Polly Borland is an Australian artist who’s been based overseas for many years. For the past decade she’s lived in Los Angeles, USA. Originally a portrait photographer, Polly is well known for her photographic portraits of the Queen and Australian musician Nick Cave, among numerous others…

Colour is a recurring theme in Hiromi’s contemporary art practice. New Now, her most recent solo exhibition, included a large selection of works in media that varied from…

Do we need to reassess our current strategies for marketing Australian art to the world?

A proud Wiradjuri woman born in Sydney, Karla Dickens is surely one of Australia’s busiest visual artists right now. After a mammoth few months preparing for upcoming exhibitions and events, Karla has taken a well-earned 'week off' and invites me around for a chat about her work…

Sharne Wolff chats to Amber Wallis about her upbringing in New Zealand, living in the northern rivers and her most recent body of work…

On June 24 this year New York-based Australian artist, Sara Morawetz embarked on a 2000 kilometre walk through France and Spain for a performance titled étalon. During each week of the project she’s been accompanied by one of twelve collaborating artists and writers. In September Sharne Wolff joined Sara on the track from Carcassonne to Perpignan. During their time together they had many conversations. This is just one…

The exhibition From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking at Lismore Regional Gallery explores the walking art of twelve artists. Co-curator of the exhibition, Sharne Wolff, recently spoke to Sydney based artist Nell about art, and walking…

Sharne Wolff gazes into the haze of Gerhard Richter’s career survey…

In 2004, a large group of British art critics determined that Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (a white urinal turned upside-down and signed ‘R. Mutt’) was the most influential work of the 20th century. Successive pop artists from Andy Warhol to Jeff Koons blurred the boundaries between art and life by insisting that art could be anything. Adding a twist of Australian suburbia, Nigel Sense continues this approach in his exhibition, Art is Lettuce…

Do we need to reassess our current strategies for marketing Australian art to the world?

Over 170 individual works (plus additional special projects) from 387 artists and collectives span two sites of the National Gallery of Victoria.

Exotic Lies Sacred Ties, a 12-year survey of artist Danie Mellor’s practice at the University of Queensland Art Museum, deals with the ongoing legacies of colonialism…