Sixty-five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 248 entries in the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA), presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in partnership with Telstra. Telstra…
Are we heading for a dystopian or utopian world in 2070? In this upcoming exhibition, artists and writers respond to speculative fiction and imagine possible future scenarios. Given what we have been experiencing recently, whether it be cataclysmic natural events like bushfires or world-wide pandemics, are we headed for a…
SHELTER is the new home of inspiring design and architecture content. The global streaming service’s content encompasses everything from stories of design, to a deep dive into sustainability, history, and real-life aspirational stories. It offers audiences a range of fascinating ‘must-watch’ options from feature length films to television series; short series;…
Featuring works made from ancient timber, animal parts, synthetics, industrial alloys and more, History in the Making explores humanity’s relationship to the material world by highlighting how materials and systems of production have influenced human culture, history and present-day value systems, opening Saturday 22 May at NGV International. From the invention of…
Today, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA)—Australia’s peak national body spearheading the design industry released the shortlist for its inaugural Designers Australia 2021 Awards. An impressive shortlist of 74 entries was announced across the three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact. The unique awards, a first for the industry identify Australia’s best designers and…
The Australian exhibition for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will be launched and exhibited locally for the first time since Australia opened its pavilion in Venice in 1988. Running from 20 May – 21 November 2021, Inbetween, curated by Jefa Greenaway and Tristan Wong, presents a collection of architectural projects and…
A gleaming six-metre high monument inspired by shell fishing hooks handcrafted and used by local Aboriginal women for generations will soon take pride of place high on the lawns overlooking Sydney harbour. Installation of the public artwork, bara, (the Gadigal word for shell hook) by Waanyi artist Judy Watson is…
DP IMMERSIVE today announce their inclusion in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale with the Virtual Reality (VR) work Shifting Homes by Australian artists Daniel Stricker and Vincent Heimann. The work is one of 10 Australian participants selected for the 2021 Venice Biennale confirmed to represent Australia and the Pacific, curated by Tristan…
The Australian Institute of Architects is today recognising the outstanding efforts of both architectural practitioners and advocates for the profession with the awarding of its 2021 National Prizes. The Institute’s most prestigious honour, the Gold Medal, is awarded this year to the ‘Renaissance man’, Donald (Don) Watson. The jury described Watson,…
Open to the public in early 2021, Riverside Green gives Brisbane’s growing population a new public space in the heart of the city. Designed by Hassell for South Bank Corporation, this new ‘green heart’ of South Bank Parklands supports Brisbane’s leisure and recreation needs at a time when inner-city population…
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