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View fullsize Highlights from 'Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles' at @qagoma highlighting 25 years of practice by this Japanese born, Berlin based artist. Tracking from her earliest paintings through performance to the installations that have made her world famous
View fullsize Kalanjay Dhir, Aggro and Onkgray (Demon study: model pitbull), 2022 - avatars of local masculinity, Aggro and Onkgray take the form of Pitbulls, a restricted breed in NSW. Incorporating motifs from Indian, Nepalese and Chinese sculpture, they have be
View fullsize Adam Goodes, Angie Abdilla and Baden Pailthorpe, Ngapulara Ngarngarnyi Wirra (Our Family Tree), 2021 - this large scale projection uses 20 million points of biometric data captured during legendary AFL player Adam Goodes' games and fuses them with 3D
View fullsize Sidney McMahon, Maggot, 2022 - this text-based narrative work uses a novel brain-computer interface (BCI), allowing the viewer to make a series of choices that shape the story, resulting in many possible endings. The various narrative paths ruminate
View fullsize Selection of works from Biennale of Sydney at @mca_australia last week 1. Gail Mabo, Mabo Case 1, 2018 2. Qavavau Manumie, Untitled, 2014 3. Milton Becerra, Lost Paradise - Vibrational Energy H2O, Sydney, 2022 4. Jenna Sutela, nimiia cetïi, 2018
View fullsize Selection of works from 'Pliable Planes: Expanded Textiles & Fibre Practices' at @unswgalleries 1. Teelah George, Sky Piece, falling (Melbourne, Perth), 2020-21 2. Anne-Marie May, Unforeseen Constellations, 2022 3. Sarah Contos, Voltron II (Studs
View fullsize Shireen Taweel, Shoe Bathers, 2022 - this installation explores the intimacy and ritual of bath houses as communal spaces for connection and cleansing. Intricately worked ceremonial copper shoes sit atop mounds of olive oil soap, the smell of which e
View fullsize Jacobus Capone, Echo & Abyss, 2018 - this 10-channel video in 13 chapters surrounds the viewer, paying homage to poet Rainer Maria Rilke and reckoning with the often isolated nature of human existence. The work begins in the poet's resting place
View fullsize Biennale of Sydney selection of works from last week at @nas_au 1. Teho Ropeyarn, Athumu Paypa Adthinhuunamu (my birth certificate), 2022 2. Pushpa Kumari, Ganga Maiya, 2021 3. Joey Holder, Abyssal Seeker (Demersal Zone), 2021 4. Erin Coates, Swan R
View fullsize Jenn Nkiru, REBIRTH IS NECESSARY, 2017 - this 2-channel film surveys the dynamism of Black history and culture, incorporating found and archival footage along with new vision, brought together with the surrealist logic of association. Showing at @ima
View fullsize Immortal Soil, NOXIOUS, 2022 - a mass of molasses (Melinis minutiflora) and papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) grasses, both invasive species, adorn a suspended form and cascade down to the ground - speaking to our relationship with nature. Showing as part of
View fullsize Aidan Hartshorn, Nganygulia Murunwiginya, 2022 - an exhibition of new works by Canberra-based Walgalu artist Hartshorn exploring the deep spiritual and bodily connection of First Nations people to Country and the way in which memory transcends space
View fullsize Ngambri-Ngunnawal Custodian Paul Girrawah House smoking 'The Aboriginal Memorial' (1987) in its new location on level 1 of the National Gallery. Made by communities from Ramingining and commissioned by Djon Mundine for the 1988 Biennale of Sydney, th
View fullsize Nicholas Folland, Untitled (29-33) (detail), 2021 - found crystal glassware is lit on the wall, creating extraordinary patterns of light, recalling fractals and mandalas. Part of the exhibition 'Upending Expectations' at @canberraglassworks #nichola
View fullsize 'Ceremony' opened to the public today at @nationalgalleryaus - it has been a privilege to play a part in bringing this exhibition to life, working with extraordinary First Nations colleagues (Hetti Perkins, Kelli Cole and Aidan Hartshorn - but by no
View fullsize Idas Losin, Floating, 2017 - part of a group of paintings that depict the tatara fishing canoes of the Tao people and their home of Lanyu off the coast of Taiwan. Showing in the touring exhibition highlighting works acquired by @qagoma for the Asia P
View fullsize Theaster Gates, Breathing, 2010 - the singers in the video, an experimental choir called the Black Monks, move from gospel to breathing and chanting inspired by Buddhist practice, transcending geography and identity to summon a shared humanity. Part
View fullsize Nina Chanel Abney, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, RED, WHITE, BLUE, all 2021 - one of a series of commissions responding to Matisse, Abney's works imagine queer, black and brown potentialities of intimacy and love. Such a delight to see her work in Australia
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View fullsize 'I weave what I have seen: The War Rugs of Afghanistan' is an exhibition bringing together textiles that demonstrate the resilience of Afghani weavers over 40 years of conflict, incorporating motifs and symbols associated with the invasions and civil