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  • The artist (Tina Stefanou) is pictured alongside a horse, who wears a decorative shawl-type hood. A walk with Tina Stefanou
    Opinion

    A walk with Tina Stefanou

    17 November 2023

    Tina Stefanou is one of 10 artists whose work will be exhibited in ‘Rural Utopias’, at the Art Gallery of WA. Ahead of the opening, we’re re-sharing her 2020 reflection on the role of an artist, in a time that is characterised by economic, social, political and environmental injustice.

    Reading time • 10 minutesVisual Art
  • Khashayar Salmanzadeh (WA), Love Beyond Emotion, installation view, Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023, photo Dan McCabe_01 Painting an open love letter
    What to SEE

    Painting an open love letter

    2 June 2023

    Vibrant and vital, Khashayar Salmanzadeh’s large scale portraits of members of Perth’s Bahá’í community both explore and radiate love.

    Reading time • 9 minutesVisual Art
  • Bold and striking art from Hatchlings
    Reviews

    Bold and striking art from Hatchlings

    24 May 2023

    From weaponised jewellery to hand-blown glass breaths, cosplay to vibrant projections, top graduates from our nation’s arts schools have created works that are variously immersive, disruptive and discomforting, writes Belinda Hermawan.

    Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
  • Dead Ends. Side view of a man in a wheelchair. He is in an industrial space with a brightly lit pink wall behind him. What to SEE: Dead Ends and Detours
    Features

    What to SEE: Dead Ends and Detours

    16 March 2023

    This interactive artwork in the Perth Cultural Centre contains elements of painting, drawing, sculpture, video and music. It just needs a passer-by who is willing to be confused, challenged and surprised to fully activate it.

    Reading time • 8 minutesMulti-arts
  • Between Us by Michaela Gleave Michaela Gleave's Between Us - a beam of bright blue light shines into the night sky. Celestial dreams have a human touch
    Reviews

    Celestial dreams have a human touch

    4 March 2023

    Filled with cosmic light, two Perth Festival exhibitions embrace the mysteries of the galaxy and humanity. Jaimi Wright is transported.

    Reading time • 8 minutesPerth Festival
  • Michaela Gleave ‘Messages of hope, messages of love’ 2020, as part of ‘Archie Plus’, 2020 © Michaela Gleave Photo: © AGNSW, Diana Panuccio. No reproduction of this image is permitted without the permission of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Contact: imagereproduction@ag.nsw.gov.au Beams of light are projected into the night sky. Festival exhibitions look skywards and inwards
    What to SEE

    Festival exhibitions look skywards and inwards

    7 February 2023

    The endless possibilities of the stars have created unlimited options for this year’s Perth Festival visual arts program, and Ara Jansen is excited to turn her gaze in celestial directions.

    Reading time • 8 minutesVisual Art
  • 1. Nathan Beard, installation view, A Puzzlement, 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), photo_ Bo Wong An installation shot from A Puzzlement, which runs alongside Las Hormigas. A scultpure of tiny golden heads on wire. Complex puzzles at play
    Reviews

    Complex puzzles at play

    29 November 2022

    Fragmented narratives range from playful to frustrating in a pair of exhibitions at PICA, finds Jaimi Wright.

    Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
  • Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
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