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First Sight: emerging Indigenous photographers on identity – in pictures

For the first time, the Head On photo festival will feature an exhibition consisting exclusively of Australia’s emerging First Nations photographers. A mentorship program will culminate in a final exhibition of Indigenous work from all over the country, seeking to explore identity and culture. First Sight will be on exhibition from 19 to 28 of November […]

It took every cell in my body to the edge’: on Black tenderness in Australian art

It takes a lot of strength to display vulnerability in a hostile world. Shantel Wetherall spoke to artists who are taking that risk by Shantel Wetherall Tue 8 Jun 2021 03.30 AEST Of the hundreds of works in the National Gallery of Victoria’s recent blockbuster Triennial, one piece stopped me in my tracks. Hannah Brontë’s immersive video work Eye […]