Commentary
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.
Adelaide Fringe
The Botanic Garden has been turned into an outdoor gallery under the stars this Fringe as it hosts a trail of colourful projected and immersive installations, including works by local artists sharing stories of culture and country.
UPDATED: Two years after its “landmark” design for a mooted Adelaide Contemporary art gallery at Lot Fourteen was scrapped by the Marshall Government, architecture firm Woods Bagot has been commissioned to undertake preliminary design work on the new Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre at the same North Terrace site.
Aboriginal health worker, writer and curator Dominic Guerrera explains to CityMag why exhibition circles to us wasn’t curated with a white audience in mind.
The artists in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art are all exploring the idea of monsters, some a little too real for comfort.
In a leaky brick and aluminium warehouse in Adelaide’s western suburbs hides what has been described as one of the most culturally significant sites in Australia – and it’s a place that is perpetually under threat.
