Gina Fairley
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Review: 2020 Biennale of Sydney (NSW)
Was it the First Nations biennale we needed? We take a look at how this exhibition forces viewers to navigate…
Review: Monster Theatres – 2020 Adelaide Biennial, Art Gallery of SA
This is a brave exhibition on many levels. It feels like a slow dance between veiled narratives and the raw…
WA Museum to re-open and redefine standards
With a budget of almost $400M, the transformed WA Museum not only looks light and open, but champions a new…
Art Basel Hong Kong cancelled due to coronavirus
The organisers of Art Basel Hong Kong have cancelled the 2020 edition of the art fair, facing no other option.
Why we need to rehang our Australian art collections
The National Gallery of Australia has rehung its early Australian galleries, drawing on a broad curatorium to recontextualise our art…
BushfireBrandalism – artists act when governments won't
41 artists have taken to the streets with a guerrilla poster campaign that encourages people not to accept the government's…
Olafur Eliasson on the tipping points for artists to act
Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson offers views on climate action, self-confidence in criticism, the eroding value of culture, and why artists…
8 curators pick artists to watch in 2020
Who's hot in 2020? We asked eight curators to name the visual artists who are on their radar for the…
Vale James Mollison
With the loss of James Mollison a giant of Australian visual arts has fallen, leaving a legacy that included controversy,…
Circus is democratic, yet arts companies struggle with diversity
Leading UK diversity advocate and artist Vicki Amedume is in Australia for INTERSECT, a knowledge exchange between the UK and…