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C OV E R S T ORY Mythra Schwartz and the painters subverting the scroll PLUS Tony Albert takes on the souvenir kitsch of Circular Quay PLUS Family secrets with Clara Brack
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Chloé Wolifson PR EV IEW
Dr Christian Thompson AO: House of Gold
Jo Higgins
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Among My Souvenirs: Tony Albert
Steve Dow STUDIO
Lottie Consalvo
Mook Simpson: Otherwised
Kar Mun Phoon
Josephine Mead
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Australian Galleries Celebrates 70 Years
Louise Martin-Chew LIGHTHOUSE: Robin Gibson Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Jo Higgins This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art
Victoria Hynes Dark Mofo
Briony Downes Claire Lambe: Part Interior, Part Object, Part Feeling
Josephine Mead Two Islands, One Thread: The Art and Cultures of Lombok and Bali
Briony Downes Cane
Louise Martin-Chew Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre and Jordan Benson
Josephine Mead
Painting a Moment
Camilla Wagstaff F E AT U R E
Modes of Being: Trần Lươ ng
Gok-Lim Finch 20 QUE STIONS W ITH
Alfred Lowe
Anna Carlsson COMMENT
Hidden Figures: Clara Brack
Tiarney Miekus F E AT U R E
The Shape of Things to Come: TarraWarra International 2026
Oliver Giles E S SAY
Belonging and Unbelonging: Rosalie Gascoigne
Timmah Ball F E AT U R E
Instruments of Time: Sriwhana Spong
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen A Garden of Memory: Wendy Hubert
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