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Read: Chromatopia

This gorgeous hardcover version of David Coles Chromatopia was published a couple of years ago but we’re only just rediscovering it after writing a...

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Spectrum – An exploration of colour

Colour, like scent, is central to humankind’s being. It functions at a subliminal level to define the way we perceive the world and the way we feel...

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Eight artists to watch and buy now

Thank goodness for Instagram and online galleries as some of us head into our 8th week of lockdown! We so feel for all the creatives working in the...

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There’s gold in them hills

Taking inspiration from the lives of Hill End’s gold rush inhabitants, Camie Lyons upped the anti on her physical making process, dragging branches...

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How to start an art collection

For anyone thinking about starting an art collection or wanting to understand more about how the contemporary art market works, Nanda Hobbs has pro...

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South by Southwest – Paul Ryan

One of the things we love most about Paul Ryan’s work is his sense of the theatrical and his use of black, black humour to express the underbelly o...

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Finding the Archibald

Ever since she played Muriel’s feisty friend Rhonda, we’ve felt Rachel Griffiths is our special friend too and it’s lovely to see her take on the A...

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Art and play

We always look to contemporary artists when thinking up ideas for kid’s art projects. Here’s a few inspired ideas that are fairly low mess and a li...

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Where the light falls by Susan Baird

For us the real fascination of Susan Baird’s work lies in her unique stylistic approach, a canny mix of and tension between traditional and contemp...

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Eucalyptusdom

Eucalyptusdom is the fantastical name of a new exhibition opening early next month at the fabulous Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. The exhibition reck...

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LORE with Kate Stehr

Curated by Virginia Settre, ‘LORE is not simply stories of old. Lore is living narratives in a state of flux, as we grapple with the locus of our p...

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The Abundance – Idris Murphy

Murphy is a painter’s painter and a huge influence on many, many contemporary landscape artists. For us, he is one of the originals in this genre, ...