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Learning to see: Inside Sydney Photographic Workshops

Alexandria holds plenty of creative secrets, but tucked away on its industrial edge is one of Sydney’s most highly regarded photography institutions.  Backed by no...

Everyone loves Archie

Wandering around the Archibald, Australia’s biggest art prize, on the morning of the winner’s announcement was a new experience for me. I could sense...

Inside Mitch Cairns’ The Artist’s Mouth at NAS

Mitch Cairns returns to the National Art School with...

Manifesting memory

If you had to make a collection of things...

Not fit for purpose

For the past thirteen years, an exhibition of photographs...

The Searchers: tracing 50 years of rebellion and expression

Searchers. This is the National Art School’s current exhibition....

Virtual unreality

Travel experiences can be wonderful, but not always. They...

Experiment, revolve, create: Redfern’s new artist-run space

Step out of the Little Eveleigh Street exit of...

Ron Mueck – a very human encounter

As I enter the gallery I encounter the back...

The lightness of Fogg

Ever wondered what light is? If you wake up...

Artists unite to support families in Gaza

Many of us have watched with alarm and a...

All of Us Artists

Have you heard of solastalgia? I discovered it last...

Thomas Demand: The Object Lesson

John Kaldor is a legend of the Australian contemporary art scene. He has been that for more than fifty years ...

Constraint and spontaneity

Gemma Smith is an Australian artist with a unique and marvellous output. Her paintings engage the viewer in unexpected ways.

The Art Trail – echoes of culture on campus grounds

I was walking around the campus of Sydney Uni, minding my own business on the way back from a meeting regarding a festival held on the campus later this year, when fate stepped in …

Making space for art and the unexpected

At Paddington Uniting Church, the arts and wellness programs are flourishing under the creative leadership of Georgina (Georgie) Hare.

The Art Trail – Glebe to Globe: Local Edition’s creative revolution

I was walking along Parramatta Road, minding my own business on the way to visit a friend in Camperdown, when fate stepped in.

More than pets – portraits of love

I caught the Why We Love Our Pets exhibition on its very last day (April 29), just before the photographs were taken down. And I’m so glad I did.

A spiritual and connective practice Artist Profile: Georgie Hare

Georgina (Georgie) Hare transitioned from a career in dance and performance into the visual arts.

The Art Trail – Paddington to Waterloo

UNSW Galleries presents an exhibition of Derek Jarman (1942-1994), prolific artist and activist and a significant figure of 20th-century British culture.

The seen and unseen – art as a means of storytelling, connection and praise

Sydney-based artist Gloria Liang creates with a deep sense of purpose, seeking to capture more than just images – she aims to express the emotions, stories and faith that shape her artistic journey.

Queer artists make it and break it

Queer Contemporary: Chaosophy brings together three generations of queer artists (including recent National Art School graduates) who make and break language across the intersections of art, activism, poetry and performance.

‘Creativity is in us’ – an interview with Johannes Geppert (#3)

Johannes (Johnny) Geppert is a Surry Hills-based artist. His studio-gallery on Crown Street, Collage Atelier, is open for exhibitions as well as weekly workshops in drawing, painting and collage.

An anchor in life – an interview with Johannes Geppert (#2)

Johannes (Johnny) Geppert is a Surry Hills-based artist. His studio-gallery on Crown Street, Collage Atelier, is open for exhibitions as well as weekly workshops in drawing, painting and collage.

Art prize draws work of impressive quality

WATERLOO: On September 14, entrants in the annual Blak & Blu art award gathered at the Orchard Gallery to celebrate creativity through an unconventional medium: the humble biro.

A building to sing about

BONDI BEACH: Does a building have a voice? This question is the kernel of Building Song, an experimental art activation by 15 artists poised to begin its third iteration at Bondi Pavilion this month.

‘I just want to learn this trick!’ – an interview with Johannes Geppert (#1)

Johannes (Johnny) Geppert is a Surry Hills-based artist. His studio-gallery on Crown Street, Collage Atelier, is open for exhibitions as well as weekly workshops in drawing, painting and collage.

Shadows of familiar things

King Street Gallery on William was abuzz for the opening of Shadows, a new collection of paintings by Malabar-based artist and musician Peter O’Doherty.

Inspirational shark art preview at Australian Museum

National treasure Ken Done, 2022 Archibald Prize winner Blak Douglas and designer Sarah Munro, from Sarah & Sebastian, will unveil their artworks that were inspired by the winners of the Fantastical Shark & Rays children’s art competition at the Australian Museum from Saturday September 7.

Blak & Blu – into the deep

Blak Douglas is sponsoring the third annual Blak & Blu pen on paper art prize at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo. Award ceremony and launch – SEPTEMBER 14, 2pm.

New works grow and bloom

Sydney artist Danielle Joy Golding draws from expressionist, surrealist and modern realist traditions to create dark and idiosyncratic works, including portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

Koalas at the fore of fight for preservation

The Tipping Point team, who develop projects for Friends of the Earth Australia, commissioned Blak Douglas to paint Coalface, his latest mural in Redfern in the heart of the electorate of the Minister for the Environment and Water.

‘Research and art practice inform each other’ Artist Profile: Konstantina

Gadigal artist Konstantina (Kate Constantine) has published an extraordinary book.

Some artworks are bound by frames, some bounce around the walls

Bridget Kelly is an abstract colourist artist, with a...

Healing and many other things Artist Profile: Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. She was born in Erskineville in 1957, the fourth of Eleanor and Matthew James Smith’s five children. As a child, Sharon was very close to her extended family.

Art of intuition and composition Artist Profile: Hillary Monckton

Image-maker Hillary Monckton is newly enrolled in a visual arts program at the University of Sydney. “I feel I am more of an art student than an artist,” she says. “There’s so much reading to do!”

‘A celebration of blackness by queer black artists’

Boomalli’s 2024 Mardi Gras exhibition, My Sovereign Black Body, explores First Nations identity “stripped back to the basics”.

Fair to fund workshop teachers

WATERLOO: The inaugural Orchard Gallery Spring Fair was held...

Life caught on camera takes top award

The Australian Life photography competition crown has gone to...

‘The drawings were made at lightning speed’

Bondi-based artist Danielle Joy Golding’s exhibition Ethical Expressions 2 opened at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo on Saturday July 22.

Latest Newtown mural chronicles the past and present

A youthful vignette of the Inner West’s history has...

In Redfern exhibit, Elders explore the meaning of home

Nine studio portraits of Aboriginal Elders hang from the...

Art exhibition celebrates neighbourliness

The L.O.C.A.L. art exhibition opened on May 13 at...

Naming people and places, finding common ground

Dhungatti artist Blak Douglas returns to Manly Art Gallery & Museum to present Inverted Commoners, his first public solo exhibition since winning the 2022 Archibald Prize.

‘Hope from the wreckage’

Newtown-based artist Russell Carey says his exhibition Collisions at Rogue Gallery in Redfern is about the collision of humans with other humans, with animals, and with the landscape. It's also about his love of paint.

Iconic Frida Kahlo exhibition a ‘must-see’ in Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival 2023 has today opened the doors to...

Artist’s activist voice rises in Ethical Expressions exhibition

Local artist Danielle Joy Golding was inspired to create the works that feature in her new exhibition at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo after being chosen as a winner of the Blak & Blu pen-on-paper award in 2022.

Blak’s mural highlights ‘community and complex mental health’

Local indigenous artist and 2022 Archibald Prize winner Blak...

SSH cartoonist chosen for Absolutely Queer exhibition – Sydney Worldpride 2023

We’re so proud that South Sydney Herald’s cartoonist Norrie has been...

‘Ethical expressions’ Artist Profile: Danielle Joy Golding

The photos in Bernadette Smith's exhibition Light Interactions at Ironbark gallery in Strathfield are of light waves interacting within heritage glass at close range revealing an “aurora-like display”.

‘Aurora-like play of light in glass’ – an interview with Bernadette Smith

The photos in Bernadette Smith's exhibition Light Interactions at Ironbark gallery in Strathfield are of light waves interacting within heritage glass at close range revealing an “aurora-like display”.

Blak & Blu celebrates the bravery of using ballpoint

Four prize winners were chosen from 20 finalists in the second Blak & Blu art award for drawings which use black and/or blue biros on A4 paper announced on September 10.