The NGV Triennial

A new exhibition series’ first instalment delivers a heady mix of populism and politics Right now […]

OUR ARTISTIC TEAM FOR VENICE 2019

The Australia Council is delighted to announce that Angelica Mesiti and Juliana Engberg have […]

Taking a bat to Marco Fusinato’s sound-struck installation

Contemporary artist and experimental“noise musician”, Marco Fusinato, has witnessed some scary audience reactions […]

Candice Breitz: Video storyteller

Bob Marley. Sarah Ezzat Mardini. Michael Jackson. José Maria João. Madonna. Mamy Maloba Langa […]

Come face to face with Leonard Cohen in ‘I’m Your Man’

Video artist Candice Breitz’s work is incredibly intimate. Walk into Melbourne’s Anna Schwartz gallery from […]

The National Gallery of Victoria, thinking ahead

Excerpt: The NGV Triennial, which opened at the National Gallery of Victoria on Friday […]

Artists rename NGV Triennial works to protest gallery’s Wilson Security contract

As the National Gallery of Victoria unveiled its first Triennial of contemporary art to […]

Video artist Candice Breitz

On the eve of the NGV Triennial, artist Candice Breitz turned a work about refugees […]

Artists Protest Australian Museum’s Deal with Security Firm that Allegedly Abused Asylum-Seekers

Candice Breitz retitled one of her pieces“Wilson Must Go” in protest of the […]

The Conversation Hour: Artist Candice Breitz renames NGV exhibit ‘Wilson Must Go’

Steve Martin is filling in for Jon Faine. His co-host is Dr Helen Szoke […]

How We Speak

ANGELICA MESITI’s films explore the myriad ways human communicate There is more to language […]

Candice Breitz renames video installation at National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial to protest against Australia’s treatment of refugees

South African artist is campaigning against gallery’s contract with Wilson Security and its involvement […]

Artist Candice Breitz Has Found a Creative Way to Protest a Museum’s Link to Refugee Prison Camps

When South African artist Candice Breitz‘s work Love Story goes on view at the […]

Jenny Watson

Since her first solo show in Melbourne in 1973, Jenny Watson has been one […]

Retrospective of Jenny Watson’s primitive style strikes a chord

For Jenny Watson, who grew up in sleepy Mont Albert and then the Dandenongs […]

Artist Chiharu Shiota Explains Why She Turned the Bible Into a Spidery Maelstrom in Berlin’s Oldest Church

Chiharu Shiota was standing inside Berlin’s oldest church, the St. Nikolai Kirche, one late […]

Conceptual Artist Joseph Kosuth

Joseph Kosuth is a big man, a big figure in the art world, a big intellectual. He […]

Angela de la Cruz wins The National Plastics Arts Award in Spain

Angela de la Cruz wins the prize‘National Plastic Arts Award, 2017’ in Spain […]

Joseph Kosuth, ‘A Short History of My Thought’ at Anna Schwartz Gallery

Coupled with the pervasive hum of the neon transformers, Joseph Kosuth’s A Short History of […]

Joseph Kosuth bathes gallery in signature neon for first Australian survey

Exhibition brings high priest of conceptualism to Melbourne International Festival The first survey in Australia […]

Joseph Kosuth: ‘The artists at the top of the billionaires’ lists are quite derivative’

Joseph Kosuth was 24 in 1969 when he wrote his seminal essay, Art After Philosophy […]

Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country: a tragic investigation of race on Australia’s frontier

The opening of Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country (2017) is as prosaic as it is […]

Joseph Kosuth’s Conceptual Art Exhibition A Short History of My Thought

American artist Joseph Kosuth is one of the pioneers of conceptual art, bursting on […]

Joseph Kosuth: A Short History of My Thought

American artist Joseph Kosuth once said of his work,“All I make are models. The […]

The NGV Triennial

OUR ARTIS­TIC TEAM FOR VENICE 2019

Tak­ing a bat to Mar­co Fusina­to’s sound-struck installation

Can­dice Bre­itz: Video storyteller

Come face to face with Leonard Cohen in ​‘I’m Your Man’

The Nation­al Gallery of Vic­to­ria, think­ing ahead

Artists rename NGV Tri­en­ni­al works to protest gallery’s Wil­son Secu­ri­ty contract

Video artist Can­dice Breitz

Artists Protest Aus­tralian Museum’s Deal with Secu­ri­ty Firm that Alleged­ly Abused Asylum-Seekers

The Con­ver­sa­tion Hour: Artist Can­dice Bre­itz renames NGV exhib­it ​‘Wil­son Must Go’

How We Speak

Can­dice Bre­itz renames video instal­la­tion at Nation­al Gallery of Vic­to­ri­a’s Tri­en­ni­al to protest against Australia’s treat­ment of refugees

Artist Can­dice Bre­itz Has Found a Cre­ative Way to Protest a Museum’s Link to Refugee Prison Camps

Jen­ny Watson

Ret­ro­spec­tive of Jen­ny Wat­son’s prim­i­tive style strikes a chord

Artist Chi­haru Shio­ta Explains Why She Turned the Bible Into a Spi­dery Mael­strom in Berlin’s Old­est Church

Con­cep­tu­al Artist Joseph Kosuth

Angela de la Cruz wins The Nation­al Plas­tics Arts Award in Spain

Joseph Kosuth, ​‘A Short His­to­ry of My Thought’ at Anna Schwartz Gallery

Joseph Kosuth bathes gallery in sig­na­ture neon for first Aus­tralian survey

Joseph Kosuth: ​‘The artists at the top of the bil­lion­aires’ lists are quite derivative’

War­wick Thornton’s Sweet Coun­try: a trag­ic inves­ti­ga­tion of race on Australia’s frontier

Joseph Kosuth’s Con­cep­tu­al Art Exhi­bi­tion A Short His­to­ry of My Thought

Joseph Kosuth: A Short His­to­ry of My Thought