Angelica Mesiti, ASSEMBLY, 2019 (still) three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater. HD video projections, colour, six-channel mono sound, 25 mins © Photo Bonnie Elliott; Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts.
On Wednesday this week (8 May), what is arguably the hottest event on the global art stage occurred – the Venice Biennale vernissage. While Angelica Mesiti’s representation for Australia with the work Assembly is not news, the announcement that the National Gallery of Australia has purchased the installation was!