Art Guide Australia
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Your gateway to contemporary Australian art. Helping you make the most of your time exploring art, you can find exhibitions, learn about art galleries, view art videos, visit artist studios, find your nearest art gallery or read the latest articles about contemporary art today.
Art Guide Australia Magazine
1w ago
The finalist portraits in the biggest Australian art award of the year have been announced, alongside the winner of The Packing Room Prize: Northern Rivers–based artist Matt Adnate for his portrait of ARIA Award–winning Yolŋu rapper, artist and actor Baker Boy ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
1w ago
Step into Melbourne’s iconic Nicholas Building, where Kez Hughes has been crafting meticulous oil paintings that depict ancient objects from European museum collections—all for her solo exhibition ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
1w ago
In times of scarcity and the Anthropocene, our homes, dwellings and emergency shelters take on a charged, emotive, and fundamental meaning—as Kasia Töns’s textile creations, now at Ararat Gallery TAMA, show us ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
1w ago
Festivals can be overwhelming, especially during a cost-of-living crisis. So we’ve curated the ‘must-see-but-on-a-budget’ art events at this year’s RISING—all free or low cost with no bookings required, from Richard Bell’s iconic tent to Jeremy Deller’s 24 Hour Rock Show to art-filled micro-bars ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kong-born, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. With a dual exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, So talks about pageantry, begonias and queens ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
In their first joint exhibition together, the couple Dana Harris and Peter Atkins share their separate three-year-long projects made during the Melbourne lockdowns, delivering a shared interest in geometry and colour in ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale for his monumental work, . It marks the first time Australia has won the award in the event’s 130-year history ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
Colossal in size and colour, Dale Frank’s paintings are staples of modern abstraction. With a current retrospective at the National Art School, curator Olivia Sophia takes us through Dale’s practice, traversing his weird and wonderful materials ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
Working between Indonesia and Australia, Jumaadi’s art draws on Javanese folk culture to excavate themes of colonialism, suffering, death and birth. His work is featured in an exhibition now showing at Bundanon Art Museum ..read more
Art Guide Australia Magazine
3w ago
From the myth of gold-hunting termites to capturing minute rock particles, Nicholas Mangan’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art weaves narrative, materiality, and time ..read more