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Cocoon of Prayers
Imagine living in a transparent dome for a month, with only one meal a day, in full view of gallery visitors. It’s a task artist Levin A. Diatschenko will undertake...
Offcuts 2018
Pet peeves, petro chemicals, or just ya pooch – Don Whyte’s annual Offcuts exhibition will have hundreds of works on show around the theme ‘pets’. When asked to describe the...
Art and About - DVAA
After 35 years at Frog Hollow Centre for the Arts, Darwin Visual Arts Association (DVAA) is slowly turning over a new leaf and moving to Harbour View Plaza, after being...
Still In My Mind
The Wave Hill Walk-Off has gone down in history as one of the defining moments for Indigenous land rights. By Tamara Howie In August 1966 more than 200 Aboriginal pastoral...
Still in my mind
“That land... I've still got it in my mind." The immortal words of revered Indigenous leader Vincent Lingiari is the inspiration for the touring exhibition, Still in my mind. The...
Portrait of a Senior Territorian
Gary Single has been involved with the Portrait of a Senior Territorian competition for a number of years hanging the paintings, and this year he’ll see his face staring back...
Art and About - Outstation Gallery
Outstation Gallery is celebrating a decade in Darwin this year. To mark the occasion in May, the gallery held a collaborative exhibition with Maningrida Arts and Culture, where the idea...
Provenance Arts
An artistic icon on the Stuart Highway has been given new life. By Tamara Howie The former Framed Gallery has been transformed into Provenance Arts, offering a space that goes...
The Conservatory & Co
Art and About with creative director Isabel Lopes. By Tamara Howie The Darwin Botanic Gardens has become a haven for artists with a new creative studio and retail space opening...
35th Telstra NATSIAA winners announced
A renowned Territory artist and veteran finalist of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) has won the top prize at this year’s competition. Gunybi Ganambarr has...
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
The winners of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will be announced at a public event as the Awards celebrate 35 years. Museum and Art Gallery...
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
The 2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) will welcome a record number of Indigenous owned and operated art centres from around the country. This year 76 centres will take over...
Salon Indigenous Art Projects
The annual Salon des Refusés exhibition is set to look a little different this year. Co-organiser Matt Ward says the show will surprise regular viewers of the exhibition, now in...
Art & About with Matthew Van Roden
Queer artist Matthew Van Roden had a strict religious upbringing – a factor that still emerges in his multi-disciplinary art practice. Van Roden is in the midst of a visual...
Reflection - Holly McDonald
It's rare to see artists at work. I'm taking about mid-brush stroke, mid-decision. What colour, what form is needed in that dormant space on the canvas? By Holly McDonald While...
Entries Open For Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award
Pull out the palette and paintbrushes and get painting for this year’s Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award. The annual portrait competition will this year align with the 40th...
Salon Indigenous Art Projects
Six years ago gallery owners Matt Ward and Paul Johnstone joined forces to create Salon des Refusés – an exhibition to showcase the works rejected by the National Aboriginal and...
Art & About – Who We Are
Artists from Darwin’s Free Space Studio (FSS) are taking over the Live Darwin Hub and exploring identity in their latest exhibition Who We Are. Darwin’s FSS was set up in...
Depth Perception - Thom Buchanan
Thom Buchanan is internationally renowned for his urban-meets-environmental streetscapes but the Adelaide artist will showcase a new body of work at Paul Johnstone Gallery in June. “The body of work...
Art & About - May
Nomad Art Gallery has been a stalwart of the Parap arts community for the past 13 years but this month that journey draws to a close as owners Rose and...