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trouble was grass roots arts publishing at its best, made by artists for artists, and was dedicated to reflecting the best of the contemporary Australian art scene and the creatives who make it.
Matthew Harding: Thinking Hands
October 4, 2015 | troublemagINTERVIEW by Steve Proposch
I took an instant liking to Matthew Harding. Meeting for the first time at his workshop in Trentham, he struck me immediately as the kind of guy I’d enjoy chatting to over Friday frothies at the … Read More
Feathering the Nest: Richard Nylon
October 4, 2015 | troublemagHolly Barbaro
With the artist intervention moving into the mainstream of exhibition programming, and the rise and thrive of fashion exhibitions in the museum sector, it seems a natural evolution for the two to collide in Richard Nylon’s guest curation … Read More
Greenwash: Big Jamboree in Sleepy Hollow
October 4, 2015 | troublemagBen Laycock
Thinking people all around the world are coming to the inescapable conclusion that the whole God-damn place is run by a cabal of Corporate Psychopaths. If you count yourself amongst the cognoscenti who share this unshakable belief, you … Read More
Comics Face October 2015
October 2, 2015 | troublemagThis comic first appeared in Trouble magazine October 2011
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Bowness Photography Prize 2015
October 1, 2015 | troublemagEstablished in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is now in its 10th year, and has become Australia’s most coveted photography prize. It is also one of the country’s most open … Read More
THE PRINT FAIR (Saltz in the Wound)
September 22, 2015 | troublemagby Jim Kempner
Jim and Dru’s misadventures in the Park Avenue Armory during the Print Fair.
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SALON September 2015
September 1, 2015 | troublemagCOVER: Julio Falagán, Pretendientes 2015, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist. Power to the People!, RMIT Gallery, Swanston Street Melbourne (VIC), 25 September – 24 October 2015
The Sydney Opera House presents the fifth GRAPHIC festival, Sydney (NSW), … Read More
Rosemary Laing: effort + rush
September 1, 2015 | troublemagAll images Rosemary Laing: effort + rush, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne © the artist.
In order of appearance: a dozen useless actions for grieving blondes #7 2009, type C photograph, 77 x 133 cm, … Read More
Comics Face September 2015
September 1, 2015 | troublemagThis comic first appeared in Trouble magazine September 2010
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As They Are: Colonial Life and the Art of S.T. Gill
September 1, 2015 | troublemagSasha Grishin
Although S.T. Gill died 135 years ago, the current exhibition at the State Library of Victoria, Australian Sketchbook: Colonial Life and the Art of S.T. Gill (until October 25) is the first major retrospective exhibition of his … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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