Briony Downes - Art Collector Magazine

Briony has worked in the arts industry for 20 years as a writer, art theory tutor, actor and fine art framer. She is a regular contributor to Art Guide Australia and her writing has also appeared in Artlink, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, RealTime and Art + Australia. Most recently, Briony studied Art History through Oxford University and Australian Aboriginal Art with Curtin University. She lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania.

FEATURES

VIDEO: At home with Caroline Zilinsky

May 18, 2020

Karla Dickens: Lost and Found

May 5, 2020

Employing anything from rusty lids and souvenir spoons to taxidermy birds and vintage fabrics, Karla Dickens unearths underlying narratives of both the tender and the traumatic.

VIDEO: At home with Bronte Leighton-Dore

April 8, 2020

Michael Bugelli: Old world, new world

February 12, 2019

In one of the oldest Georgian buildings in Australia, young dealer Michael Bugelli has created a multipurpose gallery space full of nooks, crannies and secrets.

Philip Wolfhagen: In Our Nature

July 28, 2018

Philip Wolfhagen is a master of the atmospheric.

John Young: Algorithms of Colour

January 2, 2018

After more than 70 solo exhibitions worldwide, John Young continues to innovate his artistic practice.

Anne Noble: Throwing New Light

October 3, 2017

Lauded as one of New Zealand’s finest contemporary photographers, Anne Noble interrogates our complex relationship with the natural world.

Spring 1883 returns to Sydney

August 13, 2017

Following the tradition set in 1994 by New York’s Gramercy International Art Fair, Sydney's Spring 1883 engages with the hotel environment for the exhibition and acquisition of artwork.

Sarah Scout Presents: Closing the Gap

July 2, 2016

Sarah Scout Presents occupies premises in Melbourne that allow the gallerists to present work the way a collector might live with it.