Finding the Art in Phuket

The Art of Letting it Find You

Anthony S Cameron  

I’ve seen some decent circuses in my time, but nothing conjured up in a big tent can compare to the daily human circus that is Phuket. Humans on holiday … Read More

SALON July 2018

COVER JULY 2018: Penny BYRNE, I Heart Nauru 2017, repurposed porcelain figurine, enamel paints. H x 140mm W x 90mm D x 90mm. Image credit: Matthew Stanton. All We Can’t See: Illustrating the Nauru Files, part of Melbourne Art … Read More

All That Glitters

Carats from Cartier

by Inga Walton  

Cartier: The Exhibition has been dazzling patrons at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (until 22 July, 2018). It is by far the most impressive display of the jeweller’s art to be exhibited … Read More

St Vincent, Chloe in the Afternoon

Live (4AD Session)

Artist: St. Vincent | Album: Strange Mercy, 2011

St. VINCENT brings her latest album MASSEDUCTION to Carriageworks for her only Sydney performance on Sunday 17 June. St. Vincent aka Annie Clark has been described by the NME … Read More

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize

9 June – 19 August 2018   This $30,000 acquisitive award and biennial exhibition features works by Natasha Bieniek, Seth Birchall, Amber Boardman, Andrew Browne, Jon Campbell, Nancy Constandelia, Yvette Coppersmith, Ann Debono, Troy Emery, Emily Ferretti, Patrick Francis, Nyarapayi … Read More

Retro Futurismus – PRESS RELEASE

“Retro Futurismus is a safe space from the heartbreak of participating in a hard life and the world we currently live in.” – Daily Review

The “feminista supernovas” of Retro Futurismus return to fortyfivedownstairs this winter to premiere a … Read More

Danchi Dreams

by Cody Ellingham   “I shot the series at night time, the time of the dreams. I wanted to evoke this with the iconic look of windows illuminated from the inside, only hinting at the existence of people.”     … Read More

The Intentions of Shaun & Jay Perry

interview by Steve Proposch  

“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Shaun and Jay Perry grew up in a little mountain suburb/town called Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges about an hour … Read More

Books Behind Bars

Lisa D’Onofrio  

“I always thought reading was for nerds, it was hard work, not for me, covered in tatts and thick. Now I know better. What’s next?”

  It’s a Friday afternoon, in a nondescript classroom that’s seen better … Read More

The Humility of Hokusai

北斎の謙虚さ

  Alexandra Sasse  

“If heaven had granted me five more years, I could have become a real painter.” – Katsushika Hokusai

Last year, one hundred and seventy-six elegant woodblock prints by Japanese nineteenth … Read More