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Art

How to start an art collection

Art

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...

Archibald prize

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...

Art

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...

Art

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...

Fashion

Ngarru Miimi Honey Sister

Meaning Honey Sister, Ngarru Miimi was established to explore culture, self-determination and sovereignty through fashion and textiles, while showc...

art

Eucalyptusdom

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

Art

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...

Australia

The Ripping Tree – Nikki Gemmell

The Ripping Tree is an historical thriller, a tale of survival in colonial Australia. It’s about a young woman finding a way to escape the claustro...

Art

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, ...

Narelle Autio art photography of swimmers in the ocean Australia

A place in between: Narelle Autio

The call of the ocean has long been a focus of Narelle Autio’s work. She spent her childhood growing up in sun-soaked Australia and has had a lifet...

Art

The celebration of Australia’s natural beauty: Julianne Ross Allcorn

Julianne Ross Allcorn’s subjects, detailed insects, birds, flora and fauna are instantly, stylistically recognisable for their energy and technical...

Inspiration

The Alchemy of SWC: The Natural Connection

Nature is a constant for the Southern Wild Co team. It seeps into every aspect of our day and reverberates in all that we produce. From dawn rising...