It’s time to dump cultural cringe. This year’s visual arts program at Perth Festival is both bigger than before and almost 100% local. It’s exciting and a chance for everyone to put a little more art into their lives. Ara Jansen reports.
Tag Archives: John Curtin Gallery
Features
Cream of the crop 2020
9 December 2020
It feels more important than ever to celebrate the arts in 2020. And so, in spite of the challenges faced by the arts community this year, we are thrilled to bring you Seesaw’s annual ‘Cream of the Crop’ round-up, in which we ask our writers to reflect on the year that was and the year to come.
Features
Dipping into our home-grown Festival
18 November 2020
To celebrate the 2021 Perth Festival programme launch, Seesaw’s Nina Levy shares her top picks from the line-up.
Reviews
The meaning of home
3 March 2020
Belinda Hermawan looks at two powerful art exhibitions at the John Curtin Gallery that investigate the structure and meanings of home.
Reviews
Tending local talent
30 October 2019
Review: The John Stringer Prize Exhibition · John Curtin Gallery · Review by Jaimi Wright · A city’s cultural identity, in a lot of ways, is …
Event
Visual Arts: Brian Robinson: Tithuyil (moving with the rhythm of the stars)
7 October 2019
6 Oct – 8 Dec @ John Curtin Gallery · Presented by John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University · The John Curtin Gallery presents Brian Robinson: Tithuyil* …
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Reviews
Intrigue in Thompson’s powerful gaze
14 June 2019
Christian Thompson, ‘Ritual Intimacy’ · John Curtin Gallery · Review by Jenny Scott · The spaces of John Curtin Gallery have been transformed by ‘Ritual Intimacy’, an exhibition …
Reviews
A timely take on migration and displacement
14 April 2019
Candice Breitz & Angelica Mesiti, ‘REFUGE’ · John Curtin Gallery, 7 April 2019 · Review by Jenny Scott · Splitting the John Curtin Gallery into two …
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Article
Visual Arts: Refuge
25 November 2018
12 Feb – 18 April @ John Curtin Gallery · Presented by Angelica Mesiti & Candice Breitz · Two of the world’s leading audio-visual artists give …
Article
Visual arts: Directors’ Cut exhibition
31 May 2018
Now showing until 8 July @ John Curtin Gallery · Presented by John Curtin Gallery · The John Curtin Gallery, at Curtin University’s Bentley campus, in …
