SALON February 2019

COVER FEBRUARY 2019: Lucas IHLEIN, Kim WILLIAMS, and community collaborators, Legumes growing at the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens, April 2018 (detail). Photo by Jac Kotze. Image courtesy of the artist and Watershed Land Art Project. Shapes of Knowledge, MUMA, Monash University Museum, … Read More

Love & Desire

Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA

Until 28 April 2019

Love & Desire explores the themes of love, desire, romance, betrayal, faith, nature, science, religion, society, rebellion, the femme fatale and the celebrity of the ‘rock-star’ artists … Read More

The Queen Must Die!

An Australia Day Reflection (satire)

by Ben Laycock

I don’t celebrate Australia Day, because l am a traditionalist. The blackfellas have a long tradition of not celebrating Australia Day, dating back many thousands of years. It is this ancient tradition … Read More

Highway Bodies: Alison Evans

A SOCIAL WORK interview

When Alison Evans was ten years old they deliberately ran through a puddle of mud to get dirty, and were told by their cousin: “Girls don’t do that – boys don’t even do that.” “Yes, that’s … Read More

Mr Todd Goes to Florence

by Inga Walton

In the cavernous rooms of what was once the old Terminus Hotel in Ararat, renowned artist Geoff Todd has been completing three large-scale works in time for them to embark on a protracted and expensive journey to … Read More

DT Season 2 – Preview

with Dr Mark Halloran 

In Season 2 Deep Trouble gets deeper. First we meet the impressive Benjamin Gilmour to talk about his Academy Award nominated film Jirga. Originally scheduled to shoot in Pakistan, Ben and his small crew were forced … Read More

Midsumma Festival

Midsumma Festival will reveal itself in all its finery once again in 2019, bringing a kaleidoscope of preeminent queer arts and cultural festivities from 19 January to 10 February 2019 #midsumma Midsumma.org.au

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

COVER DEC/JAN: Gerwyn DAVIES, Hotrod, … Read More

SALON Dec 2018/JAN2019

Gabriella MANGANO and Silvana MANGANO, There is no there (still)  2015, single-channel High Definition digital video; 16:9, black and white, sound, 10 minutes 27 seconds; edition 2 of 3. Geelong Gallery. Purchased with funds generously provided by Geelong Contemporary, 2018. … Read More

Sticky Beasts

TREADING LESS AGGRESSIVELY IN THE WORLD

by Helen Kelly

It’s Sticky Beast time of year! This tradition is slowly but surely taking root as a seasonal celebration. In our land without snow for snowmen we make do with sticky weed.

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Deep Trouble: That Was Then This Is Now

SPECIAL EPISODE     Or listen on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher

That Was Then, This Is Now involved young adults and award winning writers (and a publisher!) coming together on stage to discuss much loved modern classics that have … Read More