Visual art
‘We are not chickens’: the cry that inspired a show of defiance
Colonialism is under scrutiny as artists in this year’s TarraWarra Biennial unleash works of freedom, feminism and protest.
- Tiarney Miekus
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‘No trace’: Dissident artist told his work has been removed from Hong Kong billboard
Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.
- Elizabeth Flux
Artist tests freedom of speech in Hong Kong with daring billboard work
A video of the Australia-based Chinese dissident Badiucao silently saying “you must take part in revolution” has been playing since March 28.
- Elizabeth Flux
The man next to me didn’t even applaud. I couldn’t recommend this show more highly
It wouldn’t be a good festival if every show were easy to like or a sure thing – a program packed with tepid crowd pleasers serves no-one.
- Elizabeth Flux
Art Gallery of NSW names first female director in 154 years
Director Michael Brand will depart the gallery next Friday, in a quick handover following a global search for his successor.
- Linda Morris
‘Highest density of quality artworks I’ve ever seen’: Welcome to Frankston
From hidden laneways to towering walls, the suburb has become a living canvas. It will host a free street party this weekend.
- Hannah Hammoud
‘Brutally violent othering’: How this artist’s human-animal hybrids are bringing us closer to nature
At a tumultuous moment in Australian arts, Patricia Piccinini is stepping into a new role and tackling difficult topics.
- Elizabeth Flux
‘Yet to receive a cent’: Creative Australia hasn’t paid out sacked Venice artist
Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino are entitled to 90 per cent of their fees but are yet to “receive a cent”.
- Linda Morris
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‘We don’t do that’: Why Creative Australia didn’t check artist’s past work
The federal arts funding agency says there is a possibility the Australian Pavilion will be dark for the first time since 1954.
- Linda Morris
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Like Sabsabi, my art was cancelled. Instead of outrage, there was barely a whimper
Creative Australia admitted just over a year ago, via public statement on their website, to cancelling and maligning another artist with no reasonable cause. That artist was me.
- Casey Jenkins
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