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Sam Gold, 'The marrow in the tide, slowly spills into the mouth of love', 2024, porcelain and glaze. Photo: Connor Patterson, courtesy the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery
Visual Art

Sam Gold’s blue-hued ceramic artworks celebrate fluidity

Research into the mineral collection at the South Australian Museum has informed Sam Gold’s latest exhibition, which sees the artist showcase vibrant new glazes in wall-based works that explore the fluidity of form and identity.

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Stunning yet 'sinister': Beauty is in the eye of the photographer

PHOTO GALLERY: David Dahlenburg’s images capturing the ‘grotesque beauty’ of tailing dams in SA have won the portfolio prize in the 2024 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Competition, while Scott Portelli was named overall winner for a drone image showing two humpback whales bubble-net feeding.

Sandra Saunders' work includes complex and authentic representations of Indigenous identity. This work: Sandra Saunders, 'They came like a Tsunami', 2017. Courtesy of the artist.
Commentary

What the dot: Performativity in Aboriginal art

If the Aboriginal flag had been designed today, would it be a dot painting? Artist and curator Dameeli Coates examines the relationship between history, cultural knowledges, authenticity and performative actions in Aboriginal art.

Visual Art

Notorious Tudor king looms larger than life

After singing for crowds outside AGSA, Henry VIII is now taking up a more regal position inside the gallery. Tansy Curtin sheds light on the portrait and an incident involving the king that may have changed the course of English history .

Visual Art

SACE exhibition showcases budding creative talent

Former Adelaide High School student Fatiha Rashid’s vibrant mixed-media painting paying homage to her home country of Bangladesh is among dozens of artworks currently on display in the SACE 2024 Art Show at Light Square Gallery.

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The shape of success

Discover the enduring impact of the Helpmann Academy’s Graduate Exhibition, as the organisation celebrates 30 years helping SA visual artists pursue successful careers.

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Green Room: Collectors' pieces, space to experiment

SA arts & culture news in brief: Take a deep dive into the Art Gallery of SA’s collection with a new book sharing the stories of 500 key works, meet Australian Dance Theatre’s newly appointed artistic associate, and discover the eclectic line-up of works-in-progress showing during this year’s inSPACE program.

Design Design

The story behind Marc Newson’s exquisite blue chair

Lovely to look at – but not made to sit in – Marc Newson’s Cloisonné Blue Chair is part of a body of work the designer created using a centuries-old Chinese enamelling technique. It is on show in the Art Gallery of SA’s Metamorphosis display.

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In the Studio with Oakey

In search of recalibration and reconnection to nature, ex-cricketer turned artist and arts worker Oakey found herself on an amazing adventure that also ended up providing the subject matter for her upcoming exhibition: Deep Rest.

Visual Art

In the Studio with Sonya Rankine

Sonya Rankine has woven traditional techniques and a passion for truth telling and creativity into a multi-faceted contemporary arts practice and business. Her latest pieces are lighting up the historic phone booths at Adelaide Railway Station.