Art Guide Australia

Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles. We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see. We’re here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in the visual arts across Australia.

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A Note From the Editor

Issue 148 Contributors

Previews

24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns

Interview: Biennale of Sydney Artistic Directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero • Under the co-direction of long-time collaborators Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero, the 24th Biennale of Sydney focuses on the theme of Ten Thousand Suns, pulling in perspectives from around the world to decentre the Western experience and provide a new lens through which to see and deal with the ecological crisis. With new exhibiting venues, it will also, for the first time, expand its scope to include a music program.

AROUND THE WORLD • From a Japanese queer icon to a Polish film director, and Māori barkcloth to Indian tattoos, we look at nine artists from around the world participating in the 24th Biennale of Sydney.

Interview Tracey Moffatt

Studio Serwah Attafuah

These Small Intimacies • Trevor Yeung’s art draws on moments of quiet, dawning intimacy between people—interactions which are immensely felt yet so difficult to express.

Pageantry with Scotty So • Endlessly inventive, the work of Hong Kongborn, Melbourne-based artist Scotty So spans photography, painting, video work, and drag performance. From haunting street performances in the traditional costume of Chinese opera, to a cello concerto drag performance, his artwork threads queer sensibilities.

A Powerful Charge • Known for her beguiling, stained canvases, and her evocation of matrilineal Indigenous histories, Waanyi artist Judy Watson is now embarking on a 40-year survey at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Interview Yhonnie Scarce

Closure and Disclosure • With the perceived necessity of ‘performing the self’ greater than ever, comes questions of what we share or obscure—as James Barth’s art at the 2024 Adelaide Biennial shows us.

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