Dark matter exhibition with differing messages
CON BOEKEL reviews “Dark Matter 2023”, exhibitions by Isabella Capezio, Rowena Crowe, Odette England and Janhavi Salvi at the Huw Davies Gallery.
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CON BOEKEL reviews photographer Graham Gall's "Woden Valley – the Full Spectrum” exhibition.
"Perhaps Evans sometimes aimed to create works that are, as compositions, deliberately off centre. Why are so many of the verticals not vertical?". CON BOEKEL reviews an exhibition by photographer Joyce Evans.
The winners of this year’s Canberra Museum and Gallery Art Prize for Secondary Students have been announced. HELEN MUSA has the names.
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Hawker wins inaugural photography prize
Canberra photographer Sammy Hawker has won the $2000 first prize in the inaugural Canberra Contemporary Photography Prize for her work “Caterpillars in Metamorphosis".
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Hometown salute for Heide’s old news snapping
The medieval town of Hameln (Hamelin) in Germany is world-famous because of its legendary pied piper, but it also numbers among its native daughters one of Australia's (and Canberra’s) leading photographers – Heide Smith.
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Three diverse shows offering so much to absorb
CON BOEKEL reviews three photographic exhibitions offering "so much to absorb, consider and appreciate".
Based around the acquisition of 3560 silver gelatin photographic prints, “Capturing Canberra: CMAG’s Press Photography” is the first time these photos have gone on display – 139 in all, drawn from 1913-1994, before the digital era.
BRIAN ROPE reviews American photographer Nan Goldin's exhibition “The ballad of sexual dependency”, at the National Gallery until January 28.
The winner of this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize is Melbourne photographer Shea Kirk, reports HELEN MUSA.
Photographer Rory King's journey to the interior became a metaphor for a journey into the self, into contemplation of loss, death, loneliness and longing, writes reviewer CON BOEKEL.
David Cossini’s portrait of Ugandan man Godfrey Baguma has been announced as the $2000 Art Handlers’ Award for the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Photography/ “Drift” by Katherine White and “Dream City Demolition”, paintings and installations, by Katie Hayne,…
CON BOEKEL reviews three exhibitions that examine the nexus between development, the environment, climate change, and being human.
CON BOEKEL reviews Vic McEwan's mixed-media exhibition “Haunting” at the National Museum.
CON BOEKEL reviews PhotoAccess' latest exhibition devoted to emerging Canberra region artists.
CON BOEKEL reviews the photographic exhibition “Salt” by Sammy Hawker. At the Mixing Room Gallery, Thor’s Hammer.
CON BOEKEL reviews a photographic exhibition that focuses on engagement with nature through art in order to promote personal wellbeing.
The photographic exhibition “We Are One” is overwhelmingly about indigenous artists celebrating an extraordinary achievement, says reviewer CON BOEKEL.
