Read: Chromatopia
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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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LORE with Kate Stehr
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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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Women painting war
Anzac day

Women painting war

With Anzac Day in our hearts and minds this weekend, we got to thinking about war artists, official and non, and well, were any of them women?

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Australian Fairies
Art

Australian Fairies

We have always loved this artist's illustrations but it was only recently, when we stumbled upon the iconic image of ‘Bridget Cuddled up Against a ...

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Artist Llewellyn Skye
A yarn with…

Artist Llewellyn Skye

Southern Wild Co catches up remotely during COVID with award-winning Gold Coast artist Llewellyn Skye who's vibrant and playful nature of her burst...

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Artists we loved in 2020
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Artists we loved in 2020

We wrote about so many brilliant Australian talents in 2020 – new and emerging, mid-career and settled in, all of them shining so brightly. Here we...

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Artist Natasha Daniloff
A yarn with…

Artist Natasha Daniloff

A love of drawing guided artist Natasha Daniloff, a girl from the bush with Russian heritage and gift for music, on a journey that led to a magical...

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Allira Henderson
A yarn with…

Allira Henderson

Artist and poet Allira Henderson first captured our attention through her turquoise-tinted instagram feed of life, love and salted sunrises, beamed...

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