Tag: Art
Wallum banksia sculptures to light up Gold Coast
BVN principal Kevin O’Brien has created a series of “ephemeral” light sculptures for the Bleach Festival on the Gold Coast.
Mission Brown
Celebrating the vernacular of a bygone era, Eliza Gosse’s most recent exhibition explores how suburbia has shaped our cultural identity.
Joshua Smith: shrinking the familiar
Adelaide-based miniaturist Joshua Smith creates works that focus on the often overlooked elements of the urban environment, taking pleasure in the grime, grit and decay of buildings.
Student’s design for Lake Macquarie arts hub comes to life
Construction has begun on a $2 million arts hub at Lake Macquarie designed by University of Newcastle student Samantha Bailey.
Second NGV triennial to celebrate human capability
The National Gallery of Victoria triennial will include 86 major projects from architects, designers and artists.
Melbourne Now to return a decade on
Melbourne’s architecture, art, design and culture will again be surveyed in a return of the landmark Melbourne Now exhibition, to be held at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2023.
Snøhetta to design South Australian art gallery
The Hans Heysen Foundation has selected the Adelaide studio of Norwegian practice Snøhetta to design an art gallery and cultural precinct at The Cedars, the Adelaide Hills home of renowned father and daughter artists Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen.
All that glitters: Architect creates shimmering miniature cityscapes
Australian artist and architect John Gatip has created a series of intricate, gilded cityscapes, provoking reflections on the monetary and aesthetic value of our cities.
Construction begins on expansion to Arthur Boyd’s Riversdale
Work has begun on Kirsten Thompson Architect’s trestle bridge-inspired expansion to a building once owned by the late Arthur Boyd.
Bondor Panel to form neo-medieval tower installation at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
A seven-metre-tall neo-medieval “Tower of Power,” comprised entirely of Bondor Panel, will be one of the centrepieces at the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair this September.
Fender Katsalidis completes subterranean ‘tunnel to nowhere’ at MONA
Fender Katsalidis has completed a subterranean expansion of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart.
Weaving memories of India: Gunjan Aylawadi
Sydney-based industrial designer and self-taught artist Gunjan Aylawadi makes paper weavings inspired by her memories of India.
Lyon Housemuseum Galleries opens in suburban Melbourne
A new public contemporary art space, The Lyon Housemuseum Galleries, has opened in Melbourne’s suburban inner-east.
SA gov’t pushes ahead with Adelaide Contemporary alternative
A scoping study for a National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site has been announced by the state government.
Junya Ishigami’s Cloud Arch shelved
A grand arch sculpture planned central Sydney is under a cloud due to sustained denial of access to begin installation.
Escher x Nendo will surprise, delight and challenge
The National Gallery of Victoria engaged Oki Sato of Tokyo design studio Nendo to enter a dialogue with Dutch artist Escher and his world of impossible objects, endless stairs and radical visual transformation.
Ambassador of taste: Eugenia Lim’s The Australian Ugliness
In this three-channel video installation, Lim plays a stylized, alien figure, “the Ambassador,” who navigates some of Australia’s most iconic architectural works.
Kengo Kuma and Ryue Nishizawa among international architects to headline Sherman architecture festival
The Sherman Centre for Contemporary Ideas has announced the line-up of architects, artists and thinkers that will present at its inaugural, ten-day festival of architecture-related workshops, talks and film screenings.
Kengo Kuma unveils sea cucumber-inspired installation for Design Canberra Festival
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled a prototype of what will be a mammoth three-metre-high, 12-metre-wide installation for 2018’s Design Canberra Festival.
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s Walsh Bay arts precinct re-approved
The redevelopment of Walsh Bay arts precinct has been granted final planning approval with construction expected to begin in July.
