Tough love for Museums! The Guerrilla Girls continue to strike back
How much have things really changed in the art world? The Guerrilla Girls showcase a comparative port folio at the NGV.
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Chicken River: a review of Raafat Ishak’s most recent works
Raafat Ishak plays with contrasting symbols and scale to bring his installation and paintings to life, redefining identity in a most surreal way.
Truth, tenderness and discomfort in the human experience
In her latest work, beloved Australian writer Maria Tumarkin defies convention and delves tenderly into trauma and grief through the lens of familiar truisms.
Memorialising the Australian Frontier Wars
A visual arts research project examines the possibility of a national memorial to honour the Indigenous peoples of Australia, who endure suffering and violence in the colonial and decolonising states of Australia.
Contemplations on the Notions of Hospitality
As hegemonic structures regenerate across the world, this Berlin-based exhibition explores the asymmetries of power dictating who is host and who is guest.
Stigma and choice: romantic life for the modern woman
Ariadna Relea and Mariona Guiu contemplate female identity, stigma and choice in modern society, through the lives of five women.
A moving take on violence, aspiration and passion in the suburbs of West Melbourne
Sports drama meets police procedural in a gripping exposé into a Sudanese community in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
Black Lives Matter: a generation-defining movement rooted in love
Anika Basset reviews Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist.
The power of the student press
Sally Percival Wood’s book, Dissent: The student press in 1960s Australia, exemplifies the power students can wield against social and political injustices.
Exploring human trafficking in fiction
Zana Fraillon’s latest novel, The Ones That Disappeared, haunts the reader with a tale of three children searching for a happy future free from slavery
Tracker Tilmouth, an extraordinary memoir for an extraordinary man
Christopher Ringrose reviews Alexis Wright’s 2018 Stella Prize winning book about the Aboriginal politician and activist, Tracker Tilmouth.
Australia’s Secret History in the Timor Sea
Kim McGrath exposes Australia’s duplicitous diplomatic relationship with East Timor in her book, Crossing the Line.