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Tara Gower scoops major Minderoo prize
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Tara Gower scoops major Minderoo prize

27 July 2023

The winner of Minderoo Foundation’s $50, 000 Artist Fund prize has been announced, along with the organisation’s 2023 Artist Fund cohort.

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A painting of a woman wearing a crown. Her hair is curly and glows pink as though a light is shining on it. Perth’s own cultured cosmopolitan
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Perth’s own cultured cosmopolitan

26 July 2023

From cult street fashion to a Barbie-inspired ballet, West Australian designer Deborah McKendrick has always been driven by a desire to experiment. Her latest venture into painting and portraiture is no exception, discovers Nina Levy

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Showcasing performing arts in WA
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Showcasing performing arts in WA

13 July 2023

Offering performing arts makers, presenters and producers an invaluable opportunity to exchange ideas, there are plenty of reasons to attend WA’s biggest arts and culture conference, discovers Nina Levy.

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The Hypotheticals. Photo: Paz Tassone Two performers pose on stage as though they are miming stopping walls from closing in. Platonic parenting for the win?
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Platonic parenting for the win?

11 July 2023

Are we asking ourselves the right questions before we step on the parental rollercoaster? In The Hypotheticals playwrights Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben dive into one of life’s biggest decisions. Nina Levy finds out more.

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Tjyllyungoo Lance Chadd, Ngoorlark, 2020. Acrylic on Belgian linen. City of Joondalup Art Collection. Photo Christophe Canato. What to SEE: For Our Elders
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What to SEE: For Our Elders

21 June 2023

Emerging artist and curator Zali Morgan wants to shake up audience expectations of First Nations art. Curating the City of Joondalup’s NAIDOC exhibition For Our Elders is giving her the chance to do just that.

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Brighten July with the arts
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Brighten July with the arts

20 June 2023

Waiting for the days to get longer again? Our July gig guide is packed with shows and exhibitions to lighten up those dark Makuru nights.

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Sid Pattni Two portraits by Sid Pattni. On the right is a man of colour, perhaps of African descent, on the left a woman in a hijab. Both are painted against vibrant orange backgrounds, with colourful squiggly lines over their faces. Stitching the stories of refugees
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Stitching the stories of refugees

12 June 2023

While refugees are visible in the media, their individual stories are often unheard. This paradox drove artist Sid Pattni to create a new immersive exhibition that brings the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers to light.

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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
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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.

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Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

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