Artists’ studios: open doors

Europe may well have the immersive chaos of Francis Bacon’s studio in Dublin, the catalogued remains of the Giacometti...

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Striking Contrasts unpacked

Rapture (silent anthem), by Angelica Mesiti, gained significant media attention as an entry for the Blake Prize for religious art in...

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Five reasons to visit Regional Public Galleries

You might already be aware that the regional galleries of NSW bolster and enrich local communities. They support artists and...

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Making the invisible visible

“Objects & Energies is an exhibition about the impulse to make the invisible visible” so reads the opening sentence of...

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Sustainability comes to NERAM

Some might say it’s been a long time coming. But looking around New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) tells you...

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Blacktown City Art Prize winners announced

The winners of the 2013 Blacktown City Art Prize were announced on Thursday 5 December at a glittering reception at...

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Contemporary art virgin? Walk Sydney’s galleries

On a wet Friday day I set out in search of some of Sydney’s galleries in Surry Hills and Chippendale....

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Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction: Kate Downhill Exhibition is a survey exhibition commemorating the 1950s atomic bomb era and recounting the impact on...

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Lloyd Rees: Works from the South Coast

Using a variety of techniques and skills, members of the St Georges Basin Creative Craft Group and Nowra Quilters, applied...

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Announcing details of 19th Biennale of Sydney

Juliana Engberg, Artistic Director of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, has revealed details for the Asia Pacific’s largest contemporary visual arts...

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The Yenda Rain Project

The Yenda community will finally have their voice heard with a community art project telling a visual story of the...

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Sydney moderns in a collection near you

The recent major exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Moderns: Art for a new world...

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The Art of Installation

The installation and presentation of art exhibitions is an area that can be easily overlooked by visitors as they make...

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Wendy Sharpe wins Manning Art Prize-Naked and Nude 2013

Esteemed judge John McDonald has awarded the $10,000 first prize in the inaugural Manning Art Prize – Naked and Nude...

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Sydney Contemporary

For three and a half days in September, Carriageworks was overtaken by the inaugural Sydney Contemporary; coined as Australia’s...

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In-Habit: A collaboration of kids, community and cardboard

Recently M&G went to Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery to interview a bunch of enthusiastic kids working with In-Habit artists...

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The essential line

When looking at the face of someone we know well it’s possible to recognise the essential likeness of a...

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Who’s judging?

For the past 20 years the Dobell Prize for Drawing has been an annual event at the Art Gallery of NSW,...

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