True to the Land: a new history of food in Australia begins 65,000 years ago
An 1817 painting by Joseph Lycett, depicting First Nation peoples cooking and eating whale meat. National Library of Australia, Author provided ...
Read moreGrasses 2021, oil on canvas 137.5 x 137.5cm, Lucy Culliton Lucy Culliton paints the things that she finds beauty in and the things she hop...
Read moreJust in case you haven’t heard, the Great Aussie Bird Count is back on this week and we’re getting just a little bit excited. It starts on the 18th...
Read moreIf you follow the Southern Wild Co journey, you’ll know that visual art plays a crucial role in everything we do. In fact, it was an ‘A-ha!’ momen...
Read moreIs it possible for a painter to transform the way we experience the natural world? For us, Lloyd Rees and his painterly perspective has done just t...
Read moreThis year marks 50 years since the launch of one of Australia’s first major conservation battles, waged against Queensland’s ultra-conservative, pr...
Read moreTaking the ‘soulful assemblage’ concept to the nth is one of our favourite assemblage artists, Anita Johnson. For us, her art vibrates through a k...
Read moreWherever your eye settles in The Shedquarters, you will find a rich curation of time-worn pieces and found curios. Brimming with character and text...
Read moreHer name was Lola. She was a showgirl. But that’s not all she was. Not by a long stretch. Lola Montez (1847), painted by Joseph Karl Stie...
Read moreWe don’t know about you, but we’re seeking out the laughs right now, big time! These crazy times are making us search out joy and humour every day ...
Read moreHave you heard the Japanese term ‘tsundoku’? It translates to the art of acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up unread. We thin...
Read moreCathedral Ranges, graphite, charcoal & pastel on paper, 2018 ‘Alpha Waves – The Rockies,’ etching & aquatint, 29x89cm Gariwerd – no...
Read moreYou know how much we love books, real books that is, the smell and the feel of them, old and new books, ‘piled up in stacks’ books. We also covet ...
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