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Artist and engineer Majid Rabet came to Australia via Indonesia, and was detained by Australian Immigration, firstly at Christmas Island, and then at Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney. While there - for two years - to help ease the anxiety of his situation, he put his skills and inspiration to work. Majid noticed discarded material in the refuse area of the Centre which he knew he could re-purp...

Artists John Klein and Sally Ryan both separately chose Sydney designer and media presenter Claudia Chan Shaw as their subject for entry into this year's Archibald Art Prize . Hear how the artists differed in their approach to representing Claudia, how they prepared and undertook the sittings, and their impressions of each other's work. This year, 949 Archibald entries were received, with 57 selec...

Victoria’s TarraWarra Biennial is underway until mid-July, featuring works curated by Dr Léuli Eshrāghi, focusing on the interconnectedness of the peoples of Australia, Asia, and the Great Ocean. The exhibition is titled 'ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili', a Sāmoan proverb which means ‘the canoe obeys the wind’. The proverb is demonstrative of Great Ocean celestial navigation practices, following centurie...

Sydney gallery and art consultancy  Curatorial+Co. is moving their physical gallery space to a new home in Woolloomooloo. Founder and gallery owner Sophie Vander speaks with Tim Stackpool about discovering the fortuitous new space, the change in image this might mean for the gallery, and about the evolution and challenges of managing a commercial gallery in 2023. The gallery features an expansive...

Canadian contemporary artist Anthony Ricciardi has made a big impact these past few years, with collections being showcased globally in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Manchester, Montreal, Sao Paolo, and now in Sydney thanks to gallerist Louise Reilly at Audrey Fine Art . He has curated large-scale artwork and clothing for notable celebrities such as Demi Lovato, Bad Bunny, Pos...

A new and immersive contemporary arts festival is scheduled for the picturesque South Coast town of Berry from June 22 to 25, 2023. OpenField Arts Festival  will showcase contemporary art in and around the town in unique non-museum venues, including halls, community spaces and natural reserves. Festival Co-Director and acclaimed Australian musician Lenka Kripac , a local Shoalhaven resident, speak...

Artist Archie Moore and curator Ellie Buttrose team up to present at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Announced by the soon to be re-named Australia Council , the artist becomes only the second solo First Nations artist to represent Australia at the world’s oldest international contemporary art event. In this edition of the podcast, we hear from the artist and the curator about working together, and abou...

The Lighthouse Gallery at the Australian National Maritime Museum is transformed into a wonderland of projection and light showcasing the beauty of our oceans for the presentation called Shipwreck Odyssey. Two large-scale walls are illuminated with spectacular interactive projections to create a large immersive play space. The venue is fitted out with state-of-the-art projection and tracking techn...

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, Charkha and Kargha at the Powerhouse Museum explores the role that textiles played in India’s movement towards independence from colonial rule. In addition to their beauty, many of the textiles included in the exhibition incorporate spinning, weaving, dyeing and embroidery techniques, featuring rare items that date back to the foundationa...

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has received a generous gift of more than 600 Fred Williams ' drawings, cementing the collection's international significance as the most comprehensive research collection of the artist in the world. The drawings are from the artist's London years, and this new exhibition and for the first time ever, explores the short though incredibly active period between...

The promised Female Future has arrived, radically reshaping practices in industrial, creative and social robotics across architecture, art, design and technology. But where do art, design and technology intersect? SHErobots at Tin Sheds Gallery features iconic and emerging examples of robotic tools, toys and companions from across the globe, and asks fundamental questions about the nature and proc...

Drawing upon an awkward chapter of Florence Broadhurst’s life, After the Gap Year by Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, showing at N.Smith Gallery , explores the period she worked in her father's Queensland pub after arriving back from Shanghai, but before starting her world-famous textile and wallpaper business. In conversation with Professor Pedram Khosronejad, Claire and Sean reference Florence's...

Weavers, Merchants and Kings, the exhibition at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum that celebrates the 70th anniversary of Cadrys Rugs and recognises the Cadry family’s decades of generosity as Powerhouse donors. The exhibition features many historic woven objects, including a world-first display of a rare and enormous Royal Persian Dorokhsh carpet.  While examining the various items on display, Tim Stack...

Astronomy, Astrology and the Islamic Arts and Sciences. Shireen Taweel has undertaken an arts residency at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, researching designing and creating works that cross the boundaries of space, time, culture and belief. Shireen discusses with curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad the challenges and satisfaction derived from investigating the power not only underlying the construct...

Best known for his bold modernist work, Sidney Nolan elevated the mythology of the Australian bush to global prominence and earned himself a place among the most significant artists of the 20th century. Yet his deeply expressive response to the Holocaust of the 2nd World War, where around 6 and a half million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazis, has until now remained pretty much unseen...

Sydney Contemporary returns this year from the 8th until the 11th of September with the country’s largest and most diverse gathering of leading galleries. The fair welcomes over 90 galleries showcasing the work of over 450 leading and emerging artists. Sydney Contemporary provides collectors, industry professionals and the art-loving public access to cutting-edge art from some of the world’s most...

Curated by Tate UK and drawn from their prestigious collection, the LIGHT exhibition at ACMI explores the influence of light, shade and darkness across the world of art, imagery and cinema with works by Joseph Mallord, William Turner (including his epic painting The Deluge exhibited for the first time in Australia), Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Joseph Albers, Tacita Dean, Liliane Lijn, James Turre...

Marco Fusinato’s DESASTRES, curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor is an experimental noise project that synchronises sound with images on a large screen and takes the form of a durational solo performance as installation. Fusinato performs live in the Australian pavilion for the duration of the Venice Biennale using an electric guitar as a signal generator into mass amplification, to improvise slabs of n...

Rachel Kent, CEO of Bundanon , talks about the upcoming official launch of the new Art Museum and Bridge for Creative Learning, located within one of the greatest philanthropic contributions to Australian arts, established by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd.  Embedded within the landscape, the new 500m2 Bundanon Art Museum will present a year-round program of exhibitions of modern, contemporary, and First...

One of Australia’s most celebrated traditional artists, Charles Billich , is shifting into digital art and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) with his own NFT project. His first work in the series is called Journey of Flat Earth and explores the recent upheaval of COVID-19 and the unknown of NFTs and blockchain. Described as one of the world’s most important living artists, Charles Billich is also one of t...

The complex issues surrounding matters of love and sex profoundly affect people everywhere, every day. Wartime is no exception. The disruptive nature of war and the extraordinary situations it brings about magnifies human experience in these areas.  ‘Wartime morality’ - the fear that death may come at any time - undermines societal norms and lowers inhibitions, tempting people to pursue encounters...

The recent discovery of more than 200 artworks created by German expats living in Persia during World War 2, then sent to internment camps in Australia, paints a picture of separation, isolation and resilience. Project curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad teams with Inside The Gallery podcast to present these works for the first time at www.australianinternment.art This edition tells the story of...

The Artistic director and CEO of Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), Dr Rebecca Coates talks about the history of the SAM collection, the impact on the local area, the upcoming exhibition schedule and the story behind the design and construction of the gallery itself. SAM's new home is an outstanding example of exciting, best-practice contemporary museum architecture - a five-storey building housing the...

New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has restored and preserved the 1982 horror 'cult' film Basket Case , and it's now part of the museum's permanent collection. Take a listen as sculptor Kevin VanHentenryck (who played the film's lead) describes inspiration and crossroads within the arts, continuing with his love of stone carving while drawn into the world of underground film making, and subseq...

Inaugural gallery director Megan Monte describes the soon to be opened Ngununggula, the NSW Southern Highlands’ first regional art gallery, 30 years in the making. Under the leadership of Megan, this new gallery captures the cultural vibrancy of the region through a dynamic curatorial program and community-minded approach. With a focus on visual arts and education, the gallery includes artist-led...