Visual Arts
5 program highlights of Melbourne Design Week 2024
Melbourne Design Week 2024 will run across 23 May to 2 June with over 300 events – here are some…
![Jumaadi, ‘Malaikat [Angel I]’, 2019-. Acrylic on buffalo hide. Collection of the artist. Image: Supplied. A detailed work depicting two figures flying with white wings and meeting each other in the centre. They both have two eyes on the side of their heads. In the background is an irregular oval with a circle of trees inside and a white bird on the bottom right corner.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Malaikat-I-Angel-I-2019-sm-e1710377627604.jpg?w=310)
Forming amicable relations between adversarial nations through art
Australian and Indonesian artists traverse a political divide to find common ground and bring distinct ways of addressing shared concerns.
Exhibition review: Nani Puspasari, Manningham Art Gallery
Chinese-Indonesian artist Nani Puspasari weaves a vibrant universe between childhood and adulthood.
Exhibition review: NOT NATURAL, Science Gallery Melbourne
Artistic and scientific works that highlight the relationship between humanity and the natural/unnatural.
Opportunities and awards
Australia's biggest open studios event calls for registrations, plus portraits and landscapes taking out wins and Tasmanian Theatre Awards announced.
A new storehouse for the Powerhouse Collection
Powerhouse Castle Hill will provide new levels of access to its exceptional 500,000-strong collection while Powerhouse’s $1.2 billion renewal is…
Major new museum show unshackles convict stories from myth
The exhibition spotlights freedom fighters among Australia’s early convicts to reframe well-worn narratives around their fates as dispossessed victims. Instead,…
Exhibition review: Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, Art Gallery of Ballarat
Goldin's photos of the 1970-1980s are both intimate and confronting.
Australia's capital gearing up for fibre enthusiasts
Canberra welcomes visitors from around the country to the inaugural Australian Yarn Show (23-24 March) and the Canberra Wool Expo…
Exhibition review: Neoterica, Adelaide Festival
20 artists and 20 writers commissioned in a celebration of South Australian contemporary art.