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Textiles – the sleeping giant of contemporary art
As the dialogue around contemporary textile art expands, a new work by Turner Prize recipient, Keith Tyson, is cut from…
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the heart of a rainbow
Beyond the brand, beyond the dots – we review GOMA’s Yayoi Kusama exhibition and dig deep into the factors that…
GOMA trumps The Broad when it comes to experiencing Kusama
90,000 tickets sold out within hours to The Broad’s LA Kusama exhibition, while Queensland’s GOMA delivers its show free and…
Who is public sculpture really for?
From colonial statues and monuments for healing to heavy metal abstractions, a discussion at the Sydney Sculpture Conference questioned public…
How to write your artist bio
It's one of the most miswritten, most confused tools in the artist's kit of skills, and getting it right is…
Australian artists respond where history forgot
With this week's centenary of The Battle of Beersheba, we look at three exhibitions that explore its other less told…
Cultural participation: the USA versus Australia
Within a matter of months, two major research studies have been released on cultural participation. How different are they, and…
TARNANTHI: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art
In its second edition, and with a $17.54M boost from BHP, we take a look at Tarnanthi and its legacy…
Gerhard Richter: The life of images
Does the exhibition live up to the legend? We walk through QAGOMA’s Richter show – the largest in the southern…
Regional gallery leads national debate on male gender politics
A regional gallery director’s curatorial indulgence opens the door on a national debate, and catches the eye of the Classification…