Exhibitions
Naked, ‘wild’ and elusive: Pierre Bonnard’s muse keeps us guessing
Was Marthe Bonnard a jealous, obsessive wife, or an artist in her own right? On the eve of the NGV’s winter blockbuster, we uncover the woman behind the canvas.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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From Paris couture to those birthday cakes: The Women’s Weekly at 90
A rich Sydney socialite, nepotism and post-war glamour are among myriad fascinating blips you can follow along at the Bendigo Art Gallery’s latest exhibit.
- by Janice Breen Burns
Fancy some alone time? This new show might be just the thing
Lockdowns left us craving companionship, but at Buxton Contemporary, some of our best-known artists embrace the power of solitude.
- by Andrew Stephens
How Rihanna inspired this artist’s constellations of Swarovski crystals
David Sequeira’s Indian heritage conjures a surprising celestial alignment in his installation for the TarraWarra Biennial.
- by Andrew Stephens
‘I was watching all my friends die’: a queer history told in pictures
When photographer Catherine Opie was documenting the AIDS crisis in California, she had little sense of how important her images would become.
- by Michael Idato
Ten things not to miss at the NGV’s Melbourne Now blockbuster
A ChatBot hatched from reality TV and a hot-pink gown made from recycled plastic bottles are among the very contemporary artworks that speak to our time and place.
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Meet the woman who brought Bauhaus to Australia
Margo Lewers, the subject of the 1967 Archibald winning portrait, was a Modernist trailblazer way ahead of her time, a new exhibition and book show.
- by Helen Pitt
Gods, warriors and phalluses: The world of Australia’s ‘bad boy of ceramics’
Drawing from historical religious iconographies, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran creates vibrantly coloured ceramic and bronze works.
- by Kylie Northover
Larrikins, louts and Paddle Pops: the Australian icons leaving their mark
A new exhibition celebrates all that is brazenly Australian, from iconic pub images to an ornamental pot topped with a figurine of AFL footballer Nicky Winmar.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
The best things to see and do in Sydney in March
From musicals to festivals, international headliners to homegrown artists, there is a wide range of events on offer this month.
- by Billie Eder and Thomas Mitchell
Abstract pioneer and ‘Spider Woman’ among Sydney’s summer art blockbusters
The Art Gallery of NSW will hold exhibitions by pioneering abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky and Louise Bourgeois, renowned for her large-scale steel and bronze spiders that earned the artist her nickname.
- by Linda Morris