Wednesday 01 July 2020

For our latest Artist Insider video, we talk to Namila Benson, journalist, broadcaster and host of The Art Show on ABC Radio National. Namila talks about her artist interviews for NIRIN, the depiction of black bodies, how a boat united many communities, and why the 22nd Biennale of Sydney is a gamechanger. After closing in March 2020 due to Coronavirus, NIRIN reopened to the public on June 1, an…

Thursday 25 June 2020

Sarah Goffman’s White Series (2009-13) is a rumination on arrangement. It plays on well-established display techniques in contemporary art and pays tribute to the works of Australian ceramicist Gwynn Hanssen Pigott. Goffman describes herself as a ‘trash converter’, transforming plastic detritus into pristine, venerable objects. She painstakingly cleans single-use PET bottles and containers before…

Thursday 18 June 2020

Many poets, artists and filmmakers have appreciated the expansive Michelago Valley, situated south of Canberra in the Monaro region of New South Wales. Along with his mentor George Lambert, Elioth Gruner (1882- 1939) was captivated by the subtle play of light across the valley. When he died at the age of 57 in 1939, he left two large paintings of Michelago Valley unfinished, and the Gruner Estate…

Thursday 11 June 2020

Article by Nick Galvin, Kerrie O’Brien and Chloe Wolifson Ten Australian artists, including NAS alumni Reg Mombassa, Fiona Foley, John Olsen and NAS Fellow Wendy Sharpe share what they have been working on during lockdown. Read the full article through the link below. Image: Part of Fiona Foley’s series Hunted II, 2020. Photo: Mick Richards READ MORE

Thursday 11 June 2020

Article by Jane Albert Much like our current students, NAS alumni John Olsen is utilising Zoom to continue teaching his painting classes. “Why should we stop just because of the coronavirus?” he said. It didn’t take long for him to adapt to teaching over Zoom instead, and the classes resumed. “We’ve continued in that kind of way and that’s been rather nice – it’s a long time since I’ve taught.”…