Venice Biennale to showcase Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White in First Nations-led Australian delegation

1 month ago

Minister for Arts Tony Burke says he was 'not briefed' on Australia's Venice Biennale controversy

ABC

Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke says he was not briefed about some of Khaled Sabsabi's early artworks when the artist was chosen to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, together with curator Michael Dagostino. Creative Australia rescinded its invitation to the artistic team last week after questions were raised in Parliament by shadow arts minister Clare Chandler, on the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Artist Khaled Sabsabi 'honoured' to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026

ABC

When Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi visited the Venice Biennale last year, he picked up a white stone from outside the Australia Pavilion. He'll be back to return the stone soon: he's just been announced as Australia's representative at the Venice Biennale, the so-called "Olympics of the art world", in 2026. "While we were writing the application, I said to, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Angelica Mesiti, one of Australia's most-acclaimed artists, on her love of the unexpected

ABC

From the bright upper levels of the Art Gallery of New South Wales' new building, Naala Badu, Angelica Mesiti leads me down a wide, white spiral staircase and into the art space, The Tank. Angelica Mesiti is one of Australia's most acclaimed contemporary artists — but where does she get her ideas and inspiration? Now based in Paris, Mesiti is …

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4 months, 1 week ago

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery

Hindustan Times

DAKAR, Senegal — A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year's Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art in the Senegalese capital stood in stark contrast to the serious topic of slavery featuring in the artworks of guest artists from the United States. At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine …

Art Artists Senegal Slavery Dakar

4 months, 1 week ago

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year’s Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art in the Senegalese capital stood in stark contrast to the serious topic of slavery featuring in the artworks of guest artists from the United States. The exhibition, founded in 1989 by the Senegalese government to promote the continent’s thriving …

Art Artists Senegal Dakar

4 months, 1 week ago

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A whirlwind of color and …

Art Artists Senegal Dakar

6 months, 1 week ago

National Gallery to show Canberra's largest ever Indigenous art exhibition, with 260 works spanning generations

ABC

Dharug man Billy Bain has come a long way from creating ceramics in his parents' basement during the pandemic. "I only graduated art school four years ago, just before COVID, and was pretty much working from mum and dad's house in their basement for about two years after that," Mr Bain said. Tina Baum, senior curator of First Nations art …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet the five up-and-coming artists featured in Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at the MCA

ABC

From its inception, the Snowy Hydro Scheme was billed as a nation-building project. It's one of the artworks featured in Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. A living ancestor The four aluminium diamond shields that make up Hartshorn's work — representing the artist and his three sisters — speak to familial connections, inheritance and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition shows modern Belarus art

China Daily

Works of eight modern Belarusian artists are on show at the National Art Museum of China. During a 2016 visit to Belarus, Wu Weishan, director of National Art Museum of China and sculptor, dropped by the studio of Konstantin Selikhanov where he saw dozens of statues of Chinese cultural figures, such as Qi Baishi, made by Selikhanov's grandfather, Sergey Ivanovich …

Art Belarus Shows Modern Namoc

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition shows modern Belarus art

China Daily

Works of eight modern Belarusian artists are on show at the National Art Museum of China. During a 2016 visit to Belarus, Wu Weishan, director of National Art Museum of China and sculptor, dropped by the studio of Konstantin Selikhanov where he saw dozens of statues of Chinese cultural figures, such as Qi Baishi, made by Selikhanov's grandfather, Sergey Ivanovich …

Art Belarus Namoc

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition shows modern Belarus art

China Daily

Works of eight modern Belarusian artists are on show at the National Art Museum of China. During a 2016 visit to Belarus, Wu Weishan, director of National Art Museum of China and sculptor, dropped by the studio of Konstantin Selikhanov where he saw dozens of statues of Chinese cultural figures, such as Qi Baishi, made by Selikhanov's grandfather, Sergey Ivanovich …

Art Belarus Shows Modern Namoc

7 months ago

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York

China Daily

Liu Jingtao, a Chinese artist from Central China's Hubei province, introduces one of his works at an exhibition in New York City, the United States, on Aug 15, 2024. Chinese artist Liu Jingtao on Thursday kicked off his solo exhibition of 17 artworks on Chinese landscapes, Tibetan buddhist art, and fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings in New York City. Liu, an artist …

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7 months ago

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York

China Daily

Liu Jingtao, a Chinese artist from Central China's Hubei province, introduces one of his works at an exhibition in New York City, the United States, on Aug 15, 2024. Chinese artist Liu Jingtao on Thursday kicked off his solo exhibition of 17 artworks on Chinese landscapes, Tibetan buddhist art, and fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings in New York City. Liu, an artist …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Archibald Prize finalist Adrian Jangala Robertson takes his paintings of Yalpirakinu to London

ABC

As I walk into a London gallery, the artist Adrian Jangala Robertson is painting a wild mountainous landscape of pinks and oranges. Adrian Jangala Robertson likes to paint every day, including when he's hanging out in the London gallery. Robertson also reached career milestones at home this year, becoming the first Aboriginal artist to be a finalist in the Wynne, …

Art London Prize Painting Artists Artist His Family

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition highlights new generation of artists

China Daily

Artist Nhozagri's works aim to create a cosmological self-consistent life system.CHINA DAILY Alongside this piece, 69 other works are on display, all created by Chinese artists under 35. The exhibition Era of Encore opened in June at the Beijing Times Art Museum, featuring diverse works by 32 artists born in the late 1980s and 1990s, offering their unique perspectives on …

Art Exhibition Artists

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Art world mourns death of Aboriginal artist and activist

ABC

The art world is mourning the death of a trailblazing contemporary Aboriginal Australian artist. Born in Maryborough, Queensland, in 1957, Deacon studied politics and education before going on to work as a teacher and then a staff trainer for Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins. Roslyn Oxley, a gallerist currently showing Deacon's work, told RN Breakfast the artist's mind was always thinking …

Art Work Aboriginal Her Work Deacon

10 months ago

Australia's richest woman, billionaire Gina Rinehart, demands her portrait be removed from gallery

Hindustan Times

Gina Rinehart, the richest woman in Australia, has demanded that the National Gallery of Australia remove her portrait from public display at an ongoing exhibition, the BBC reported, quoting local media. The artwork includes the Late Queen Elizabeth II, American musician Jimi Hendrix, Australian Aboriginal rights activist Vincent Lingiari, and the former Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Vincent Namatjira …

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10 months ago

Swimming Queensland says Vincent Namatjira's portrait of patron Gina Rinehart is 'offensive' and 'unflattering'

ABC

Swimming Queensland says it shouldn't have to defend a request to the National Gallery to take down an "unflattering" portrait of the sport's patron, mining magnate Gina Rinehart. The organisation's chief executive Kevin Hasemann said Ms Rinehart was a "saviour" of swimming but he had no contact with her about the matter. Gina Rinehart and her portrait, painted as part …

Swimming Gallery Queensland Gina Rinehart Portrait Vincent Swimmers

10 months ago

Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart demands national gallery remove unflattering portrait

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart …

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10 months, 1 week ago

India all around at Venice Biennale

New Indian Express

The warm embrace of spring this year brings forth one of the biggest and most prestigious events in the global art scenario, the 60th edition of Venice Biennale. The curator’s presentation, ‘Historical Nucleus’ in Giardini della Biennale showcases some works by masters of Indian art such as SH Raza, FN Souza, Ramkumar, Bhupen Khakhar, and Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaye Brown's lost work for the Adelaide Biennial was inspired by the creations of her ancestors

ABC

In a basement room of the Museum of South Australia, catalogued on shelves more than 3,000 kilometres from their place of origin, is one of the largest collection of Tiwi artefacts on record. The family group viewed the vast historical archive before flying back to the Tiwis and responding with new works for this year's Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Winning the Venice Biennale's Golden Lion has thrust Archie Moore into the global spotlight and with him, 65,000 years of history

ABC

Last Saturday, in a packed auditorium in Venice, dozens of artists and curators from all over the globe gathered for a history-making announcement. Among them was Bigambul and Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore — Australia's representative for the 60th Venice Biennale, the world's pre-eminent art biennial. As described by the jury, Moore's "quiet, impactful pavilion" kith and kin confronts the ongoing …

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11 months ago

Archie Moore wins prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, in world-first for Australian artist

ABC

Australia has won gold at the Venice Biennale, the world's oldest international art biennial, and "the Olympics of the art world". First Nations artist Archie Moore was named the recipient of the coveted Golden Lion for best national pavilion, marking the first time in history that an Australian has received the accolade. In awarding the Golden Lion, the Biennale jury …

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11 months ago

Venice Biennale titled ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists

Associated Press

VENICE, Italy — Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition that opened Saturday, curated for the first time by a Latin American. Visitors to the two main venues, the Giardini and the Arsenale, will be greeted by a neon sign by the conceptual art cooperative Claire Fontaine with the …

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11 months ago

Israel artist shuts Biennale show until ceasefire, hostages freed

The Hindu

The artist representing Israel at the Venice Biennale called on April 16 for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas and said her exhibit would remain closed until the hostages were released. Ruth Patir’s video installation otherland was due to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show, but the day before a media preview, she …

Art Israel Biennale

1 year ago

Open letter urges Venice Biennale art show to exclude Israel. Italy’s culture minister pushes back

Associated Press

MILAN — Thousands of artists, curators and critics have signed an open letter calling on the Venice Biennale to exclude the Israeli national pavilion from this year’s contemporary art fair due to the war in Gaza, but Italy’s culture minister firmly backed Israel’s participation. Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano expressed solidarity with Israel in a statement Tuesday, saying it “not …

Art Biennale Venice Biennale Israeli Culture

1 year, 1 month ago

A note on the issue: A season for art and artistry

Live Mint

Art always stirs curiosity—whether we are touched or baffled by an artist’s work, we are inquisitive about what prompted them to create it. All of these concerns of artists are reflected in the pages of our art special, timed as usual just ahead of the annual India Art Fair in Delhi. We go a little further this year, as our …

Art

1 year, 2 months ago

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023

Hindustan Times

The second edition of the Madras Art Weekend, held from November 29 to December 3, put the spotlight on the works of nearly 150 emerging and established artists, including two from abroad. These include MF Husain’s Two Women with Elephants, Ram Kumar’s The City, Krishen Khanna’s Ramu Kaa Dhaba, Jeram Patel’s Hospital series, the works of KCS Paniker, NN Rimzon’s …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Installation at Kochi Biennale finds new iteration in solo show in London

The Hindu

The Hayward Gallery, the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, and the Kochi Biennale Foundation have announced artist Amol K. Patil as the first recipient of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation-Kochi-Muziris Biennale Award, a multi-year exhibition and lecture programme spotlighting emerging South Asian artists. He is presenting his first institutional solo exhibition in the U.K. at the Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space from October …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Artist and curator Hideo Sakata, a force in the Los Angeles arts community, dies at 87

LA Times

Hideo Sakata, the Nagasaki-born, Los Angeles-based artist and curator, died July 30 after a lengthy battle with cancer. In his own words: “Peace is at the essence of everything I do.” Sakata arrived in Los Angeles in 1970 from Mexico, where he first intended to live and work after leaving Japan in 1967. These meetings eventually lead to Sakata’s founding …

Community Art Japan Exhibition Artists Los Angeles

2 years, 1 month ago

Jitish Kallatâ€™s art is the highlight at Bangkok biennale

Deccan Chronicle

Renowned Mumbai artist Jitish Kallat is one of 73 artists from 35 countries participating in the ongoing 2022 Bangkok Art Biennale ending this month. So do the two great works of the late legendary Thai artist Montien Boonma, which includes a giant Buddha head and a sanctuary-like “Aarogyasala” in the same temple. “Chaos and Calm” is the symbolic post-Covid theme …

Art India Indian Thai Artist Works Bangkok

2 years, 2 months ago

Muzaffar Ali to showcase his lesser-known artistic works at upcoming exhibition

Hindustan Times

Celebrated filmmaker Muzaffar Ali will showcase his lesser-known artistic side outside of cinema at an upcoming exhibition, featuring the director's paintings, collages, sketches and designed objects. Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali will showcase his lesser-known artistic side outside of cinema at an upcoming exhibition The 'Muzaffar Ali' exhibition at Bikaner House here from January 11 will shed light on a variety of …

Ali Muzaffar Ali Upcoming Exhibition

2 years, 3 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?

The Hindu

Away from the cacophonous chorus of heavily corporatised art festivals, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale hopes to return after three pandemic-ridden years to its foundational purpose: to give back to people their real stories, their strengths, their songs. A biennale isn’t just a collection of artworks, it can be sharing of ethos, of ways to make and survive, even flourish, and of …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Central Australian artists witness collective's Indigenous designs hitting fashion runways in Europe

ABC

Two Indigenous artists from a remote community in Central Australia have travelled across the globe to witness their designs being showcased on European fashion runways. Artists Keturah Zimran and Roseranna Larry from Ikuntji, 230 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the spectacular West MacDonnell Ranges are members of the local art collective, Ikuntji Artists, the first art centre established for …

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2 years, 7 months ago

South Australian Living Artists festival shines light on regional talent

ABC

Regional artists are encouraging residents to connect with the creative culture in their towns as the 25th South Australian Living Artists Festival kicks off. Key points: Country artists say homegrown artwork helps to create a regional identity The SALA festival spans the entire state, giving regional residents access to more exhibitions Regional artists are using the festival as an opportunity …

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2 years, 8 months ago

HK exhibition showcases spectacular artworks

China Daily

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, Hong Kong lawmaker, and Mao Chaofeng, chairman of the Bauhinia Culture Group, at the Better Than Ever art exhibition. EDMOND TANG/CHINA DAILY An exhibition showcasing masterpieces and the work of young artists, featuring iconic views of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its nearby mainland cities, is expected to further art exchanges, and drive Hong …

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2 years, 8 months ago

HK exhibition showcases spectacular artworks

China Daily

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, Hong Kong lawmaker, and Mao Chaofeng, chairman of the Bauhinia Culture Group, at the Better Than Ever art exhibition. EDMOND TANG/CHINA DAILY An exhibition showcasing masterpieces and the work of young artists, featuring iconic views of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its nearby mainland cities, is expected to further art exchanges, and drive Hong …

Art China Exhibition Hong Kong Work Chinese Kong

2 years, 10 months ago

Chinese art debut at art biennale in Dakar, Senegal

China Daily

Xiao Han, Chinese ambassador to Senegal and Macky Sall, president of Senegal attend the opening ceremony of the 14th Dakar Biennale in Dakar, Senegal, May 19, 2022. Xiao Han, Chinese ambassador to Senegal and Macky Sall, Senegal president addressed the opening ceremony. Xiao said this is the first time China, a non-African country, joined the Dakar Biennale as the guest …

Art China Chinese Senegal Dakar Chinese Ambassador Biennale

2 years, 10 months ago

Venice Biennale 2022: Marco Fusinato takes over Australia Pavilion with 200 days of guitar performance and spectacle

ABC

Discordant noise fills a white-walled exhibition space. Loading Instagram content This is Melbourne artist and noise musician Marco Fusinato's DESASTRES: a solo performance spanning 200 days of squalling, droning, amplified guitar, currently taking place in a gallery in Venice. Fusinato himself told ABC TV's Art Works: "I always enjoy creating something that might agitate, create friction, but remind us that …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Creating bridges for young artists from the grassroots

Live Mint

Last November, young artist Masum Asick Molla, could be seen tinkering with batteries, leaves and wires in a small space, located within the village of Boner Pukur Danga in Santiniketan. And in a fitting homage to him, last month the Raza Foundation decided to mark his birth centenary with a mammoth exhibition of 100 young artists, drawn from all over …

India Arts Indian Foundation Artists Baroda Raza

2 years, 11 months ago

Indian artists to shine at the Sharjah Biennial 2023

Live Mint

When Varunika Saraf received an email recently, informing her about being one of the 150 artists from over 70 countries selected for the highly-anticipated Sharjah Biennial next year, she was overwhelmed with emotion. The 30th anniversary of the biennial will Artist Reena Saini Kallat, whose sculpture series, titled Chorus, will be showcased at the exhibition, believes that such biennials offer …

India Exhibition Work Artist Chorus Saraf Biennial

3 years, 3 months ago

A brush with originality

China Daily

Visitors appreciate the extensive work of the late artist Yang Gang at A Journey to Freedom, an exhibition at the National Art Museum in Beijing. Exhibition at National Art Museum pays homage to artist's talent, versatility and innate honesty, Lin Qi reports. In the twilight of his life, Yang Gang, who had been diagnosed with cancer, told people that he …

Art Yang National Art Museum

3 years, 3 months ago

A brush with originality

China Daily

Visitors appreciate the extensive work of the late artist Yang Gang at A Journey to Freedom, an exhibition at the National Art Museum in Beijing. Exhibition at National Art Museum pays homage to artist's talent, versatility and innate honesty, Lin Qi reports. In the twilight of his life, Yang Gang, who had been diagnosed with cancer, told people that he …

Art Yang National Art Museum

3 years, 3 months ago

A brush with originality

China Daily

Visitors appreciate the extensive work of the late artist Yang Gang at A Journey to Freedom, an exhibition at the National Art Museum in Beijing. Exhibition at National Art Museum pays homage to artist's talent, versatility and innate honesty, Lin Qi reports. In the twilight of his life, Yang Gang, who had been diagnosed with cancer, told people that he …

Art Yang National Art Museum

3 years, 4 months ago

Exhibition examines changing existence

China Daily

Visitors appreciate some works by Fang Lijun displayed as part of the ongoing exhibition, The Realm of Existence, at Tsinghua University Art Museum. An exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum, The Realm of Existence, presents a sample of Chinese contemporary art over the past three decades. The ongoing exhibition, which runs until Dec 12, shows ink-water shuimo works, oil paintings, …

Art Examines Changing Tsinghua University Art Museum

3 years, 4 months ago

Exhibition examines changing existence

China Daily

Visitors appreciate some works by Fang Lijun displayed as part of the ongoing exhibition, The Realm of Existence, at Tsinghua University Art Museum. An exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum, The Realm of Existence, presents a sample of Chinese contemporary art over the past three decades. The ongoing exhibition, which runs until Dec 12, shows ink-water shuimo works, oil paintings, …

Art Examines Changing Tsinghua University Art Museum

3 years, 4 months ago

Atta Kwami: Painter whose bold works brought African art to a global stage

The Independent

Atta Kwami’s bold and colourful work, which drew on influences from his Ghanian heritage, helped create space for other African artists to be recognised on the global stage. open image in gallery Kwami’s ‘Atsia fu fe agbo nu’, commissioned for Creative Folkestone Triennial 2021 He graduated in painting from the College of Art at Kwame Nkumrah University of Science and …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Among the stars

China Daily

Yayoi Kusama, installation view of Stars: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2020 This year's COVID-19 pandemic has entirely rewritten and rescheduled so much of the cultural calendar, it's a rare miracle when anything appears in the real world unscathed. All of which makes Tokyo's Mori Art Museum's worldly, ambitious and audacious Stars: Six …

Art Japan World Stars Yayoi

4 years, 6 months ago

Among the stars

China Daily

Yayoi Kusama, installation view of Stars: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2020 This year's COVID-19 pandemic has entirely rewritten and rescheduled so much of the cultural calendar, it's a rare miracle when anything appears in the real world unscathed. All of which makes Tokyo's Mori Art Museum's worldly, ambitious and audacious Stars: Six …

Art Japan World Stars

Venice Biennale to showcase Yolŋu artist Naminapu Maymuru-White in First Nations-led Australian delegation

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