor of art history at the University of Leeds, discusses the absence of women in Western art history and how she believes it's delusional to think society is making any progress on the issue of women's rights.
Griselda Pollock: 'It's a delusion to think you make any progress'
Griselda Pollock, Holberg Prize winner and professor of art history at the University of Leeds, discusses the absence of women in Western art history and how she believes it's delusional to think society is making any progress on the issue of women's rights.
Kay Rufai on creating change with black boy joy
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project is a visual and audio project that flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys on their head to create healing and social change.
Kay Rufai on creating change with black boy joy
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project is a visual and audio project that flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys on their head to create healing and social change.
Kay Rufai on creating change with black boy joy
Kay Rufai's Smile-ing Boys Project is a visual and audio project that flips negative stereotypes and perceptions associated with young black boys on their head to create healing and social change.
Michael Zavros on Money, Migration and Mannequins
Art and life tend to merge in the work of Australian artist Michael Zavros, but the man at the centre of his new collection of images - the handsome middle-aged guy who looks exactly like Michael! - isn't the artist at all.
Michael Zavros on Money, Migration and Mannequins
Art and life tend to merge in the work of Australian artist Michael Zavros, but the man at the centre of his new collection of images - the handsome middle-aged guy who looks exactly like Michael! - isn't the artist at all.
Michael Zavros on Money, Migration and Mannequins
Art and life tend to merge in the work of Australian artist Michael Zavros, but the man at the centre of his new collection of images - the handsome middle-aged guy who looks exactly like Michael! - isn't the artist at all.
Hetti Perkins and Australia's 40,000 year history of artists as cultural activists
Curator Hetti Perkins discusses how artists and activists have always put their lives and livelihoods on the line for their communities.
Hetti Perkins and Australia's 40,000 year history of artists as cultural activists
Curator Hetti Perkins discusses how artists and activists have always put their lives and livelihoods on the line for their communities.
Hetti Perkins and Australia's 40,000 year history of artists as cultural activists
Curator Hetti Perkins discusses how artists and activists have always put their lives and livelihoods on the line for their communities.
Brook Andrew is leading artists in urgent times
Brook Andrew's passions have never been contained to the artist's studio, from his interest in the anonymous sitters of early ethnographic photographs and memorials to the lives lost in Australia's frontier wars, to the repatriation of Aboriginal remains. Brook speaks to guest host Rosa Ellen about what drives him and what he set out to do as the first Indigenous artistic director of the Biennale of Sydney, which he renamed NIRIN.
Brook Andrew is leading artists in urgent times
Brook Andrew's passions have never been contained to the artist's studio, from his interest in the anonymous sitters of early ethnographic photographs and memorials to the lives lost in Australia's frontier wars, to the repatriation of Aboriginal remains. Brook speaks to guest host Rosa Ellen about what drives him and what he set out to do as the first Indigenous artistic director of the Biennale of Sydney, which he renamed NIRIN.
Brook Andrew is leading artists in urgent times
Brook Andrew's passions have never been contained to the artist's studio, from his interest in the anonymous sitters of early ethnographic photographs and memorials to the lives lost in Australia's frontier wars, to the repatriation of Aboriginal remains. Brook speaks to guest host Rosa Ellen about what drives him and what he set out to do as the first Indigenous artistic director of the Biennale of Sydney, which he renamed NIRIN.
Lindy Lee on finding belonging as an artist
Lindy Lee reflects on what it means to belong as a Chinese Australian artist living and working in Australia today.
Lindy Lee on finding belonging as an artist
Lindy Lee reflects on what it means to belong as a Chinese Australian artist living and working in Australia today.
Lindy Lee on finding belonging as an artist
Lindy Lee reflects on what it means to belong as a Chinese Australian artist living and working in Australia today.
Olivia Laing on loneliness and repair
British writer and critic Olivia Laing reflects on loneliness and the ways art can repair broken societies.
Olivia Laing on loneliness and repair
British writer and critic Olivia Laing reflects on loneliness and the ways art can repair broken societies.
Olivia Laing on loneliness and repair
British writer and critic Olivia Laing reflects on loneliness and the ways art can repair broken societies.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
To mark 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
To mark 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Art and creativity in Papua New Guinea
To mark 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea, we explore the role that art has played in the country's development and engagement with Australia since 1975.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on family, religion and animals
Artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah discusses family, winning the Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize and why his art features so many animals.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on family, religion and animals
Artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah discusses family, winning the Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize and why his art features so many animals.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on family, religion and animals
Artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah discusses family, winning the Australian Muslim Artists Art Prize and why his art features so many animals.
Aretha Brown on confidence in activism and art
What role does confidence play in becoming a visual artist? We find out with First Nations Aboriginal activist and artist, Aretha Brown.
Aretha Brown on confidence in activism and art
What role does confidence play in becoming a visual artist? We find out with First Nations Aboriginal activist and artist, Aretha Brown.
Aretha Brown on confidence in activism and art
What role does confidence play in becoming a visual artist? We find out with First Nations Aboriginal activist and artist, Aretha Brown.
Aretha Brown on confidence in activism and art
What role does confidence play in becoming a visual artist? We find out with First Nations Aboriginal activist and artist, Aretha Brown.
John Kaldor on what's next and who he's excited by now
Since successfully bringing Christo's Wrapped Coast to Australia, John Kaldor has become one of the country’s most significant collectors and private patrons. Where to next, and who is he excited by now?
John Kaldor on what's next and who he's excited by now
Since successfully bringing Christo's Wrapped Coast to Australia, John Kaldor has become one of the country’s most significant collectors and private patrons. Where to next, and who is he excited by now?
John Kaldor on what's next and who he's excited by now
Since successfully bringing Christo's Wrapped Coast to Australia, John Kaldor has become one of the country’s most significant collectors and private patrons. Where to next, and who is he excited by now?
Jasmine Togo-Brisby on creating South Sea spaces
Jasmine Togo-Brisby is a fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander whose work examines her family's stories, including those of her great-grandmother who was just eight years old when she was stolen from a beach in Vanuatu in 1899.
Jasmine Togo-Brisby on creating South Sea spaces
Jasmine Togo-Brisby is a fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander whose work examines her family's stories, including those of her great-grandmother who was just eight years old when she was stolen from a beach in Vanuatu in 1899.
Jasmine Togo-Brisby on creating South Sea spaces
Jasmine Togo-Brisby is a fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander whose work examines her family's stories, including those of her great-grandmother who was just eight years old when she was stolen from a beach in Vanuatu in 1899.
Body talk: Julie Rrap's creative journey around the female form
Artist Julie Rrap has been preoccupied with the female body since the 1980s, so what is her take on the changing politics of the body happening in visual art right now?
Painter Ash Keating tells us about his favourite tool of the trade - the fire extinguisher! - as part of our Artist's Tools series.
Plus, an artist couple who turned lockdown into video art.
Body talk: Julie Rrap's creative journey around the female form
Artist Julie Rrap has been preoccupied with the female body since the 1980s, so what is her take on the changing politics of the body happening in visual art right now?
Painter Ash Keating tells us about his favourite tool of the trade - the fire extinguisher! - as part of our Artist's Tools series.
Plus, an artist couple who turned lockdown into video art.
Body talk: Julie Rrap's creative journey around the female form
Artist Julie Rrap has been preoccupied with the female body since the 1980s, so what is her take on the changing politics of the body happening in visual art right now?
Painter Ash Keating tells us about his favourite tool of the trade - the fire extinguisher! - as part of our Artist's Tools series.
Plus, an artist couple who turned lockdown into video art.
An African Australian art collective making space where there was none
Areej Nur co-founded Still Nomads to create room for the wealth of artistic talent in the African diasporic community. She tells us why it's been such a success and what it exposes in Australia's art scene.
Plus, how are artists who are parents making work right now, especially during a pandemic?
An African Australian art collective making space where there was none
Areej Nur co-founded Still Nomads to create room for the wealth of artistic talent in the African diasporic community. She tells us why it's been such a success and what it exposes in Australia's art scene.
Plus, how are artists who are parents making work right now, especially during a pandemic?
An African Australian art collective making space where there was none
Areej Nur co-founded Still Nomads to create room for the wealth of artistic talent in the African diasporic community. She tells us why it's been such a success and what it exposes in Australia's art scene.
Plus, how are artists who are parents making work right now, especially during a pandemic?
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Sebastian Smee on criticism during COVID
Pulitzer prize-winning Australian art critic Sebastian Smee on finding new ways to work as a critic during the pandemic, being an ally and how he came to art.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In his latest book, A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In his latest book, A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In his latest book, A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
Maree Clarke on maintaining cultural practices
After three decades in the visual arts world, Maree Clarke's practice continues to evolve, inspired by places and objects, and even roadkill!
Maree Clarke on maintaining cultural practices
After three decades in the visual arts world, Maree Clarke's practice continues to evolve, inspired by places and objects, and even roadkill!
Maree Clarke on maintaining cultural practices
After three decades in the visual arts world, Maree Clarke's practice continues to evolve, inspired by places and objects, and even roadkill!
Liz Ann Macgregor on running the most popular contemporary art museum in the world
We meet Liz Ann Macgregor, the museum director who began her career driving a truck around Scotland, and wound up running Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art - the most visited contemporary art museum in the world!
Liz Ann Macgregor on running the most popular contemporary art museum in the world
We meet Liz Ann Macgregor, the museum director who began her career driving a truck around Scotland, and wound up running Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art - the most visited contemporary art museum in the world!
Liz Ann Macgregor on running the most popular contemporary art museum in the world
We meet Liz Ann Macgregor, the museum director who began her career driving a truck around Scotland, and wound up running Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art - the most visited contemporary art museum in the world!
Djon Mundine on creating Aboriginal memorials
Djon Mundine OAM is a writer, curator, activist and self-described 'occasional artist'. He reflects on the importance of creating memorials to Aboriginal people across Australia, including the regions.
Djon Mundine on creating Aboriginal memorials
Djon Mundine OAM is a writer, curator, activist and self-described 'occasional artist'. He reflects on the importance of creating memorials to Aboriginal people across Australia, including the regions.
Djon Mundine on creating Aboriginal memorials
Djon Mundine OAM is a writer, curator, activist and self-described 'occasional artist'. He reflects on the importance of creating memorials to Aboriginal people across Australia, including the regions.
Callum Morton on monuments, art and activism
Artist Callum Morton turns his attention to the Sirius Building in The Rocks in Sydney, and reflects on the nature of monuments and activism, in light of the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the world.
Callum Morton on monuments, art and activism
Artist Callum Morton turns his attention to the Sirius Building in The Rocks in Sydney, and reflects on the nature of monuments and activism, in light of the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the world.
Callum Morton on monuments, art and activism
Artist Callum Morton turns his attention to the Sirius Building in The Rocks in Sydney, and reflects on the nature of monuments and activism, in light of the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the world.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Lisa Hilli on how her black experience shapes her creativity
Pacific Melanesian artist Lisa Hilli shares how her black experience shapes her creativity, from the texture of her afro hair to capturing the joy of black sisterhood, it's all embedded in her art.
Marking skin with Julia Mage'au Gray
Across Oceania, tattoos or markings are a cultural statement of who you are. Julia Mage'au Gray is an Auckland-based dancer, photographer and filmmaker from Papua New Guinea who is reviving Melanesian skin marking.
Marking skin with Julia Mage'au Gray
Across Oceania, tattoos or markings are a cultural statement of who you are. Julia Mage'au Gray is an Auckland-based dancer, photographer and filmmaker from Papua New Guinea who is reviving Melanesian skin marking.
Marking skin with Julia Mage'au Gray
Across Oceania, tattoos or markings are a cultural statement of who you are. Julia Mage'au Gray is an Auckland-based dancer, photographer and filmmaker from Papua New Guinea who is reviving Melanesian skin marking.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Sandra Hill on art and reconciliation
Sandra Hill was 6 years old when she was taken from her family in 1958. As part of the stolen generation, it wasn't until years later that Sandra found herself able to reconnect with her culture and community through art.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Del Kathryn Barton on the dangers of losing touch with our child selves
Del Kathryn Barton discusses her debut feature film Puff, and the dangers of losing touch with our child selves.
Helen Grace on art and friendship
Has being in isolation changed the way you engage with friends? We speak with artist Helen Grace, whose photography explores ideas of friendship and connection.
Helen Grace on art and friendship
Has being in isolation changed the way you engage with friends? We speak with artist Helen Grace, whose photography explores ideas of friendship and connection.
Helen Grace on art and friendship
Has being in isolation changed the way you engage with friends? We speak with artist Helen Grace, whose photography explores ideas of friendship and connection.
Recovery and resilience with Latai Taumoepeau
What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.
Recovery and resilience with Latai Taumoepeau
What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.
Recovery and resilience with Latai Taumoepeau
What happens when your creative tool - your body - shuts down? Tongan Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau discusses reconnecting with her body after illness in order to reconnect with her creativity.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Critiquing the 'colonial propaganda' in our museums
When you go to a museum, do you ever wonder how the objects were acquired? Alice Procter is an Australian art historian who wants us to critique what she terms the 'colonial propaganda' within our museums.
Critiquing the 'colonial propaganda' in our museums
When you go to a museum, do you ever wonder how the objects were acquired? Alice Procter is an Australian art historian who wants us to critique what she terms the 'colonial propaganda' within our museums.
Critiquing the 'colonial propaganda' in our museums
When you go to a museum, do you ever wonder how the objects were acquired? Alice Procter is an Australian art historian who wants us to critique what she terms the 'colonial propaganda' within our museums.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
Jerry Saltz on How to Be an Artist
We speak with Pulitzer prize-winning American art critic, Jerry Saltz about his new book How to Be an Artist, and find out how Quandamooka country on North Stradbroke Island inspires the art of Megan Cope.
The art and life of Joy Hester
This year marks 100 years since the birth of Australian artist, Joy Hester. We celebrate the milestone by reflecting on Hester's art and probe the question: when everything is now 'curated,' what does the word actually mean?
The art and life of Joy Hester
This year marks 100 years since the birth of Australian artist, Joy Hester. We celebrate the milestone by reflecting on Hester's art and probe the question: when everything is now 'curated,' what does the word actually mean?
The art and life of Joy Hester
This year marks 100 years since the birth of Australian artist, Joy Hester. We celebrate the milestone by reflecting on Hester's art and probe the question: when everything is now 'curated,' what does the word actually mean?
Reflecting on touch in an era of isolation
Touch is a huge part of the way we experience the world, so how are our lives being reshaped in this era of physical distancing without touch? We explore these ideas with American photographer Robert Andy Coombs and Australian artist Michelle Vine.
Reflecting on touch in an era of isolation
Touch is a huge part of the way we experience the world, so how are our lives being reshaped in this era of physical distancing without touch? We explore these ideas with American photographer Robert Andy Coombs and Australian artist Michelle Vine.
Reflecting on touch in an era of isolation
Touch is a huge part of the way we experience the world, so how are our lives being reshaped in this era of physical distancing without touch? We explore these ideas with American photographer Robert Andy Coombs and Australian artist Michelle Vine.
What does it mean to be idle?
Turner prize winning artist Helen Cammock reflects on the art of being idle, for Creation in Isolation we check in with members of the Australian arts community adapting their work as a result of COVID-19, and self-described 'propaganda' artist Jonas Staal explains what propaganda art is, how it works, and why he wants to see more of it.
What does it mean to be idle?
Turner prize winning artist Helen Cammock reflects on the art of being idle, for Creation in Isolation we check in with members of the Australian arts community adapting their work as a result of COVID-19, and self-described 'propaganda' artist Jonas Staal explains what propaganda art is, how it works, and why he wants to see more of it.
What does it mean to be idle?
Turner prize winning artist Helen Cammock reflects on the art of being idle, for Creation in Isolation we check in with members of the Australian arts community adapting their work as a result of COVID-19, and self-described 'propaganda' artist Jonas Staal explains what propaganda art is, how it works, and why he wants to see more of it.
COVID-19 and visual art
The Australian artist Sally Smart talks about her planned exhibition and the impact of COVID-19 on artists worldwide. For Home is Where the Art Is, we journey to Polynesia to learn about a garment from Tuvalu called the titi, and we meet renowned APY Lands artist, Robert Fielding.
COVID-19 and visual art
The Australian artist Sally Smart talks about her planned exhibition and the impact of COVID-19 on artists worldwide. For Home is Where the Art Is, we journey to Polynesia to learn about a garment from Tuvalu called the titi, and we meet renowned APY Lands artist, Robert Fielding.
COVID-19 and visual art
The Australian artist Sally Smart talks about her planned exhibition and the impact of COVID-19 on artists worldwide. For Home is Where the Art Is, we journey to Polynesia to learn about a garment from Tuvalu called the titi, and we meet renowned APY Lands artist, Robert Fielding.
Collecting art on a budget
We speak to a couple of art experts who insist you don't need to be a big spender to get started collecting art, drop by the studio of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, and hear about a very special piece of art that connects Melbourne man Guido Melo to Brazil.
Collecting art on a budget
We speak to a couple of art experts who insist you don't need to be a big spender to get started collecting art, drop by the studio of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, and hear about a very special piece of art that connects Melbourne man Guido Melo to Brazil.
Collecting art on a budget
We speak to a couple of art experts who insist you don't need to be a big spender to get started collecting art, drop by the studio of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, and hear about a very special piece of art that connects Melbourne man Guido Melo to Brazil.
Kirsten Lyttle on connecting to culture through photography
Mixed media artist, Kirsten Lyttle, reflects on the ways her arts practice continues to bring her closer to cultural identity. We meet the Serpentine Galleries Curator of General Ecology, Lucia Pietroiusti, and hear about some treasured 'bounce back' Japanese dolls called okiagari-koboshi.
Kirsten Lyttle on connecting to culture through photography
Mixed media artist, Kirsten Lyttle, reflects on the ways her arts practice continues to bring her closer to cultural identity. We meet the Serpentine Galleries Curator of General Ecology, Lucia Pietroiusti, and hear about some treasured 'bounce back' Japanese dolls called okiagari-koboshi.
Kirsten Lyttle on connecting to culture through photography
Mixed media artist, Kirsten Lyttle, reflects on the ways her arts practice continues to bring her closer to cultural identity. We meet the Serpentine Galleries Curator of General Ecology, Lucia Pietroiusti, and hear about some treasured 'bounce back' Japanese dolls called okiagari-koboshi.
The surreal homes of Ian Strange
For a decade, Australian artist Ian Strange has been making art that investigates our complex relationship to the notion of 'home'.
The surreal homes of Ian Strange
For a decade, Australian artist Ian Strange has been making art that investigates our complex relationship to the notion of 'home'.
The surreal homes of Ian Strange
For a decade, Australian artist Ian Strange has been making art that investigates our complex relationship to the notion of 'home'.
What does masculinity look like in Australia today?
Greg Semu and Alun Rhys Jones explore what the ideal of masculinity looks like in contemporary Australia. A clock from the 19th century is counting down to doomsday. And Brian Tucker checks the books at Australia's remote Aboriginal art centres.
What does masculinity look like in Australia today?
Greg Semu and Alun Rhys Jones explore what the ideal of masculinity looks like in contemporary Australia. A clock from the 19th century is counting down to doomsday. And Brian Tucker checks the books at Australia's remote Aboriginal art centres.
What does masculinity look like in Australia today?
Greg Semu and Alun Rhys Jones explore what the ideal of masculinity looks like in contemporary Australia. A clock from the 19th century is counting down to doomsday. And Brian Tucker checks the books at Australia's remote Aboriginal art centres.
Art history greats reimagined on social media
From Kahlo to Klimt, Monet to Matisse... If famous artists from history were alive today, what would they post to their social media?
Art history greats reimagined on social media
From Kahlo to Klimt, Monet to Matisse... If famous artists from history were alive today, what would they post to their social media?
Art history greats reimagined on social media
From Kahlo to Klimt, Monet to Matisse... If famous artists from history were alive today, what would they post to their social media?
Creativity and the gig economy
Have you ever rented out a room in your house to a stranger? If you have, you've been part of the gig economy - that growing sector that promises ease and flexibility to consumers. But what are the costs of working this way? And what might artists learn from looking closely at the gig industry?
Creativity and the gig economy
Have you ever rented out a room in your house to a stranger? If you have, you've been part of the gig economy - that growing sector that promises ease and flexibility to consumers. But what are the costs of working this way? And what might artists learn from looking closely at the gig industry?
Creativity and the gig economy
Have you ever rented out a room in your house to a stranger? If you have, you've been part of the gig economy - that growing sector that promises ease and flexibility to consumers. But what are the costs of working this way? And what might artists learn from looking closely at the gig industry?
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Olafur Eliasson's disappearing glaciers
Two decades ago, artist Olafur Eliasson hired a plane to fly across Iceland so he could document the epic glaciers of his homeland. When he returned years later, many of the glaciers were completely unrecognisable. Or had disappeared altogether.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
Hisham Matar on art, grief and healing
In A Month in Siena, Hisham Matar travels to Tuscany to look at the city's ancient paintings. In the process, he finds himself grieving for his father who disappeared 30 years prior.
100 years of Bauhaus
Last year marked the centenary of the Bauhaus school, which revolutionised art and design. We revisit the legacy of the school in Australia, and meet a costume designer making bodysuits for Beyonce.
100 years of Bauhaus
Last year marked the centenary of the Bauhaus school, which revolutionised art and design. We revisit the legacy of the school in Australia, and meet a costume designer making bodysuits for Beyonce.
100 years of Bauhaus
Last year marked the centenary of the Bauhaus school, which revolutionised art and design. We revisit the legacy of the school in Australia, and meet a costume designer making bodysuits for Beyonce.
Life as a contemporary artist in Australia
Ed speaks to three guests about issues affecting contemporary artists working today, including pay and funding, gallery representation, and attitudes within and towards the art industry.
Life as a contemporary artist in Australia
Ed speaks to three guests about issues affecting contemporary artists working today, including pay and funding, gallery representation, and attitudes within and towards the art industry.
Life as a contemporary artist in Australia
Ed speaks to three guests about issues affecting contemporary artists working today, including pay and funding, gallery representation, and attitudes within and towards the art industry.
The Art of Life — a Children's Hospital Special
Come and visit an extraordinary world where world-class medicine intersects with world-class art; you will meet children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
The Art of Life — a Children's Hospital Special
Come and visit an extraordinary world where world-class medicine intersects with world-class art; you will meet children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
The Art of Life — a Children's Hospital Special
Come and visit an extraordinary world where world-class medicine intersects with world-class art; you will meet children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
The tricks and turns of Marcel Duchamp
When Marcel Duchamp brought a bicycle wheel on a stool into the gallery, he turned ideas of sculpture and authorship on their head. We reflect on the legacy of this great 20th century figure and meet a couple of contemporary art innovators working today.
The tricks and turns of Marcel Duchamp
When Marcel Duchamp brought a bicycle wheel on a stool into the gallery, he turned ideas of sculpture and authorship on their head. We reflect on the legacy of this great 20th century figure and meet a couple of contemporary art innovators working today.
The tricks and turns of Marcel Duchamp
When Marcel Duchamp brought a bicycle wheel on a stool into the gallery, he turned ideas of sculpture and authorship on their head. We reflect on the legacy of this great 20th century figure and meet a couple of contemporary art innovators working today.
Hans and Nora Heysen, shearing sheds and finger painting
Hans and Nora Heysen are renowned for their almost spiritual love of nature, and the way they meticulously observed and painted Australian light, trees, and flowers. Ed speaks to Chris Heysen - grandson of Hans and nephew of Nora - and National Gallery of Victoria curator Angela Hesson about these two important Australian painters.
Hans and Nora Heysen, shearing sheds and finger painting
Hans and Nora Heysen are renowned for their almost spiritual love of nature, and the way they meticulously observed and painted Australian light, trees, and flowers. Ed speaks to Chris Heysen - grandson of Hans and nephew of Nora - and National Gallery of Victoria curator Angela Hesson about these two important Australian painters.
Hans and Nora Heysen, shearing sheds and finger painting
Hans and Nora Heysen are renowned for their almost spiritual love of nature, and the way they meticulously observed and painted Australian light, trees, and flowers. Ed speaks to Chris Heysen - grandson of Hans and nephew of Nora - and National Gallery of Victoria curator Angela Hesson about these two important Australian painters.
Matisse and Picasso: rivals, friends, frenemies
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso are thought of separately as two of the 20th Century's greatest artists, but did you know they had an enduring friendship and rivalry?
Matisse and Picasso: rivals, friends, frenemies
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso are thought of separately as two of the 20th Century's greatest artists, but did you know they had an enduring friendship and rivalry?
Matisse and Picasso: rivals, friends, frenemies
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso are thought of separately as two of the 20th Century's greatest artists, but did you know they had an enduring friendship and rivalry?
Mother courage: Sirli Raitma's unusual photography
The irresistible theme of Water is explored in a new exhibition at GOMA in Queensland. And we meet Estonian photographer Sirli Raitma, and reflect on the life of Australian sculptor Robert Klippel.
Mother courage: Sirli Raitma's unusual photography
The irresistible theme of Water is explored in a new exhibition at GOMA in Queensland. And we meet Estonian photographer Sirli Raitma, and reflect on the life of Australian sculptor Robert Klippel.
Mother courage: Sirli Raitma's unusual photography
The irresistible theme of Water is explored in a new exhibition at GOMA in Queensland. And we meet Estonian photographer Sirli Raitma, and reflect on the life of Australian sculptor Robert Klippel.
Shaun Tan and the human animal connection
Author, illustrator and film-maker Shaun Tan explores our beautiful and complex relationship to animals. And we speak to the provocative Darwin-based artist Therese Ritchie, whose work confronts racism in the Top End.
Shaun Tan and the human animal connection
Author, illustrator and film-maker Shaun Tan explores our beautiful and complex relationship to animals. And we speak to the provocative Darwin-based artist Therese Ritchie, whose work confronts racism in the Top End.
Shaun Tan and the human animal connection
Author, illustrator and film-maker Shaun Tan explores our beautiful and complex relationship to animals. And we speak to the provocative Darwin-based artist Therese Ritchie, whose work confronts racism in the Top End.
Keith Haring & Jean-Michel Basquiat side by side
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are towering figures in American art. A new exhibition examines the work of the men side by side for the first time.
Keith Haring & Jean-Michel Basquiat side by side
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are towering figures in American art. A new exhibition examines the work of the men side by side for the first time.
Keith Haring & Jean-Michel Basquiat side by side
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are towering figures in American art. A new exhibition examines the work of the men side by side for the first time.
Keith Haring & Jean-Michel Basquiat side by side
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are towering figures in American art. A new exhibition examines the work of the men side by side for the first time.
Finding power and beauty in the individual
Atong Atem is a Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist, whose work features young African Australians looking bold, powerful and regal - a welcome change to the tradition of ethnographic photography. We also visit the studio of Darwin artist Franck Gohier, and delve into the world of monsters and demons in Japan Supernatural at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Finding power and beauty in the individual
Atong Atem is a Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist, whose work features young African Australians looking bold, powerful and regal - a welcome change to the tradition of ethnographic photography. We also visit the studio of Darwin artist Franck Gohier, and delve into the world of monsters and demons in Japan Supernatural at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Finding power and beauty in the individual
Atong Atem is a Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist, whose work features young African Australians looking bold, powerful and regal - a welcome change to the tradition of ethnographic photography. We also visit the studio of Darwin artist Franck Gohier, and delve into the world of monsters and demons in Japan Supernatural at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
British artist Cornelia Parker blows up Sydney
British artist Cornelia Parker never does things by halves. Over the course of her career she's taken on big themes, big moments in history, and exploded them - sometimes quite literally. We also speak to Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei and Australian photographer Sarah Pannell.
British artist Cornelia Parker blows up Sydney
British artist Cornelia Parker never does things by halves. Over the course of her career she's taken on big themes, big moments in history, and exploded them - sometimes quite literally. We also speak to Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei and Australian photographer Sarah Pannell.
British artist Cornelia Parker blows up Sydney
British artist Cornelia Parker never does things by halves. Over the course of her career she's taken on big themes, big moments in history, and exploded them - sometimes quite literally. We also speak to Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei and Australian photographer Sarah Pannell.
Wendy Sharpe in Ethiopia for a residency with a difference
Artist Wendy Sharpe is about to travel to Ethiopia to undertake a residency with a difference and British artist Bruce Monro lights up Darwin.
Wendy Sharpe in Ethiopia for a residency with a difference
Artist Wendy Sharpe is about to travel to Ethiopia to undertake a residency with a difference and British artist Bruce Monro lights up Darwin.
Wendy Sharpe in Ethiopia for a residency with a difference
Artist Wendy Sharpe is about to travel to Ethiopia to undertake a residency with a difference and British artist Bruce Monro lights up Darwin.
Tarnanthi: Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2019
Plus critic Tai Snaith reviews the Melbourne exhibition Hope Dies Last and we revisit the work of Australian modernist photographer Olive Cotton.
Tarnanthi: Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2019
Plus critic Tai Snaith reviews the Melbourne exhibition Hope Dies Last and we revisit the work of Australian modernist photographer Olive Cotton.
Tarnanthi: Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2019
Plus critic Tai Snaith reviews the Melbourne exhibition Hope Dies Last and we revisit the work of Australian modernist photographer Olive Cotton.
The women who forged Brisbane's enduring art scene
The curator of Brisbane Museum's New Woman exhibition, Miranda Hine, gives Ed Ayres a walk-through of the show covering 100 years of women artists in Brisbane.
The women who forged Brisbane's enduring art scene
The curator of Brisbane Museum's New Woman exhibition, Miranda Hine, gives Ed Ayres a walk-through of the show covering 100 years of women artists in Brisbane.
The women who forged Brisbane's enduring art scene
The curator of Brisbane Museum's New Woman exhibition, Miranda Hine, gives Ed Ayres a walk-through of the show covering 100 years of women artists in Brisbane.
Bird nerd: the art of Leila Jeffreys
Sydney artist Leila Jeffreys specialises in bird portraiture, capturing avian creatures in intimate moments of pride and amusement.
Bird nerd: the art of Leila Jeffreys
Sydney artist Leila Jeffreys specialises in bird portraiture, capturing avian creatures in intimate moments of pride and amusement.
Bird nerd: the art of Leila Jeffreys
Sydney artist Leila Jeffreys specialises in bird portraiture, capturing avian creatures in intimate moments of pride and amusement.
Ian Fairweather's letters show the struggling artist behind the wild adventurer
A new book of Ian Fairweather's correspondence shows the man behind the myth.
Ian Fairweather's letters show the struggling artist behind the wild adventurer
A new book of Ian Fairweather's correspondence shows the man behind the myth.
Ian Fairweather's letters show the struggling artist behind the wild adventurer
A new book of Ian Fairweather's correspondence shows the man behind the myth.
Polixeni Papapetrou celebrated in posthumous exhibition
Plus gallerist Lisa Fihelly opens a new commercial gallery representing women artists only.
Polixeni Papapetrou celebrated in posthumous exhibition
Plus gallerist Lisa Fihelly opens a new commercial gallery representing women artists only.
Polixeni Papapetrou celebrated in posthumous exhibition
Plus gallerist Lisa Fihelly opens a new commercial gallery representing women artists only.
KAWS blockbuster shows fragility and darkness in cartoon icons
Plus photographer Richard Wiesel on the moving images he took at the closed archives of concentration camp memorials and Darwin Street Art Festival curator David Collins and Portuguese graffiti artist Odeith.
KAWS blockbuster shows fragility and darkness in cartoon icons
Plus photographer Richard Wiesel on the moving images he took at the closed archives of concentration camp memorials and Darwin Street Art Festival curator David Collins and Portuguese graffiti artist Odeith.
KAWS blockbuster shows fragility and darkness in cartoon icons
Plus photographer Richard Wiesel on the moving images he took at the closed archives of concentration camp memorials and Darwin Street Art Festival curator David Collins and Portuguese graffiti artist Odeith.
Nell summons ritual and rock music in Ghost Songs for Rock Gate
Plus artist Leon Pericles speaks about his wife Moira's experience of Alzheimer's in a new documentary film, light and sound installation artist Haroon Mirza on his electric new work at ACCA and weaver Elisa Carmichael is our studio artist.
Nell summons ritual and rock music in Ghost Songs for Rock Gate
Plus artist Leon Pericles speaks about his wife Moira's experience of Alzheimer's in a new documentary film, light and sound installation artist Haroon Mirza on his electric new work at ACCA and weaver Elisa Carmichael is our studio artist.
Nell summons ritual and rock music in Ghost Songs for Rock Gate
Plus artist Leon Pericles speaks about his wife Moira's experience of Alzheimer's in a new documentary film, light and sound installation artist Haroon Mirza on his electric new work at ACCA and weaver Elisa Carmichael is our studio artist.
50 Years of Kaldor Public Art
Plus, the legendary artist Christo reflects on his first Kaldor Public Art Project, data journalist Mona Chalabi translates spreadsheets into powerful artworks, and jeweller Susan Cohn on making jewellery with a political message.
50 Years of Kaldor Public Art
Plus, the legendary artist Christo reflects on his first Kaldor Public Art Project, data journalist Mona Chalabi translates spreadsheets into powerful artworks, and jeweller Susan Cohn on making jewellery with a political message.
50 Years of Kaldor Public Art
Plus, the legendary artist Christo reflects on his first Kaldor Public Art Project, data journalist Mona Chalabi translates spreadsheets into powerful artworks, and jeweller Susan Cohn on making jewellery with a political message.
Sci Fi artist Lucy McRae
Plus, Hong Kong painter Chow Chun Fai tells Ed about the 'Lennon Walls' popping up around the city, art critic Sebastian Smee explains Renoir-loathing, and Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao is accusing the NGV of self-censoring.
Sci Fi artist Lucy McRae
Plus, Hong Kong painter Chow Chun Fai tells Ed about the 'Lennon Walls' popping up around the city, art critic Sebastian Smee explains Renoir-loathing, and Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao is accusing the NGV of self-censoring.
Sci Fi artist Lucy McRae
Plus, Hong Kong painter Chow Chun Fai tells Ed about the 'Lennon Walls' popping up around the city, art critic Sebastian Smee explains Renoir-loathing, and Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao is accusing the NGV of self-censoring.
Liu Bolin the invisible man
Plus, Tate Modern's Yasufumi Nakamori, Aysha Huq on winning a Young Archie, and ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa on making playful sculptures on serious themes.
Liu Bolin the invisible man
Plus, Tate Modern's Yasufumi Nakamori, Aysha Huq on winning a Young Archie, and ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa on making playful sculptures on serious themes.
Liu Bolin the invisible man
Plus, Tate Modern's Yasufumi Nakamori, Aysha Huq on winning a Young Archie, and ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa on making playful sculptures on serious themes.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Special
with curator Franchesca Cubillio, ANKAA chair Christina Davidson, artists Candy Nelson-Nakmarra, Colin Puruntatameri, and Lisa Waup, and arts workers Elwin Ward, Dora Griffiths, and Lynley Nargoodah. Plus,producer Rosa Ellen takes a look at the rise of Aboriginal textiles in fashion.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Special
with curator Franchesca Cubillio, ANKAA chair Christina Davidson, artists Candy Nelson-Nakmarra, Colin Puruntatameri, and Lisa Waup, and arts workers Elwin Ward, Dora Griffiths, and Lynley Nargoodah. Plus,producer Rosa Ellen takes a look at the rise of Aboriginal textiles in fashion.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Special
with curator Franchesca Cubillio, ANKAA chair Christina Davidson, artists Candy Nelson-Nakmarra, Colin Puruntatameri, and Lisa Waup, and arts workers Elwin Ward, Dora Griffiths, and Lynley Nargoodah. Plus,producer Rosa Ellen takes a look at the rise of Aboriginal textiles in fashion.
Art, money, and ethics
Plus, Danie Mellor is up for another NATSIAA, Justine Bonenfant on embroidering for Beyonce, and Anthony Yung from Asia Art Archive.
Art, money, and ethics
Plus, Danie Mellor is up for another NATSIAA, Justine Bonenfant on embroidering for Beyonce, and Anthony Yung from Asia Art Archive.
Art, money, and ethics
Plus, Danie Mellor is up for another NATSIAA, Justine Bonenfant on embroidering for Beyonce, and Anthony Yung from Asia Art Archive.
SALA artists Hossein Valamanesh and Gavin Wanganeen
Plus, V& A curator Victoria Broackes on pop culture exhibitions, and what is a bookwork?
SALA artists Hossein Valamanesh and Gavin Wanganeen
Plus, V& A curator Victoria Broackes on pop culture exhibitions, and what is a bookwork?
SALA artists Hossein Valamanesh and Gavin Wanganeen
Plus, V& A curator Victoria Broackes on pop culture exhibitions, and what is a bookwork?
Shaun Gladwell the prankster
Plus, Ashley Perry and Samuel Kreusler reimagine Michelangelo's David in First Commissions, and Hannah Reich looks into The Cost of Art.
Shaun Gladwell the prankster
Plus, Ashley Perry and Samuel Kreusler reimagine Michelangelo's David in First Commissions, and Hannah Reich looks into The Cost of Art.
Shaun Gladwell the prankster
Plus, Ashley Perry and Samuel Kreusler reimagine Michelangelo's David in First Commissions, and Hannah Reich looks into The Cost of Art.
Shaun Gladwell the prankster
Plus, Ashley Perry and Samuel Kreusler reimagine Michelangelo's David in First Commissions, and Hannah Reich looks into The Cost of Art.
Artists offer new perspectives for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Plus art meets science for the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Veronica Kent's squid ink on Bruny Island, and Tarn McLean paints the 12 flowers of the zodiac.
Artists offer new perspectives for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Plus art meets science for the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Veronica Kent's squid ink on Bruny Island, and Tarn McLean paints the 12 flowers of the zodiac.
Artists offer new perspectives for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Plus art meets science for the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Veronica Kent's squid ink on Bruny Island, and Tarn McLean paints the 12 flowers of the zodiac.
Artists offer new perspectives for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Plus art meets science for the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Veronica Kent's squid ink on Bruny Island, and Tarn McLean paints the 12 flowers of the zodiac.
Art when you need it most: a children's hospital special
In this special highlights episode, Ed visits Queensland Children's Hospital to speak to children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
Art when you need it most: a children's hospital special
In this special highlights episode, Ed visits Queensland Children's Hospital to speak to children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
Art when you need it most: a children's hospital special
In this special highlights episode, Ed visits Queensland Children's Hospital to speak to children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
Michael Armitage transforms Lubugo cloth into canvas
Plus Kenny Pittock makes art in the studio with clay and witty wordplay, Tai Snaith reviews a show on self-doubt at ACCA, and 2019 Dreaming Award winner Jenna Lee's sojourn to the UK.
Michael Armitage transforms Lubugo cloth into canvas
Plus Kenny Pittock makes art in the studio with clay and witty wordplay, Tai Snaith reviews a show on self-doubt at ACCA, and 2019 Dreaming Award winner Jenna Lee's sojourn to the UK.
Michael Armitage transforms Lubugo cloth into canvas
Plus Kenny Pittock makes art in the studio with clay and witty wordplay, Tai Snaith reviews a show on self-doubt at ACCA, and 2019 Dreaming Award winner Jenna Lee's sojourn to the UK.
How the Reformasi reformed Indonesian art
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How the Reformasi reformed Indonesian art
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How the Reformasi reformed Indonesian art
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Margaret Olley's generous life
Plus, Sidney Nolan works about to go under the hammer, Justine Youssef, and FEM-aFFINITY.
Margaret Olley's generous life
Plus, Sidney Nolan works about to go under the hammer, Justine Youssef, and FEM-aFFINITY.
Margaret Olley's generous life
Plus, Sidney Nolan works about to go under the hammer, Justine Youssef, and FEM-aFFINITY.
Live from Dark Mofo
with artists Julie Gough, Lonnie Holley, Selena de Carvalho, and Costume, plus creative director Leigh Carmichael and associate creative director Hannah Fox.
Live from Dark Mofo
with artists Julie Gough, Lonnie Holley, Selena de Carvalho, and Costume, plus creative director Leigh Carmichael and associate creative director Hannah Fox.
Live from Dark Mofo
with artists Julie Gough, Lonnie Holley, Selena de Carvalho, and Costume, plus creative director Leigh Carmichael and associate creative director Hannah Fox.
Monet's Impression: Sunrise at the NGA
Plus, arts patron Judith Neilson on White Rabbit gallery's 10th birthday, the Partnershipping Project, and a visit to painter Robert Malherbe's Darlinghurst studio.
Monet's Impression: Sunrise at the NGA
Plus, arts patron Judith Neilson on White Rabbit gallery's 10th birthday, the Partnershipping Project, and a visit to painter Robert Malherbe's Darlinghurst studio.
Monet's Impression: Sunrise at the NGA
Plus, arts patron Judith Neilson on White Rabbit gallery's 10th birthday, the Partnershipping Project, and a visit to painter Robert Malherbe's Darlinghurst studio.
Art good enough to eat... or not
LA-based MacArthur fellowship award-winning artist Wu Tsang on docufantasy, shelling stringing artist Aunty Lola Greeno has won a Red Ochre Award for lifetime achievement, Ed visits Elizabeth Willing's tasty(?) studio to find out how she makes art out of food, Noni Cragg and Warraba Weatherall on While You Were Sleeping.
Art good enough to eat... or not
LA-based MacArthur fellowship award-winning artist Wu Tsang on docufantasy, shelling stringing artist Aunty Lola Greeno has won a Red Ochre Award for lifetime achievement, Ed visits Elizabeth Willing's tasty(?) studio to find out how she makes art out of food, Noni Cragg and Warraba Weatherall on While You Were Sleeping.
Art good enough to eat... or not
LA-based MacArthur fellowship award-winning artist Wu Tsang on docufantasy, shelling stringing artist Aunty Lola Greeno has won a Red Ochre Award for lifetime achievement, Ed visits Elizabeth Willing's tasty(?) studio to find out how she makes art out of food, Noni Cragg and Warraba Weatherall on While You Were Sleeping.
The fireworks of Cai Guo-Qiang x Terracotta Warriors, fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, ceramicist Shannon Garson
Gunpowder and firework artist Cai Guo-Qiang and NGV curator Wayne Crothers on the Terracotta Warriors, New York-based fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, and ceramicist Shannon Garson brings her wheel into the studio.
The fireworks of Cai Guo-Qiang x Terracotta Warriors, fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, ceramicist Shannon Garson
Gunpowder and firework artist Cai Guo-Qiang and NGV curator Wayne Crothers on the Terracotta Warriors, New York-based fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, and ceramicist Shannon Garson brings her wheel into the studio.
The fireworks of Cai Guo-Qiang x Terracotta Warriors, fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, ceramicist Shannon Garson
Gunpowder and firework artist Cai Guo-Qiang and NGV curator Wayne Crothers on the Terracotta Warriors, New York-based fingerpainting artist Iris Scott, and ceramicist Shannon Garson brings her wheel into the studio.
Tony Costa wins the Archibald, Venice Biennale, Nicolette Johnson at Brisbane Art Design Festival
Tony Costa on his Archibald-winning portrait of Lindy Lee, Labor's arts policy, Vincent O'Donnell checks out the Venice Biennale, and ceramicist Nicolette Johnson at BAD.
Tony Costa wins the Archibald, Venice Biennale, Nicolette Johnson at Brisbane Art Design Festival
Tony Costa on his Archibald-winning portrait of Lindy Lee, Labor's arts policy, Vincent O'Donnell checks out the Venice Biennale, and ceramicist Nicolette Johnson at BAD.
Tony Costa wins the Archibald, Venice Biennale, Nicolette Johnson at Brisbane Art Design Festival
Tony Costa on his Archibald-winning portrait of Lindy Lee, Labor's arts policy, Vincent O'Donnell checks out the Venice Biennale, and ceramicist Nicolette Johnson at BAD.
Sculptural street artist Leonie Rhodes, ZOFO, Jeffrey Smart: Constructed world
Sculptor featured at Brisbane Street Art Festival Leonie Rhodes joins Ed as this week's studio artist, piano duo ZOFO on their latest show of pieces inspired by artworks, and AGNSW curator Hannah Hutchison on the constructed worlds of Jeffrey Smart.
Sculptural street artist Leonie Rhodes, ZOFO, Jeffrey Smart: Constructed world
Sculptor featured at Brisbane Street Art Festival Leonie Rhodes joins Ed as this week's studio artist, piano duo ZOFO on their latest show of pieces inspired by artworks, and AGNSW curator Hannah Hutchison on the constructed worlds of Jeffrey Smart.
Podcast special: You've heard of the Archibald - but what even is the Sulman Prize?
Ed sits down with 2019 Sulman Prize finalist and 2015 winner Jason Phu, 2018 Sulman Prize judge Angela Tiatia, and critic Gabriella Coslovich.
Podcast special: You've heard of the Archibald - but what even is the Sulman Prize?
Ed sits down with 2019 Sulman Prize finalist and 2015 winner Jason Phu, 2018 Sulman Prize judge Angela Tiatia, and critic Gabriella Coslovich.
The essential Duchamp, Rosslynd Piggott, Asad Raza
Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Matthew Affron on the readymades of Marcel Duchamp at AGNSW, Rosslynd Piggott on her exhibition I sense you but I cannot see you at the NGV, and Asad Raza on his Kaldor Public Art Project at Carriageworks.
The essential Duchamp, Rosslynd Piggott, Asad Raza
Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Matthew Affron on the readymades of Marcel Duchamp at AGNSW, Rosslynd Piggott on her exhibition I sense you but I cannot see you at the NGV, and Asad Raza on his Kaldor Public Art Project at Carriageworks.
Notre Dame "miracles", Anh Do, Lisa Walker
Director of the Institut national du patrimoine Charles Personnaz joins Ed from Paris to share the latest on the Notre Dame fire, Anh Do on painting portraits and the fourth series of Anh's Brush with Fame, New Zealand jeweller and artist Lisa Walker on where the two intersect.
Notre Dame "miracles", Anh Do, Lisa Walker
Director of the Institut national du patrimoine Charles Personnaz joins Ed from Paris to share the latest on the Notre Dame fire, Anh Do on painting portraits and the fourth series of Anh's Brush with Fame, New Zealand jeweller and artist Lisa Walker on where the two intersect.
The Art of Life — a Children's Hospital Special
Come and visit an extraordinary world where world-class medicine intersects with world-class art; you will meet children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
The Art of Life — a Children's Hospital Special
Come and visit an extraordinary world where world-class medicine intersects with world-class art; you will meet children, emergency doctors, and artists to find out how art is not only on the walls, but literally built into the hospital from the ground up.
Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor, MECA collection, NAVA on the next decade of cultural policy, vale Kunmanara Williams, paint-by-numbers
Alexander Calder's grandson Alexander S. C. Rower and curator Elizabeth Hutton Turner on the artist's radical inventions on show at the NGV, Milingimbi art collection on show for first time in decades, NAVA asks what the next ten years of cultural policy could look like, and we say goodbye to APY Lands artist Kunmanara Williams and paint-by-numbers founder Dan Robbins.
Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor, MECA collection, NAVA on the next decade of cultural policy, vale Kunmanara Williams, paint-by-numbers
Alexander Calder's grandson Alexander S. C. Rower and curator Elizabeth Hutton Turner on the artist's radical inventions on show at the NGV, Milingimbi art collection on show for first time in decades, NAVA asks what the next ten years of cultural policy could look like, and we say goodbye to APY Lands artist Kunmanara Williams and paint-by-numbers founder Dan Robbins.
Bauhaus turns 100, The Tale of Genji, Federal budget, Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award
We celebrate Bauhaus' centenary with director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Dr Claudia Perren, Professor Andrew McNamara from QUT - who is recreating works by Bauhaus immigrant to Australia Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack - and Washington Post art critic Sebastian Smee, who also discusses The Tale of Genji exhibition at The Met. ABC national arts, culture and entertainment reporter Michaela Boland joins Ed to discuss the Morrison government's budget, and we meet the winners of the Kestin Indigenous Il
Bauhaus turns 100, The Tale of Genji, Federal budget, Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award
We celebrate Bauhaus' centenary with director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Dr Claudia Perren, Professor Andrew McNamara from QUT - who is recreating works by Bauhaus immigrant to Australia Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack - and Washington Post art critic Sebastian Smee, who also discusses The Tale of Genji exhibition at The Met. ABC national arts, culture and entertainment reporter Michaela Boland joins Ed to discuss the Morrison government's budget, and we meet the winners of the Kestin Indigenous Il
The National 2019: New Australian Art
In this special episode broadcast from Sydney, Ed visits the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Carriageworks to meet some of the artists and curators behind The National, a showcase of Australian contemporary art. Kylie Banyard joins Ed as this week's studio artist, and we hear from artists Amrita Hepi, Tom Mùller, and James Nguyen about issues around pay, funding and representation affecting contemporary artists in Australia.
The National 2019: New Australian Art
In this special episode broadcast from Sydney, Ed visits the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Carriageworks to meet some of the artists and curators behind The National, a showcase of Australian contemporary art. Kylie Banyard joins Ed as this week's studio artist, and we hear from artists Amrita Hepi, Tom Mùller, and James Nguyen about issues around pay, funding and representation affecting contemporary artists in Australia.
Hans and Nora Heysen, Lyon Housemuseum, Tudors to Windsors, vale Edmund Capon
Chris Heysen and NGV curator Angela Hesson on important 20th-century Australian painters, father and daughter artists Hans and Nora Heysen, vale Edmund Capon in Arts News, Fiona Gruber visits Melbourne's Lyon Housemuseum on the opening of a new public gallery next door, and Bendigo Art Gallery's Tansy Curtin and London's National Portrait Gallery's Charlotte Boland on Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Hans and Nora Heysen, Lyon Housemuseum, Tudors to Windsors, vale Edmund Capon
Chris Heysen and NGV curator Angela Hesson on important 20th-century Australian painters, father and daughter artists Hans and Nora Heysen, vale Edmund Capon in Arts News, Fiona Gruber visits Melbourne's Lyon Housemuseum on the opening of a new public gallery next door, and Bendigo Art Gallery's Tansy Curtin and London's National Portrait Gallery's Charlotte Boland on Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Art Month's 10th anniversary, The Tom Malone Prize, Eyes as Big as Plates, Rone's Empire
Established Sydney gallerists Michael Reid and Roslyn Oxley, and manager of the 12-month old APY Art Centre Collective Skye O'Meara, sit down with Ed to discuss the state of play for commercial galleries and how the market has changed over the last 10 years since Sydney's Art Month began, we find out the winner of this year's Tom Malone Prize in Arts News with Claire Nichols, Scandinavian artists Riita Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth turn elderly people into mystical beings in their photography serie
Art Month's 10th anniversary, The Tom Malone Prize, Eyes as Big as Plates, Rone's Empire
Established Sydney gallerists Michael Reid and Roslyn Oxley, and manager of the 12-month old APY Art Centre Collective Skye O'Meara, sit down with Ed to discuss the state of play for commercial galleries and how the market has changed over the last 10 years since Sydney's Art Month began, we find out the winner of this year's Tom Malone Prize in Arts News with Claire Nichols, Scandinavian artists Riita Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth turn elderly people into mystical beings in their photography serie
Art x Fashion special
Jewellery designer Rene Skelton works in studio, has fashion found its place in the art world? RMIT head of fashion and design Professor Robyn Healy, Sass & Bide co-founder Heidi Middleton, and writer and curator Miranda Hine discuss, the NSW inquiry into museums report in Arts News with Claire Nichols, the catwalk comes to the gallery for Gorman: Ten Years of Collaborating at Heide Museum of Modern Art, and the art of the suit with Daniel Friedman of LGBTQ tailoring specialists Bindle & Keep.
Art x Fashion special
Jewellery designer Rene Skelton works in studio, has fashion found its place in the art world? RMIT head of fashion and design Professor Robyn Healy, Sass & Bide co-founder Heidi Middleton, and writer and curator Miranda Hine discuss, the NSW inquiry into museums report in Arts News with Claire Nichols, the catwalk comes to the gallery for Gorman: Ten Years of Collaborating at Heide Museum of Modern Art, and the art of the suit with Daniel Friedman of LGBTQ tailoring specialists Bindle & Keep.
Step into Quilty's world, National Photographic Portrait Prize winner Alana Holmberg, Janet Laurence: After Nature
Ben Quilty on the defining moments of his career and the first major survey of his work - Quilty, Alana Holmberg on her National Photographic Portrait Prize-winning shot of her pregnant sister, the contents of Mirka Mora's studio up for auction in Arts News, and Janet Laurence on her 30-year career combining art and natural history, ahead of her major exhibition opening at the MCA.
Step into Quilty's world, National Photographic Portrait Prize winner Alana Holmberg, Janet Laurence: After Nature
Ben Quilty on the defining moments of his career and the first major survey of his work - Quilty, Alana Holmberg on her National Photographic Portrait Prize-winning shot of her pregnant sister, the contents of Mirka Mora's studio up for auction in Arts News, and Janet Laurence on her 30-year career combining art and natural history, ahead of her major exhibition opening at the MCA.
Watermarks uses beauty to show ugly truths, how to look at a painting, Lisa Reihana's In Pursuit of Venus (Infected), Wandjina misappropriation
Photographer Paul Harmon showcases degradation of the Murray-Darling Basin in Watermarks at Casula Powerhouse, how to look at a painting and not get overwhelmed in galleries according to AGNSW's Justin Paton, New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana's video work In Pursuit of Venus (Infected) at Adelaide Festival, American whaler graffiti on rock art in the Pilbara, and misuse of the sacred Wandjina.
Watermarks uses beauty to show ugly truths, how to look at a painting, Lisa Reihana's In Pursuit of Venus (Infected), Wandjina misappropriation
Photographer Paul Harmon showcases degradation of the Murray-Darling Basin in Watermarks at Casula Powerhouse, how to look at a painting and not get overwhelmed in galleries according to AGNSW's Justin Paton, New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana's video work In Pursuit of Venus (Infected) at Adelaide Festival, American whaler graffiti on rock art in the Pilbara, and misuse of the sacred Wandjina.
Shearing shed art, Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley, textile studio artist Martina Latimer
Textile designer Martina Latimer brings her sewing machine into the studio, Ed visits a shearing shed with watercolourist Christine Porter, Claire Nichols takes us to Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley at AGWA, and a NSW museum inquiry wraps up in Arts News.
Shearing shed art, Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley, textile studio artist Martina Latimer
Textile designer Martina Latimer brings her sewing machine into the studio, Ed visits a shearing shed with watercolourist Christine Porter, Claire Nichols takes us to Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley at AGWA, and a NSW museum inquiry wraps up in Arts News.
Treasures from Taipei's National Palace Museum, Cassils, Just Not Australian review
Chinese art curator from the Art Gallery of New South Wales Yin Cao describes some of the treasures from Taipei's National Palace Museum on display in the exhibition Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art, Kwementyaye Ngallametta is remembered in arts news with Claire Nichols, US-based artist Cassils explains how they use their body in performance works and sculpture to fight for transgender rights ahead of their exhibition at PICA, and Fiona Gruber reviews Just Not Australian at Artspace in Sydney.
Treasures from Taipei's National Palace Museum, Cassils, Just Not Australian review
Chinese art curator from the Art Gallery of New South Wales Yin Cao describes some of the treasures from Taipei's National Palace Museum on display in the exhibition Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art, Kwementyaye Ngallametta is remembered in arts news with Claire Nichols, US-based artist Cassils explains how they use their body in performance works and sculpture to fight for transgender rights ahead of their exhibition at PICA, and Fiona Gruber reviews Just Not Australian at Artspace in Sydney.
Patricia Piccinini & Joy Hester at TarraWarra, fake Indigenous art, Badu Gili
Patricia Piccinini and TarraWarra Museum of Art director Victoria Lynn on the double-header exhibition featuring Piccinini and Joy Hester, US galleries re-open as the federal shutdown ends in arts news, Quandamooka lawyer Stephanie Parkin and CEO of the Indigenous Art Code Gabrielle Sullivan on the report into fake Indigenous art, and Central Arrernte and Mudburra elder Patricia Ansell Dodds on having her work on the Sydney Opera House sails as part of Badu Gili.
Patricia Piccinini & Joy Hester at TarraWarra, fake Indigenous art, Badu Gili
Patricia Piccinini and TarraWarra Museum of Art director Victoria Lynn on the double-header exhibition featuring Piccinini and Joy Hester, US galleries re-open as the federal shutdown ends in arts news, Quandamooka lawyer Stephanie Parkin and CEO of the Indigenous Art Code Gabrielle Sullivan on the report into fake Indigenous art, and Central Arrernte and Mudburra elder Patricia Ansell Dodds on having her work on the Sydney Opera House sails as part of Badu Gili.
Brett & Wendy, Mona Foma, and Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul
Wendy Whiteley and director Kim Carpenter on Brett & Wendy... A Love Story Bound by Art at Sydney Festival, Gabriella Coslovich on Mona Foma in Launceston, a political debate over Sydney's Powerhouse Museum in arts news with Claire Nichols, and curator Barry Pearce on the national touring exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul.
Brett & Wendy, Mona Foma, and Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul
Wendy Whiteley and director Kim Carpenter on Brett & Wendy... A Love Story Bound by Art at Sydney Festival, Gabriella Coslovich on Mona Foma in Launceston, a political debate over Sydney's Powerhouse Museum in arts news with Claire Nichols, and curator Barry Pearce on the national touring exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul.
Brett & Wendy, Mona Foma, and Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul
Wendy Whiteley and director Kim Carpenter on Brett & Wendy... A Love Story Bound by Art at Sydney Festival, Gabriella Coslovich on Mona Foma in Launceston, a political debate over Sydney's Powerhouse Museum in arts news with Claire Nichols, and curator Barry Pearce on the national touring exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul.
Highlights: Helen Seiver's healing through art, Imants Tillers in Latvia, Art Gang, Ben Quilty
In this final edition of summer highlights, we hear from West Australian artist Helen Seiver who has come to terms with her parents' deaths through art, Imants Tillers on his Latvian roots, the Art Gang in Brisbane's West End for creatives who have fallen through the cracks, and Ben Quilty on the problem with Santa Claus and "straight, white men."
Highlights: Helen Seiver's healing through art, Imants Tillers in Latvia, Art Gang, Ben Quilty
In this final edition of summer highlights, we hear from West Australian artist Helen Seiver who has come to terms with her parents' deaths through art, Imants Tillers on his Latvian roots, the Art Gang in Brisbane's West End for creatives who have fallen through the cracks, and Ben Quilty on the problem with Santa Claus and "straight, white men."
Highlights: Children's art special
Dr Barbara Piscitelli on why children's art matters, our youngest studio artists ever, Dr Gai Lindsay on why art teachers need to be confident, an audio postcard from a kindergarten art show, and our Clever Kids on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Highlights: Children's art special
Dr Barbara Piscitelli on why children's art matters, our youngest studio artists ever, Dr Gai Lindsay on why art teachers need to be confident, an audio postcard from a kindergarten art show, and our Clever Kids on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Highlights: Museum of the Moon, Waterborne, 21, Clare Belfrage
British artist Luke Jerrams' Museum of the Moon installation is back in Australia, we take a trip down the River Derwent to contemplate our body's decay in French & Mottershead's Waterborne, Mats Staub explores what it was like to be 21 in different people's lives, and Adelaide artist Clare Belfrage's astonishing glass works.
Highlights: Museum of the Moon, Waterborne, 21, Clare Belfrage
British artist Luke Jerrams' Museum of the Moon installation is back in Australia, we take a trip down the River Derwent to contemplate our body's decay in French & Mottershead's Waterborne, Mats Staub explores what it was like to be 21 in different people's lives, and Adelaide artist Clare Belfrage's astonishing glass works.
Highlights: Ceramic architecture, pie art, Clever Kids, the history of colours
Kenji Uranishi builds with clay in the Hub on Art studio, Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin's pie art, Clever Kids on the Drover's Wife, and paint-maker David Coles on the history of colours in his book Chromatopia.
Highlights: Ceramic architecture, pie art, Clever Kids, the history of colours
Kenji Uranishi builds with clay in the Hub on Art studio, Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin's pie art, Clever Kids on the Drover's Wife, and paint-maker David Coles on the history of colours in his book Chromatopia.
Highlights: Tony Albert's Aboriginalia collection, Murals of Tibet, Cathy & Catherine, Davida Allen
In our first edition of summer highlights, we revisit Tony Albert's Aboriginalia collection and political works, Thomas Laird on the emotional experience of photographing the murals of Tibet, legally deaf and blind artist Cathy Staughton and her friend and muse Catherine Bell, and Davida Allen on the often untold difficulties of motherhood.
Highlights: Tony Albert's Aboriginalia collection, Murals of Tibet, Cathy & Catherine, Davida Allen
In our first edition of summer highlights, we revisit Tony Albert's Aboriginalia collection and political works, Thomas Laird on the emotional experience of photographing the murals of Tibet, legally deaf and blind artist Cathy Staughton and her friend and muse Catherine Bell, and Davida Allen on the often untold difficulties of motherhood.
What made the Pre-Raphaelites edgy, Frida Kahlo's photographs, tinsel art, and your 2019 art guide
Tate curator Carol Jacobi on the rebellious, colourful and fastidious Pre-Raphaelites ahead of the NGA exhibition Love & Desire, Frida Kahlo's love of photography on show at the Bendigo Art Gallery, we get festive in the studio with Brisbane tinsel artist Rachel Burke, and Fiona Gruber gives us her picks on the 2019 art calendar.
What made the Pre-Raphaelites edgy, Frida Kahlo's photographs, tinsel art, and your 2019 art guide
Tate curator Carol Jacobi on the rebellious, colourful and fastidious Pre-Raphaelites ahead of the NGA exhibition Love & Desire, Frida Kahlo's love of photography on show at the Bendigo Art Gallery, we get festive in the studio with Brisbane tinsel artist Rachel Burke, and Fiona Gruber gives us her picks on the 2019 art calendar.
Where are all the women, Escher x nendo, Karla Dickens, Phuong Ngo's Top Shelf
Art historian Joanna Mendelssohn and CoUNTess report founder Elvis Richardson on the gender imbalance in both the art history canon and contemporary art scene in Australia, producer Hannah Reich takes us to the optical illusions of Escher x nendo at the NGV, Karla Dickens on winning the inaugural $80,000 Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund visual artist fellowship, and Phuong Ngo gives us his Top Shelf ahead of his 10-day performance work at Sydney Festival in January.
Where are all the women, Escher x nendo, Karla Dickens, Phuong Ngo's Top Shelf
Art historian Joanna Mendelssohn and CoUNTess report founder Elvis Richardson on the gender imbalance in both the art history canon and contemporary art scene in Australia, producer Hannah Reich takes us to the optical illusions of Escher x nendo at the NGV, Karla Dickens on winning the inaugural $80,000 Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund visual artist fellowship, and Phuong Ngo gives us his Top Shelf ahead of his 10-day performance work at Sydney Festival in January.
Kwementyaye Petyarre, Eleanor and James Avery, Sebastian Smee on Hilma af Klint, Nick Cave's UNTIL
Kwementyaye Petyarre has died at around the age of 80, Eleanor and James Avery bring some of their pop culture-inspired public art process to the studio, arts news with Claire Nichols, critic Sebastian Smee on mother of abstraction Hilma af Klint, and Sana Qadar takes us to Nick Cave's UNTIL at Carriageworks.
Kwementyaye Petyarre, Eleanor and James Avery, Sebastian Smee on Hilma af Klint, Nick Cave's UNTIL
Kwementyaye Petyarre has died at around the age of 80, Eleanor and James Avery bring some of their pop culture-inspired public art process to the studio, arts news with Claire Nichols, critic Sebastian Smee on mother of abstraction Hilma af Klint, and Sana Qadar takes us to Nick Cave's UNTIL at Carriageworks.
APT9, Tungaru: The Kiribati Project, a dementia-friendly gallery tour, the psychology of art
Eddie visits the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane and Tungaru: The Kiribati Project drops into the studio, producer Wendy Love takes us on a gallery tour for people with dementia, and Boston College psychologist Ellen Winner on whether there is such a thing as "good" art and why we like what we like.
APT9, Tungaru: The Kiribati Project, a dementia-friendly gallery tour, the psychology of art
Eddie visits the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane and Tungaru: The Kiribati Project drops into the studio, producer Wendy Love takes us on a gallery tour for people with dementia, and Boston College psychologist Ellen Winner on whether there is such a thing as "good" art and why we like what we like.
Adventurous art: Peter Anderson's expeditions, David Roberts, Van Gogh's Starry Night, the Overwintering Project
Peter Anderson shares his experiences sailing - and painting - the world as this week's studio artist, David Roberts on lugging 50kg of camera gear to the Arctic circle, Martin Bailey on Vincent van Gogh's time in an asylum, and Kate Gorringe-Smith's Overwintering Project brings together printmaking and migratory shorebirds.
Adventurous art: Peter Anderson's expeditions, David Roberts, Van Gogh's Starry Night, the Overwintering Project
Peter Anderson shares his experiences sailing - and painting - the world as this week's studio artist, David Roberts on lugging 50kg of camera gear to the Arctic circle, Martin Bailey on Vincent van Gogh's time in an asylum, and Kate Gorringe-Smith's Overwintering Project brings together printmaking and migratory shorebirds.
The impact of WW1 on Australian art, Armistice paintings, Steven Rhall, Sebastian Smee on fog sculptures
Historian Margaret Hutchison and art critic/historian Sasha Grishin discuss the impact the "war to end all wars" had on Australian art, Eddie speaks to curator from the Australian War Memorial Anthea Gunn
about two paintings by Australian artists Vida Lahey and Will Dyson that offer distinct perspectives on the end of the war, producer Hannah Reich tours Taungurung artist Steven Rhall's latest exhibition, which challenges museums as colonial and imperialist spaces, and Washington Post art critic
The impact of WW1 on Australian art, Armistice paintings, Steven Rhall, Sebastian Smee on fog sculptures
Historian Margaret Hutchison and art critic/historian Sasha Grishin discuss the impact the "war to end all wars" had on Australian art, Eddie speaks to curator from the Australian War Memorial Anthea Gunn
about two paintings by Australian artists Vida Lahey and Will Dyson that offer distinct perspectives on the end of the war, producer Hannah Reich tours Taungurung artist Steven Rhall's latest exhibition, which challenges museums as colonial and imperialist spaces, and Washington Post art criti
Kellie O'Dempsey's live performance drawing, Nolan, Nick Earls on William Robinson, OzAsia Festival
Kellie O'Dempsey demonstrates her live performance drawing in studio, creating images to project on the wall, producer Julia Peters and Sidney Nolan's daughter Amelda Langslow on ABC TV documentary Nolan, acclaimed author Nick Earls on his new book about artist Brisbane artist William Robinson, and OzAsia Festival showcases installations by Chiharu Shiota and JeeYoung Lee, and a very unusual funeral by Anida Yoeu Ali.
Kellie O'Dempsey's live performance drawing, Nolan, Nick Earls on William Robinson, OzAsia Festival
Kellie O'Dempsey demonstrates her live performance drawing in studio, creating images to project on the wall, producer Julia Peters and Sidney Nolan's daughter Amelda Langslow on ABC TV documentary Nolan, acclaimed author Nick Earls on his new book about artist Brisbane artist William Robinson, and OzAsia Festival showcases installations by Chiharu Shiota and JeeYoung Lee, and a very unusual funeral by Anida Yoeu Ali.
Bryan Dawe's love of Tangier, Art Gang, Jennifer Turpin, A Painted Landscape
Artist and photographer Bryan Dawe - formerly of Clarke & Dawe - on his latest exhibition Chimera based on his recent trips to the Moroccan port town of Tangier, Ed visits the Art Gang at West End Community House in Brisbane, Sydney artist Jennifer Turpin on her kinetic public artworks that respond to nature, Blue Mountains artist Dan Kyle and author Amber Creswell Bell on her book A Painted Landscape.
Bryan Dawe's love of Tangier, Art Gang, Jennifer Turpin, A Painted Landscape
Artist and photographer Bryan Dawe - formerly of Clarke & Dawe - on his latest exhibition Chimera based on his recent trips to the Moroccan port town of Tangier, Ed visits the Art Gang at West End Community House in Brisbane, Sydney artist Jennifer Turpin on her kinetic public artworks that respond to nature, Blue Mountains artist Dan Kyle and author Amber Creswell Bell on her book A Painted Landscape.
Salient takes artists to the Western Front, David Goldblatt, Masters of modern art at the Hermitage, Eva Rothschild
Artists Harrie Fasher and Paul Ferman on Salient at Sydney's ANZAC Memorial, curator Rachel Kent on David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948-2018 at MCA, Morag Fraser on Masters of modern art at the Hermitage at AGNSW, Eva Rothschild on her exhibition Kosmos at ACCA.
Salient takes artists to the Western Front, David Goldblatt, Masters of modern art at the Hermitage, Eva Rothschild
Artists Harrie Fasher and Paul Ferman on Salient at Sydney's ANZAC Memorial, curator Rachel Kent on David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948-2018 at MCA, Morag Fraser on Masters of modern art at the Hermitage at AGNSW, Eva Rothschild on her exhibition Kosmos at ACCA.
James Guppy's lesson on the Dutch Masters, Jun Chen paints Li Cunxin for the NPG's 20:20, Rome: City and Empire
James Guppy on how he emulates Dutch baroque still lifes and why he combines them with businessmen, Jun Chen and Li Cunxin on the portrait Jun painted of the dancer for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition 20/20, Thorsten Opper from the British Museum and Lily Withycombe from the National Museum of Australia on Rome: City and Empire now showing in Canberra.
James Guppy's lesson on the Dutch Masters, Jun Chen paints Li Cunxin for the NPG's 20:20, Rome: City and Empire
James Guppy on how he emulates Dutch baroque still lifes and why he combines them with businessmen, Jun Chen and Li Cunxin on the portrait Jun painted of the dancer for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition 20/20, Thorsten Opper from the British Museum and Lily Withycombe from the National Museum of Australia on Rome: City and Empire now showing in Canberra.
Josh Muir, Polly Borland, Gothic Beauty, Chris Ellis
Yorta Yorta/Gunditjmara multimedia artist Josh Muir creates a work in studio, Polly Borland on her strange figures morphed by stockings and padding in Polyverse at the NGV, artist Sally Smart and curator Tansy Curtin on Gothic Beauty at the Bendigo Art Gallery, and Chris Ellis on painting with Parkinson's and his fascination with the Murray River.
Josh Muir, Polly Borland, Gothic Beauty, Chris Ellis
Yorta Yorta/Gunditjmara multimedia artist Josh Muir creates a work in studio, Polly Borland on her strange figures morphed by stockings and padding in Polyverse at the NGV, artist Sally Smart and curator Tansy Curtin on Gothic Beauty at the Bendigo Art Gallery, and Chris Ellis on painting with Parkinson's and his fascination with the Murray River.
Children's art extravaganza
Leading children's art expert Dr Barbara Piscitelli, young studio artists Monty (5), Felix (7), Maisy (12) and Liv (12), art teach Jess McVeigh, teacher's teacher Dr Gai Lindsay and teaching student Marika Tults join Eddie for a school holiday special on children's art.
Children's art extravaganza
Leading children's art expert Dr Barbara Piscitelli, young studio artists Monty (5), Felix (7), Maisy (12) and Liv (12), art teach Jess McVeigh, teacher's teacher Dr Gai Lindsay and teaching student Marika Tults join Eddie for a school holiday special on children's art.
Floral artists, Ken Unsworth, and how a Fairfax photography archive ended up in America
Florists Anja and Alicia Van Goor bring SPRING right into the studio, Tony Bond and Ken Unsworth on his 60 year career, and American gallery owner Daniel Miller on his mission to get the Sydney Morning Herald photography archive back to Australia
Floral artists, Ken Unsworth, and how a Fairfax photography archive ended up in America
Florists Anja and Alicia Van Goor bring SPRING right into the studio, Tony Bond and Ken Unsworth on his 60 year career, and American gallery owner Daniel Miller on his mission to get the Sydney Morning Herald photography archive back to Australia
Ben Quilty, American Masters, Julia deVille, Burrup Peninsula rock art, Bloodlines
Ben Quilty on Santa's dark side, American Masters at the NGA and Julia deVille at Linden New Art, the World Heritage listing application for rock art on the Burrup Peninsula, Sancintya Mohini Simpson's Bloodlines
Ben Quilty, American Masters, Julia deVille, Burrup Peninsula rock art, Bloodlines
Ben Quilty on Santa's dark side, American Masters at the NGA and Julia deVille at Linden New Art, the World Heritage listing application for rock art on the Burrup Peninsula, Sancintya Mohini Simpson's Bloodlines
Kenji Uranishi, Arthur Murch, Biomess, the Pastor and the Painter
Kenji Uranishi's architecturally-inspired ceramics, Arthur Murch's portrait of Rubina Namatjira returns to Hermannsburg, Biomess and biological arts, Myuran Sukumaran's redemption through art in the Pastor and the Painter
Kenji Uranishi, Arthur Murch, Biomess, the Pastor and the Painter
Kenji Uranishi's architecturally-inspired ceramics, Arthur Murch's portrait of Rubina Namatjira returns to Hermannsburg, Biomess and biological arts, Myuran Sukumaran's redemption through art in the Pastor and the Painter
Vale Mirka Mora, Philip Tinari on Chinese contemporary art, Elizabeth Gower, Mavis Ngallametta
Artist Mirka Mora is remembered for her enormous contribution to the Melbourne arts scene, Beijing's UCCA director Philip Tinari on Chinese contemporary art, Elizabeth Gower's bower bird collage process, Wik artist Mavis Ngallametta on finding her way to tradition
Vale Mirka Mora, Philip Tinari on Chinese contemporary art, Elizabeth Gower, Mavis Ngallametta
Artist Mirka Mora is remembered for her enormous contribution to the Melbourne arts scene, Beijing's UCCA director Philip Tinari on Chinese contemporary art, Elizabeth Gower's bower bird collage process, Wik artist Mavis Ngallametta on finding her way to tradition
Vale Charles Blackman, Sebastian Smee on John Mawurndjul, Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Sancintya Mohini Simpson works on an Indian miniature painting in studio, Bertie Blackman and curator Kendrah Morgan remember painter Charles Blackman and his works, Sebastian Smee reviews John Mawurndjul: I Am the Old and the New at the MCA
Vale Charles Blackman, Sebastian Smee on John Mawurndjul, Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Sancintya Mohini Simpson works on an Indian miniature painting in studio, Bertie Blackman and curator Kendrah Morgan remember painter Charles Blackman and his works, Sebastian Smee reviews John Mawurndjul: I Am the Old and the New at the MCA
James Hornsby, Chromatopia, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
James Hornsby combines the digital and the physical as our studio artist, Claire Nichols with the arts news, David Coles explains the wild history of paint colours in Chromatopia, and we visit the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
James Hornsby, Chromatopia, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
James Hornsby combines the digital and the physical as our studio artist, Claire Nichols with the arts news, David Coles explains the wild history of paint colours in Chromatopia, and we visit the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
NAVA's Future/Forward, Clare Belfrage's glass art, TarraWarra Biennial, Tom of Holland talks textile repairing
The National Association of Visual Arts upcoming Future/Forward conference on issues affecting artists, SALA Festival's featured artist Clare Belfrage on glass-blowing, arts news with Claire Nichols, whistling to the wall and singing into corners at the TarraWarra Biennial, and Tom of Holland talks textile repairing.
NAVA's Future/Forward, Clare Belfrage's glass art, TarraWarra Biennial, Tom of Holland talks textile repairing
The National Association of Visual Arts upcoming Future/Forward conference on issues affecting artists, SALA Festival's featured artist Clare Belfrage on glass-blowing, arts news with Claire Nichols, whistling to the wall and singing into corners at the TarraWarra Biennial, and Tom of Holland talks textile repairing.
Imants Tillers, Young Archies, Neil Haddon, Melbourne Art Fair
Internationally renowned Cooma-based artist Imants Tillers honours his Latvian roots in an exhibition in Riga, Claire Nichols with news from the arts world, we meet two young gun Young Archie winners, Neil Haddon on his Hadley's Prize-winning painting, and is the Melbourne Art Fair making a strong comeback?
Imants Tillers, Young Archies, Neil Haddon, Melbourne Art Fair
Internationally renowned Cooma-based artist Imants Tillers honours his Latvian roots in an exhibition in Riga, Claire Nichols with news from the arts world, we meet two young gun Young Archie winners, Neil Haddon on his Hadley's Prize-winning painting, and is the Melbourne Art Fair making a strong comeback?
Robert Henderson, John Russell at AGNSW, Arts News, MANIFESTA, Edward Bawden, State of the Union
Wiradjuri man Robert Henderson is our studio artist, Australian John Russell's work at the heart of French impressionism at AGNSW, Fiona Gruber on MANIFESTA in Palermo and Edward Bawden in London, State of the Union at the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Robert Henderson, John Russell at AGNSW, Arts News, MANIFESTA, Edward Bawden, State of the Union
Wiradjuri man Robert Henderson is our studio artist, Australian John Russell's work at the heart of French impressionism at AGNSW, Fiona Gruber on MANIFESTA in Palermo and Edward Bawden in London, State of the Union at the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Humanae, Barka: The Forgotten River, Arts News, Daniel Buren, Mandela
Brazilian artist Angelica Dass matches skin colour to the Pantone colour chart in Humanae, Justine Muller and Badger Bates on the fight to save the Darling, Claire Nichols with the latest arts news, French conceptual artist Daniel Buren, and a new exhibition celebrates the late Mandela's life as he reaches his 100th birthday.
Humanae, Barka: The Forgotten River, Arts News, Daniel Buren, Mandela
Brazilian artist Angelica Dass matches skin colour to the Pantone colour chart in Humanae, Justine Muller and Badger Bates on the fight to save the Darling, Claire Nichols with the latest arts news, French conceptual artist Daniel Buren, and a new exhibition celebrates the late Mandela's life as he reaches his 100th birthday.
Ramesh Nithiyendran, Judy Watson on Myall Creek and Beyond, So Fine, CIAF
Judy Watson and Bianca Beetson on Myall Creek and Beyond, Carol McGregor's possum skin cloaks and Linde Ivimey's Antarctic creatures in So Fine, Janina Harding on the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, and Ramesh Nithiyendran is our in-studio artist as Daniel Browning fills in for Eddie this week.
Ramesh Nithiyendran, Judy Watson on Myall Creek and Beyond, So Fine, CIAF
Judy Watson and Bianca Beetson on Myall Creek and Beyond, Carol McGregor's possum skin cloaks and Linde Ivimey's Antarctic creatures in So Fine, Janina Harding on the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, and Ramesh Nithiyendran is our in-studio artist as Daniel Browning fills in for Eddie this week.
Highlights: Craftivist Rayna Fahey, Life models, Ed's drawing lesson, Patricia Piccinini
It's Christmas in July! Eddie Ayres brings you some of the Hub on Art highlights from this year so far.
Highlights: Craftivist Rayna Fahey, Life models, Ed's drawing lesson, Patricia Piccinini
It's Christmas in July! Eddie Ayres brings you some of the Hub on Art highlights from this year so far.
Drawing, Cathy & Catherine, Everyone's a Critic
Eddie talks drawing with in-studio artist Susan Gourley and judge of the Paul Guest Prize for drawing/ NGA senior curator Roger Butler, legally blind artist Cathy Staughton and her muse Catherine Bell, Professor Virginia Spate AC on her long career in arts academia, and three of the stars of Everyone's a Critic.
Drawing, Cathy & Catherine, Everyone's a Critic
Eddie talks drawing with in-studio artist Susan Gourley and judge of the Paul Guest Prize for drawing/ NGA senior curator Roger Butler, legally blind artist Cathy Staughton and her muse Catherine Bell, Professor Virginia Spate AC on her long career in arts academia, and three of the stars of Everyone's a Critic.
Drawing, Cathy & Catherine, Everyone's a Critic
Eddie talks drawing with in-studio artist Susan Gourley and judge of the Paul Guest Prize for drawing/ NGA senior curator Roger Butler, legally blind artist Cathy Staughton and her muse Catherine Bell, Professor Virginia Spate AC on her long career in arts academia, and three of the stars of Everyone's a Critic.
Spencer Tunick, Waterborne, Sebastian Smee, Helen Seiver
New York photographer Spencer Tunick on his upcoming nude crowd shoot in Melbourne, Waterborne at Dark Mofo confronts you with your own body's decay, art critic Sebastian Smee on the beauty of the world game and how WW2 left Surrealism in crisis, West Australian artist Helen Seiver on artistic healing after her parents' deaths.
Spencer Tunick, Waterborne, Sebastian Smee, Helen Seiver
New York photographer Spencer Tunick on his upcoming nude crowd shoot in Melbourne, Waterborne at Dark Mofo confronts you with your own body's decay, art critic Sebastian Smee on the beauty of the world game and how WW2 left Surrealism in crisis, West Australian artist Helen Seiver on artistic healing after her parents' deaths.
The art of the court sketch, Davida Allen, MoMA at the NGV, Emily Parsons-Lord's weather installations
Court artist Sharon Gordon is our in-studio artist, Davida Allen's exhibition explores the negative side to motherhood, MoMA director Glenn Lowry on the 200 works brought to the NGV, and Emily Parsons-Lord makes art works out of, and about, air.
The art of the court sketch, Davida Allen, MoMA at the NGV, Emily Parsons-Lord's weather installations
Court artist Sharon Gordon is our in-studio artist, Davida Allen's exhibition explores the negative side to motherhood, MoMA director Glenn Lowry on the 200 works brought to the NGV, and Emily Parsons-Lord makes art works out of, and about, air.
Tony Albert, New Histories, The Makers: David Frazer, and the colours of the State of Origin
Tony Albert unpacks his new solo exhibition "Visible" featuring much of his Aboriginalia collection, Christian Thompson and Phuong Ngo reimagine 19th century artworks from the Bendigo Art Gallery in "New Histories", we meet printmaker David Frazer for The Makers, and what do we know about the State of Origin shades of maroon and blue?
Tony Albert, New Histories, The Makers: David Frazer, and the colours of the State of Origin
Tony Albert unpacks his new solo exhibition "Visible" featuring much of his Aboriginalia collection, Christian Thompson and Phuong Ngo reimagine 19th century artworks from the Bendigo Art Gallery in "New Histories", we meet printmaker David Frazer for The Makers, and what do we know about the State of Origin shades of maroon and blue?
Murals of Tibet, Stewart Scambler, Seeing Voices, Arts & Minds
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Murals of Tibet, Stewart Scambler, Seeing Voices, Arts & Minds
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Murals of Tibet, Stewart Scambler, Seeing Voices, Arts & Minds
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Enough Khalas, Blake Prize winner Tina Havelock Stevens, Diane Arbus exhibition, and The Makers: Sarah Tomasetti
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Enough Khalas, Blake Prize winner Tina Havelock Stevens, Diane Arbus exhibition, and The Makers: Sarah Tomasetti
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Pie art, The Sleeper Awakes and What the Sea Never Told, Leonardo Uribe, and Clever Kids on Mona Lisa
We speak to two artists who use two very unusual materials: sculptor Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin who has traded clay for shortcrust pastry, and Leonardo Uribe who makes intricate sculptures from human hair. Fiona Gruber reviews Chinese contemporary art exhibition The Sleeper Awakes, and Andrew Hazewinkel's photographic response to a tragic historical drowning What the Sea Never Told. And we find out what our Clever Kids think of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Pie art, The Sleeper Awakes and What the Sea Never Told, Leonardo Uribe, and Clever Kids on Mona Lisa
We speak to two artists who use two very unusual materials: sculptor Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin who has traded clay for shortcrust pastry, and Leonardo Uribe who makes intricate sculptures from human hair. Fiona Gruber reviews Chinese contemporary art exhibition The Sleeper Awakes, and Andrew Hazewinkel's photographic response to a tragic historical drowning What the Sea Never Told. And we find out what our Clever Kids think of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Arts in the federal budget, 2018 Archibald Prize, Woodworkers Helen and Shane Walsh, David Hockney's art on screen
We find out what the 2018 federal budget holds for the arts, take the pulse on this year's Archibald prize with Brett Cuthbertson, head packer at the Art Gallery of NSW, critic Joanna Mendelssohn and artist Abdul Abdullah, meet woodworkers Helen and Shane Walsh, and speak to filmmaker Phil Grabsky about his new documentary on British artist David Hockney.
Arts in the federal budget, 2018 Archibald Prize, Woodworkers Helen and Shane Walsh, David Hockney's art on screen
We find out what the 2018 federal budget holds for the arts, take the pulse on this year's Archibald prize with Brett Cuthbertson, head packer at the Art Gallery of NSW, critic Joanna Mendelssohn and artist Abdul Abdullah, meet woodworkers Helen and Shane Walsh, and speak to filmmaker Phil Grabsky about his new documentary on British artist David Hockney.
Art after #MeToo, creative couple David Chesworth & Sonia Leber, arts news and studio artist Wendy Sharpe
Wendy Sharpe has won The Sulman Prize, The Archibald, Two Travelling Scholarships and she's this week's studio artist, in light of the #MeToo movement, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, asks whether art is independent of its creator, David Chesworth and Sonia Leber are this week's creative couple and Edwina Stott brings us the latest arts news.
Art after #MeToo, creative couple David Chesworth & Sonia Leber, arts news and studio artist Wendy Sharpe
Wendy Sharpe has won The Sulman Prize, The Archibald, Two Travelling Scholarships and she's this week's studio artist, in light of the #MeToo movement, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, asks whether art is independent of its creator, David Chesworth and Sonia Leber are this week's creative couple and Edwina Stott brings us the latest arts news.
Anzac Day; the Australian War Memorial curators, M L Casteel's American interiors & the flowers of war
Eddie speaks with three curators from the Australian War Memorial, American photographer Matthew Casteel talks us through his latest project documenting the lives of US veterans through photos of the interiors of their cars and art historian Ann Elias explains why the poppy became a symbol of sacrifice.
Anzac Day; the Australian War Memorial curators, M L Casteel's American interiors & the flowers of war
Eddie speaks with three curators from the Australian War Memorial, American photographer Matthew Casteel talks us through his latest project documenting the lives of US veterans through photos of the interiors of their cars and art historian Ann Elias explains why the poppy became a symbol of sacrifice.
Studio artist Maryann Talia Pau, The Field's 50th anniversary, a creative couple and arts news
This week's studio artist is weaver and creator of the One Million Stars to End Violence project, Maryann Talia Pau, on the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential exhibitions in Australian art history we take a look back at The Field, we meet a creative couple who teach at Adelaide's Central School of Art, and Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the world of visual arts.
Studio artist Maryann Talia Pau, The Field's 50th anniversary, a creative couple and arts news
This week's studio artist is weaver and creator of the One Million Stars to End Violence project, Maryann Talia Pau, on the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential exhibitions in Australian art history we take a look back at The Field, we meet a creative couple who teach at Adelaide's Central School of Art, and Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the world of visual arts.
Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon, The March of Time exhibition, Craftivist Rayna Fahey
We hear from British artist Luke Jerram whose installation for the Commonwealth Games is connecting people through the wonder of the cosmos, meet activist and crafter Rayna Fahey and three men who have been making art for each other for their birthdays for the last twenty six years.
Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon, The March of Time exhibition, Craftivist Rayna Fahey
We hear from British artist Luke Jerram whose installation for the Commonwealth Games is connecting people through the wonder of the cosmos, meet activist and crafter Rayna Fahey and three men who have been making art for each other for their birthdays for the last twenty six years.
Studio graffiti artist, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Linda Jaivin's situation critical and arts news
This week graffiti artist Cooper Crothers is creating in studio, Brisbane Street Art Festival is in full swing, Linda Jaivin's Situation Critical takes a look at how the size of Australia's art scene impacts art criticism and Edwina Stott joins us with a wrap of the latest arts news.
Studio graffiti artist, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Linda Jaivin's situation critical and arts news
This week graffiti artist Cooper Crothers is creating in studio, Brisbane Street Art Festival is in full swing, Linda Jaivin's Situation Critical takes a look at how the size of Australia's art scene impacts art criticism and Edwina Stott joins us with a wrap of the latest arts news.
Studio graffiti artist, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Linda Jaivin's situation critical and arts news
This week graffiti artist Cooper Crothers is creating in studio, Brisbane Street Art Festival is in full swing, Linda Jaivin's Situation Critical takes a look at how the size of Australia's art scene impacts art criticism and Edwina Stott joins us with a wrap of the latest arts news.
Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, Patricia Piccinini's Curious Affection, the opening of Darlinghurst's APY Lands Art Collective gallery & arts news.
Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay opens at the Art Gallery of South Australia this week, Eddie speaks to Australian artist Patricia Piccinini about her new exhibition Curious Affection, we travel to Sydney to hear about the new APY lands Gallery which has just opened in Darlinghurst and Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the arts world.
Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, Patricia Piccinini's Curious Affection, the opening of Darlinghurst's APY Lands Art Collective gallery & arts news.
Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay opens at the Art Gallery of South Australia this week, Eddie speaks to Australian artist Patricia Piccinini about her new exhibition Curious Affection, we travel to Sydney to hear about the new APY lands Gallery which has just opened in Darlinghurst and Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the arts world.
The Museum Next Conference, the Sydney Kabuki Project, arts news with Edwina Stott and Nina Sanadze's Bollard City
The Museum Next Conference takes a look at the future of our museums, as part of Sydney Biennale artist Akira Takayama has asked the public to sing songs to their ancestors, Edwina Stott brings us the latest arts news and Nina Sanadze asks us to take a closer look at the bollards in our cities.
The Museum Next Conference, the Sydney Kabuki Project, arts news with Edwina Stott and Nina Sanadze's Bollard City
The Museum Next Conference takes a look at the future of our museums, as part of Sydney Biennale artist Akira Takayama has asked the public to sing songs to their ancestors, Edwina Stott brings us the latest arts news and Nina Sanadze asks us to take a closer look at the bollards in our cities.
Brook Andrew at Sydney Biennale, Angelica Mesiti at Venice Biennale, art critic Sebastian Smee and Lorne Sculpture Biennale
It's biennale central here at The Hub on Art this week as we cover the Lorne Sculpture Biennale, the Sydney Biennale and the announcement that Sydney artist Angelica Mesiti will be Australia's next representative at the Venice Biennale.
Brook Andrew at Sydney Biennale, Angelica Mesiti at Venice Biennale, art critic Sebastian Smee and Lorne Sculpture Biennale
It's biennale central here at The Hub on Art this week as we cover the Lorne Sculpture Biennale, the Sydney Biennale and the announcement that Sydney artist Angelica Mesiti will be Australia's next representative at the Venice Biennale.
Mats Staub's 21, Tinky's tiny dioramas, The Aftermath Project & arts news with Edwina Stott
For his latest exhibition, Swiss artist Mats Staub has asked over 70 people for their memories of being 21, Tinky (also known as Liz Sonntag) is a Melbourne street artist who works on a miniature scale around Melbourne's CBD, Founder of the Aftermath Project, Sara Terry talks about the photography project's ten year retrospective 'War is Only Half the Story' and Edwina Stott gets us up to speed with the latest art news.
Mats Staub's 21, Tinky's tiny dioramas, The Aftermath Project & arts news with Edwina Stott
For his latest exhibition, Swiss artist Mats Staub has asked over 70 people for their memories of being 21, Tinky (also known as Liz Sonntag) is a Melbourne street artist who works on a miniature scale around Melbourne's CBD, Founder of the Aftermath Project, Sara Terry talks about the photography project's ten year retrospective 'War is Only Half the Story' and Edwina Stott gets us up to speed with the latest art news.
Creativity within constraints; Pamela Denise from the Flying Arts Alliance, Gatton Prison's Indigenous art & The Torch Project
This week, the Hub on Art looks at creativity within constraints. Our in studio artist is Pamela Denise from the Flying Arts Alliance, Robert Henderson and Wayne Weaver are the founders of the Indigenous Art Project in Brisbane's Gatton prison, and Eddie talks with The Torch Project in Victoria, which runs exhibitions for Indigenous artists who are incarcerated and who have served time.
Creativity within constraints; Pamela Denise from the Flying Arts Alliance, Gatton Prison's Indigenous art & The Torch Project
This week, the Hub on Art looks at creativity within constraints. Our in studio artist is Pamela Denise from the Flying Arts Alliance, Robert Henderson and Wayne Weaver are the founders of the Indigenous Art Project in Brisbane's Gatton prison, and Eddie talks with The Torch Project in Victoria, which runs exhibitions for Indigenous artists who are incarcerated and who have served time.
Medical illustrator Madeleine Kersting Flynn is our in studio artist, arts news with Edwina Stott, Isaac Julien's Looking for Langston and Walter Isaacson shares the secrets of Mona Lisa's smile
We catch up with the latest arts news with producer Edwina Stott, Isaac Julien's film Looking for Langston will be exhibited as part of the official program of Sydney’s 40th Mardi Gras Festival and this week's in studio artist is medical illustrator Madeleine Kersting Flynn.
Medical illustrator Madeleine Kersting Flynn is our in studio artist, arts news with Edwina Stott, Isaac Julien's Looking for Langston and Walter Isaacson shares the secrets of Mona Lisa's smile
We catch up with the latest arts news with producer Edwina Stott, Isaac Julien's film Looking for Langston will be exhibited as part of the official program of Sydney’s 40th Mardi Gras Festival and this week's in studio artist is medical illustrator Madeleine Kersting Flynn.
Australian artists respond to the 2016 Nauru Files, Latai Taumoepeau's Repatriate and Eddie takes a drawing lesson
Latai Taumoepeau explains her latest work, Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the world of the visual arts, Eddie Ayres heads back to both school and the drawing board as he takes his first drawing lesson and a high profile group of Australian artists have illustrated responses to the 2016 Nauru files.
Australian artists respond to the 2016 Nauru Files, Latai Taumoepeau's Repatriate and Eddie takes a drawing lesson
Latai Taumoepeau explains her latest work, Edwina Stott brings us the latest news from the world of the visual arts, Eddie Ayres heads back to both school and the drawing board as he takes his first drawing lesson and a high profile group of Australian artists have illustrated responses to the 2016 Nauru files.
In-studio artist Zoe Porter, NGV's Triennial, the gender pay gap in art and Andrew Frost reviews Lisa Reihana and Pipilotti Rist
Working with water colour, this week's live studio artist is Brisbane based Zoe Porter, we travel to the National Gallery of Victoria's Triennial exhibition, we discuss a new study has found that works from female artists sell for 50% less than their male counterparts, and art critic Andrew Frost joins us to review Lisa Reihana's Cinemania and Pipilotti Rist's Sip My Ocean.
In-studio artist Zoe Porter, NGV's Triennial, the gender pay gap in art and Andrew Frost reviews Lisa Reihana and Pipilotti Rist
Working with water colour, this week's live studio artist is Brisbane based Zoe Porter, we travel to the National Gallery of Victoria's Triennial exhibition, we discuss a new study has found that works from female artists sell for 50% less than their male counterparts, and art critic Andrew Frost joins us to review Lisa Reihana's Cinemania and Pipilotti Rist's Sip My Ocean.
In studio artist' Michael Zavros, forensic artist Joe Mullins and what kids see in artwork
Australian artist Michael Zavros is The Art Hub's first 'in studio artist', forensic artist Joe Mullins and student Antonia Barolini share their extraordinary work recreating the faces of eight men found dead on the US-Mexico border, Barbara Heggen meets some of Melbourne's most experienced life models, and we speak to some very clever kids about what they see in one of Australia's most prestigious artwork.
In studio artist' Michael Zavros, forensic artist Joe Mullins and what kids see in artwork
Australian artist Michael Zavros is The Art Hub's first 'in studio artist', forensic artist Joe Mullins and student Antonia Barolini share their extraordinary work recreating the faces of eight men found dead on the US-Mexico border, Barbara Heggen meets some of Melbourne's most experienced life models, and we speak to some very clever kids about what they see in one of Australia's most prestigious artwork.