Boomerang: Ai Weiwei’s waterfall-style chandelier
Composed of 270 000 crystal pieces, Boomerang is an imposing example of internationally renowned Chinese-born artist Ai Weiwei’s strategy of working playfully across cultural contexts. Shaped after the...
View ArticleReality and Invention: Contemporary Asian art
The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) opening 4 December 2021, presents an opportunity to reflect on the courses that art has taken over the three decades of the APT’s existence....
View ArticleFine Lines: Meticulous brushwork in figurative painting
‘Fine Lines’ presents a selection of the Gallery’s eighteenth- and nineteenth century Indian miniatures alongside works by contemporary artists from India, Pakistan, Iran, Hong Kong, Australia and New...
View ArticleA sense of absurdism: Breakable throwaway objects
Over her long career, Kimiyo Mishima has become one of Japan’s most widely exhibited female ceramic artists, noted for her wry humour and material sophistication. Her background, however, lies not in...
View ArticleBetween earth and sky: Indigenous contemporary art from Taiwan
A presentation of new work by eight artists from Taiwan’s Atayal, Paiwan and Truku communities, in ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT10) project Between Earth and Sky offers a...
View ArticleScrolls bring together science, art and nature
Hu Yun is fascinated by personalities who have moved from one place to another, and by the ways in which migration has contributed to the shape of particular localities. Based in Melbourne for most of...
View ArticleThe beautiful, disquieting work of Chiharu Shiota
At the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) until 3 October 2022, ‘The Soul Trembles’ — a major touring exhibition organised by Mori Art Museum, Tokyo — is the largest and most comprehensive survey of the work...
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