Night of deadly glamour and excellence at NAIDOC awards The winners of this year's NAIDOC Awards include a celebrated artist and community leaders who have pushed Indigenous empowerment and representation forward. AAP · Aug 15
The joyful world of Kaylene Whiskey: the Indigenous artist pulling Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman into the outback Forget hushed, white-walled reverence: Whiskey’s new exhibition at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery erupts in celebration. Expect big colour, big mischief, big joy The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2025
Latex, Teletubbies and Miranda July: putting my way through feminist mini-golf course Swingers Designed by nine artists from around the world, this playful, playable exhibition at Melbourne’s Rising festival celebrates mini-golf’s rebellious history The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2025
Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works More than 50 years ago, when I was a junior curatorial assistant at the Art Gallery of NSW, I had the daunting experience of hanging the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. The Conversation · May 2, 2025
All fores! Miranda July among artists to create feminist mini-golf course in Melbourne Swingers, which aims to celebrate the sport’s feminist history, will take over the Flinders Street station ballroom as part of the 2025 Rising festival The Guardian - AU · Feb 18, 2025
Sydney Biennale 2024: Armageddon is met with joy and subversion in epic art feast Spread out across six venues, including the anticipated White Bay Power Station, Ten Thousand Suns is an exhibition of global scope and resilience The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2024
From joyous celebration to the depths of grief: the new orthodoxy of the Archibald prize is there is no orthodoxy About 50 years ago an unknown artist entered a portrait of the artist Russell Drysdale in the Archibald Prize. They had painted the artist as a craggy head, emerging from the landscape. The gallery trustees, who knew Drysdale well, loved it – but it was never hung. In their collective… The Conversation · Apr 28, 2023
Portrait of comedian Cal Wilson by Andrea Huelin wins Archibald Packing Room Prize in record-breaking year for women Cairns artist Andrea Huelin wins the Archibald Prize's Packing Room Prize, worth $3,000, for her painting of comedian Cal Wilson, capping a record-breaking year for women in one of Australia's longest-running and richest awards. ABC News · Apr 27, 2023
Maitland gallery's exciting exhibitions for 2023 The show never stops at Maitland gallery. The gallery has so many exhibition spaces there is always something new or different to see, no matter what a visitors taste in art may be. Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2022
Daggy, daggy, cool: the loud jumper is back From Kath and Kim to Coogi, noisy knitwear has long polarised pop culture. Now a new generation of designers is putting a political spin on 80s Australiana The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2022