visual art

visual art   January 31, 2026

Awakening Histories at PICA

Awakening Histories challenges colonial narratives with an exhibition of artworks that explores centuries-old trade relationships with South-East Asia.

visual art   January 10, 2026

Ron Mueck: Encounter at AGNSW

A retrospective of Ron Mueck’s hyperreal sculptures reveals the discomfort of voyeurism, while two recent sculptures herald a new phase in the artist’s work.

visual art   December 20, 2025

Best visual art: Rich works in a year of economic uncertainty

The Saturday Paper’s visual arts critic looks back at the highlights of 2025.

visual art   December 13, 2025

Olafur Eliasson’s Presence

In the exhibition Presence at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, Olafur Eliasson charts a continuum between our interior and exterior worlds.

visual art   December 6, 2025

John Nixon’s Song of the Earth

Song of the Earth, the first comprehensive survey of John Nixon’s art practice from the 1960s until his death in 2020, is a testament to his tireless creativity.

visual art   November 29, 2025

Hidden Line: Art of the Boyd Women

The Hidden Line, an exhibition of works by women of the Boyd family, poses a necessary challenge to Australian art history’s masculine legacy.

visual art   November 22, 2025

Sculptor Hany Armanious

Hany Armanious is an existential sculptor of the everyday, capturing its absurdities while insisting they be taken seriously.

visual art   November 8, 2025

Revisions exhibition

In the Melbourne exhibition Revisions, more than 60 Warlpiri artists remake photographs and archival records to question colonial histories.

visual art   October 8, 2025

Archie Moore’s kith and kin

Archie Moore’s masterpiece kith and kin – the first Australian work to receive a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale – is now an unmissable display at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.

visual art   September 27, 2025

British sculptor Thomas J. Price

British sculptor Thomas J. Price’s statues of ordinary Black people in prominent public spaces are deeply moving.

visual art   September 20, 2025

Man Ray and Max Dupain

An exhibition pairing American–French surrealist Man Ray and Australian photographer Max Dupain throws new light on the work of both.