Known for her soft capturing of tonal shifts and poignant moments, painter Clarice Beckett’s legacy was almost lost to time and decay. Now her work is being celebrated in a major exhibition.
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Margaret Olley was known not only for her paintings, but her generosity. An exhibition of her work is currently on in Brisbane, alongside a survey of the work of Ben Quilty, her mentee and friend.
A new opera focuses more on the personal life of artist Brett Whiteley than his artistic creations. As the opera reveals, a life like Whiteley’s does not offer a clear moral message.
The exhibition Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia has many wonderful works. But it is an exception - despite our close proximity, there are few opportunities for Australians to engage with Indonesian art.
An exhibition at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum explores tattoo traditions from Samoa, Japan and Melbourne, telling stories of culture, tradition and migration.
In a new adaptation of the classic Australian novel, the story of masculinity and despair in the outback is told through a female voice.
Mona’s new subterranean extension adds a compelling dimension to the art of Dark Mofo 2019. Upstairs, a series of interactive sculptures contemplates our automated future.
Steven Oliver’s new cabaret show is an exhilarating journey through hard-hitting stories about success, love, depression and racism.
Queerdom, an exhibition of photography and poetry, presents a history of queer and trans performance in Sydney that challenges recent narratives about queer life in Australia.
A new exhibition pairs China’s famed Terracotta Warriors with contemporary works of inspiring ethereality. The contrasts here are many: life and death, harmony and chaos, energy and control, art and politics.
Written by a former lawyer, a new play presents a forceful critique of the Australian legal system’s treatment of sexual assault.
Gioachino Rossini’s opera was originally meant as a satire of royalist France. A new production updates the work for a modern audience, setting the drama in a museum where the paintings come to life.
Often called the ‘Olympic Games of art’, the Venice Biennale’s national pavilions are an outlier in a globalised world. This year’s strongest works explore global issues like refugees and climate change.
In the vein of Arthur Miller, a new play sees family drama and political issues clash in an enclosed space.
It is rare to have a new production of an Australian opera - a vivid new performance of The Children’s Bach was refreshing to see.
A new production of Cloudstreet - the play adapted from Tim Winton’s literary epic - is visually arresting. But despite a diverse cast, Indigenous characters remain spectral and peripheral.
Indigenous artists and arts centres from the Kimberley region were invited to help curate this new exhibition, presented as part of the Perth Festival 2019.
An artistic collaboration between India and Australia, playing as part of this year’s Perth Festival, stirs its audience to action on climate change.
Deer Woman, written, directed, designed, composed, stage managed and performed by First Nations artists from Canada, is anchored by a solo performance of fierce skill, focus and precision.
Tony Albert reassembles items of ‘Aboriginalia’, featuring kitsch caricatures of Indigenous people, with wit, playfulness and serious intent.
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor in Art, Curtin University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Vocal Studies and Opera, University of Sydney
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Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter
