CURRENT ISSUE
C O N T E N T S
ON THE COVER: Loribelle Spirovski, Lux Aeterna, 2026. Oil on linen, 152×122cm. Courtesy: Nanda\Hobbs.
Read more about Loribelle Spirovski in our Look Out For section on p116.
U P F R O N T
Previews
Notable exhibitions to be staged this quarter across the region.
Artworld Analysis
This issue we’re looking at: LACMA’s reimagined David Geffen Galleries and what Australasian visitors will find there; how Albert Barnes and Donald M. Hess built coherence into two singular museums; and the quiet AI tools reshaping how collectors research and manage what they own.
Acts of Grace
Shepparton Art Museum’s Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso — drawn from Auckland Art Gallery’s landmark Robertson Gift — brings almost a century of European modernism to regional Victoria. Maurice O’Riordan writes.
On the Couch
Michael Dagostino reflects on his long curatorial road from Parramatta to Venice.
And the Winner Was
A rundown of the major prize winners from the last quarter.
Art Fair Report
The art fairs and biennales to take note of in the coming quarter.
ARTISTS
Under 5K
We present those artists who you might be surprised to learn have work available for less than AU$5,000.
Look Out For
The artists on our radar now.
Pull Focus
Prominent critics zero in on important major works.
Collector’s Dossier
A personal portrait of John Nixon — true believer in art, one of the most generous figures of his generation — told by those who knew him. Sue Cramer writes.
Drawn from Life
Zoe Young paints with the eye of a director, composing intimate dramas thick with story. Courtney Kidd writes.
Glimpses of the Marvellous
After more than two decades behind the scenes, Hendrik Kolenberg has emerged as an artist in his own right. John McDonald writes.
Give Everything to the Sea
Tarntanya/Adelaide-based ceramicist Sam Gold turns the pinch into a meditation on surrender. Althea Kuzman writes.
Soft Monuments
Kathy Temin returns to Surry Hills — the suburb of her father’s shirt factory — for her first exhibition at Ames Yavuz. Eve Sullivan writes.
Time on the Tools
Ngaroma Riley is reshaping wāhine Māori carving through what she calls “time on the tools”. Emil McAvoy writes.
Personal Archeology
Adam John Cullen builds one of Australia’s most distinctive sculptural practices from mementos and studio remnants. Nikita Holcombe writes.
Tracing the Light
Trained as a graphic designer, Alethea Richter creates work that pulls the logic of the pixel back into the hand. Emma-Kate Wilson writes.
Going off-Script
Through analogue photography, J Davies reframes trans and queer life as joyful, communal and going off-script. Lara Chapman writes.
Ornament and Inheritance
The eightieth birthday retrospective for Katy Woodroffe gathers a practice shaped by residencies and Tasmania’s colonial past. Courtney Kidd writes.
The Remains of Time
Ahead of her first major solo, Hilary Finch reflects on time, the print as encounter, and why meaning belongs to the viewer. Robert Buratti writes.
Kindred Spirits
The Bawáliba have lived in Lucy Yarawanga’s imagination since childhood. Pete Volich writes.
Crossing Dimensions
For fifty years Jon Tarry has worked the crossing — between the artisan’s hand and the screen, language and space. Darryn Ansted writes.
Exhibition
Notable institutional exhibitions to be staged this quarter across the region.
C O L L E C T I N G
Dealer: Bett Gallery
For four decades Bett Gallery has built a culture of collecting founded on friendship, trust and the bond between artist and audience. Sean Kelly writes.
Collector: Collecting on Country
For more than a decade, Carey Lyon and Jo Crosby have quietly assembled an exceptional collection of early Papunya painting.
Art Centre: A Day in the Life
Maningrida Arts & Culture has built a model of supporting artists inseparable from the work of staying on Country. Fiona Salmon writes.
Art Travel: Hyde Hotel
From Atong Atem’s portraits to the late Jimmy Pike’s Jilji, Ennismore’s two flagships make a case for the hotel as a serious patron of contemporary art.
Seen, Read, Heard
The book, podcast and film you might like to know about.
ARI for your Diary
In a city too often dismissed as regional, a new Flinders Street project is a live participant in global contemporary culture. Michael Bianco writes.