Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death is undeniably rousing; a love song to identity as an unrestricted thing, capable of being motivated by awe and rebellion.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Visual art review
Displaying 21 - 40 of 140 articles
A harrowing portrayal of banal evil, a nuanced look at black fiction, a historically accurate TV series, a story about the power of love and a seriously cute exhibition.
The sensitivity of the exhibition’s themes, coupled with low lighting, seems to demand quiet in the space. In this silence, you hear the gentle chiming of hand-blown glass.
From two shows that have reignited franchises to an exhibition about drug-taking monks.
Fairy Tales focuses on how artists, designers and filmmakers have taken inspiration from fantasy motifs, adapting the fairy tale vocabulary of extremes to their own artistic needs.
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street is now on at HOTA on the Gold Coast.
Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Be prepared to be surprised, amazed and challenged at the third NGV Triennial.
London-based experiential art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast’s Works of Nature is clearly in the business of knowledge transfer: it tells, it doesn’t ask.
Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics.
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a pioneer of abstract art. His paintings have not aged and appear contemporary and relevant to us now.
Photography: Real and Imagined at the National Gallery of Victoria can be interpreted as an attempt to make sense of photography’s history.
Pandemic restrictions prevented Jónsi (frontman of Sigur Rós) from experiencing firsthand the eruption of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland. He made this work in response.
From her early designs that brought flowing silouhettes into fashion to her iconic evening wear, this is a must-see exhibition for any fan of fashion.
For Zoe Leonard, photography is not just about using a camera. Photography is also about a way of thinking, seeing and interacting.
Hoda Afshar is one of Australia’s most significant photo media artists. A Curve is a Broken Line at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is her first major survey exhibition.
This new show at the Powerhouse Museum reflects the chaos of the digital world and the ubiquity of digital tracking.
In You’ll Know It When You Feel It at the Institute of Modern Art, Raphaela Rosella and her co-creators have sought to reclaim and counteract the narratives formed by state records.
Frida Kahlo devotees, this new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia is your show.
A new exhibition of the Australian artist’s work at QAGOMA is the first comprehensive survey of Michael Zavros in a state gallery.
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
-
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
-
Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide
-
Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
-
Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
-
Associate Professor, art history and visual culture, Southern Cross University
-
Author and Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
-
Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
-
Lecturer - Visual Arts, University of Wollongong
-
Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
-
Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
-
Professor of Performance and Visual Culture, Head of School of Art and Design, UNSW Sydney
-
Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
