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FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS

Ali Tahayori at Unseen Amsterdam: Solo Exhibition
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Ali Tahayori at Unseen Amsterdam 2023.

Yhonnie Scarce and Johnathon World Peace Bush at The Armory Show: Dual Exhibition
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Yhonnie Scarce and Johnathon World Peace Bush at the Armory Show, New York.

Ali Tahayori: Looking at Me Looking at You
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Ali Tahayori's first solo with the gallery.

THIS IS NO FANTASY Welcomes Haji Oh to Their Stable
Textile artist joins Melbourne gallery.

Spring1883 Is Back
The contemporary art fair Spring1883’s eighth edition will be held at The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne.

Group Exhibition: ORBIT
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents ORBIT, a group exhibition of gallery artists.

Debutantes: Johnathon World Peace Bush
Artists who leading gallerists have thrown their weight behind with a recent debut exhibition.

Zeitgeist: A Shift Away From Bricks and Mortar
The art world issues influencing our times.

Jo Plank: Nulla dies sine Linea
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents second solo exhibition by Jo Plank.

Neil Haddon: When The Smoke Clears
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents works by Neil Haddon's in When The Smoke Clears.

Oliver Watts: At Redleaf
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents At Redleaf by Oliver Watts.

Victoria Reichet: Predictive Text
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents 'Predictive Text' a new series by Victoria Reichelt

Kevin Chin: Within Region
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Kevin Chin 'Within Region'.

Juan Ford: Dearthlings
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents new body of work by JUAN FORD 'Dearthlings'

Phuong Ngo: Lost and Found – Prayer, Plantation, Pastiche
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents PHUONG NGO: LOST AND FOUND - Prayer, Plantation, Pastiche in the gallery.

Michael Cook: Enculturation
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents Michael Cook's 'Enculturation'

Badra Aji: Foreign Objects
This is No Fantasy presents Badra Aji

Simon Degroot: Oblique Variations
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents a new series of works by Simon Degroot, Oblique Variations

Alexandra Standen: Staged
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents a new series of ceramics by Alexandra Standen

Ezz Monem: In Search of Mohamed
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Ezz Monem.

Jill Orr: Mitre Lake
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents new work by Jill Orr.

Art Collector x MAF 2022: THIS IS NO FANTASY
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Vincent Namatjira at the Melbourne Art Fair 2022.

Australian galleries featured in Art Basel’s Online Viewing Rooms
THIS IS NO FANTASY and Jan Murphy Gallery invited to participate.

Charlie Ingemar Harding: Amongst The Heat Of The Races, Besides The Trampling Camels
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Charlie Ingemar Harding.

THIS IS NO FANTASY picks up Badra Aji
The Melbourne gallery announces representation of the Indonesian-born drawer and videographer.

Juan Ford: Abyssal Figuration
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Juan Ford.

THIS IS NO FANTASY now representing Ezz Monem
Melbourne gallery picks up Egyptian photographic artist Ezz Monem.

Petrina Hicks: Fly through the candle’s mouth like a singeless moth
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Petrina Hicks.

Oliver Watts: Sweet is the Swamp
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Oliver Watts.

Alexandra Standen: Considerate Touch
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Alexandra Standen.

Chris Bond: Sleep
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Chris Bond.

Debutantes: Charlie Ingemar Harding
We look at those artists who gallerists have thrown their weight behind with a recent debut premier commercial exhibition.

Yhonnie Scarce: In the dead house
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Yhonnie Scarce.

Charlie Ingemar Harding: by chance or arrangement
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Charlie Ingemar Harding.

Michael Cook: PHOTO2021
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Michael Cook for Photo2021.

Simon Degroot: Reconstructive
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Simon Degroot.

Vincent Namatjira: The Royal Tour
This Is No Fantasy presents work by Vincent Namatjira.

Benjamin Aitken: Catharsis
This Is No Fantasy presents work by Benjamin Aitken.

Juan Ford: The Beast and the Bestiary
This Is No Fantasy presents work by Juan Ford.

Kevin Chin: Social Distance
This Is No Fantasy presents an exhibition of work by Kevin Chin.

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Kevin Chin
What makes this particular artwork WORK as a work of art?

Vincent Namatjira awarded an OAM
Celebrated South Australia-based artist awarded for his service to Indigenous arts.

Jill Orr: Detritus Springs
This Is No Fantasy present work by Jill Orr.

Oliver Watts: Real Made Strange
Oliver Watts’ latest suite of seductive paintings explore spaces of retreat, sanctuary and exclusion in Sydney.

Michael Cook: Keeping up with the Joneses
Michael Cook’s latest photographic series mines the inherent racism toward Indigenous people, and the impact of materialism on community.


Michael Cook: Livin’ the dream
THIS IS NO FANTASY and Andrew Baker Art Dealer present work by Michael Cook.

Yhonnie Scarce wins Yalingwa Fellowship
Melbourne-based artist takes out $60,000 Yalingwa Fellowship.

Dan Halter: Plenty Sits Still, Hunger is a Wanderer
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Dan Halter.

Yhonnie Scarce: PARIS PHOTO 2019
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Yhonnie Scarce at PARIS PHOTO 2019.

Benjamin Aitken joins THIS IS NO FANTASY
Melbourne gallery welcomes the playful and acerbic practice of Benjamin Aitken.

Australian female photographic artists take over the NGV
Two survey shows from Petrina Hicks and Polixeni Papapetrou at the NGV celebrate contemporary Australian photographic practice.

SPRING 1883: Art Luxe
The sixth iteration of Spring 1883 sees 24 handpicked galleries take over the luxurious Establishment Hotel in Sydney.

Art Basel returns to Hong Kong
The region’s largest art fair, Art Basel Hong Kong, kicks off another round at the end of March.

Simon Degroot: Anterior Verdure
THIS IS NO FANTASY presents work by Simon Degroot.

Installation Contemporary thinks outside the booth
Sydney Contemporary’s Installation Contemporary program returns to the fair this September with a diverse array of ambitious installation works presented throughout Carriageworks.

Sydney Contemporary Announces 2018 Gallery List
Sydney Contemporary has stepped up its program for its first year as an annual art fair.

Curator’s Radar: Yhonnie Scarce
Yhonnie Scarce’s work is about the here and how, and the ongoing effects of colonisation on Indigenous peoples.

Victoria Reichelt: Endangered
Victoria Reichelt’s highly finessed mark-making evokes the changes encroaching on both contemporary art and modern life.

Natasha Bieniek: Natural Magnetism
Attuned to the natural world, Natasha Bieniek relays the minutia of the outdoors in her paintings.

Jacqui Stockdale: From Where I Stood
Jacqui Stockdale's latest series draws on the enduring legend of the notorious bushranger Ned Kelly.