Gina Fairley
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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…
Kaldor project looks at sound as a medium
Like a message in a bottle, a colonial rotunda above The Rocks in Sydney is used in tandem with Mozart's…
Indigenous photography – complex, contemporary, surprising and fresh
If the well-used adage that a picture speaks a thousand words is true, what is the current focus on Indigenous…
Why Gerhard Richter will soon be a household name in Australia
Discover why Richter is touted as one of the world’s greatest living artists. At 85, GOMA presents his first major…