Art Guide Australia

Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles. We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see. We’re here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in the visual arts across Australia.

A Note From the Editor

Art Guide Australia

Issue 155 Contributors

Previews

Sydney/Eora

Gold Coast/Yugambeh

Melbourne/Naarm

Sydney/Eora

Hobart/nipaluna

Perth/Boorloo

Adelaide/Kaurna Country

Hobart/nipaluna

Sydney/Eora

Sensory Perception • Inspired by the ways in which nature informs creativity, the exhibition Material Nature aims to encourage viewers to think deeply about the human connection to the natural world.

20 QUESTIONS WITH Laura Jones • The paintings of Laura Jones are at once quiet and expressive. Domestic scenes in still life—plants, flowers, interiors, figures—come to life with broad, gestural strokes that evoke a sense of time and place. Jones has long been interested in the relationship between humans and their natural environment, and her paintings capture the moment they intersect. Her environmental interests led her to meet acclaimed author and conservationist Tim Winton, and subsequently paint his first portrait. Tim Winton won Jones the coveted Archibald Prize in 2024. Ahead of her solo exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery, we asked Jones 20 quick questions about paint, process, and practice.

Flying High • Taking an expanded approach to Indigenous curatorial practice, the ninth TarraWarra Biennial features work responding to themes of regeneration, restoring spirit, and disrupting colonial space. Three artists discuss their contributions.

Studio Remy Faint

Class Acts • Traversing boundaries of the senses and of class, the work of Tina Stefanou is grounded in community. A solo exhibition at ACCA and a group exhibition at Bundanon showcase her work with unlikely collaborators.

What the Bones Know • Blak In-Justice, a new exhibition at the Heide Museum of Modern Art, challenges the brutal systems that shape Indigenous incarceration in Australia—while charting the healing power of ancestral knowledge in the process.

Soft Touch • An exhibition of the work of seven women artists at Ngununggula in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales explores themes of tenderness and care through the rich possibilities of paint.

COSMIC CONNECTIONS • With an approach to artmaking drawn from the “fieldwork of life”, twin brothers and artistic collaborators Man&Wah use plant migration to explore duality and movement.

Coming into View • This annual celebratory exhibition of Aboriginal artists from across Western Australia has a community spirit and passion that grows each year.

Changing Views • Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940, co-curated by the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, celebrates 50 Australian women artists who travelled to Europe during the early 20th century.

A–Z Exhibitions Victoria

A–Z Exhibitions New South Wales

A–Z Exhibitions Queensland

A–Z Exhibitions Australian Capital Territory

A–Z Exhibitions Tasmania

A–Z Exhibitions South Australia

A–Z Exhibitions Western Australia

A–Z Exhibitions Northern Territory

Maps

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