We acknowledge and pay our respects to the many Aboriginal nations across this land, traditional custodians, Elders past and present; in particular the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.

May 2024

The composition of a painting or other work of art creates a path for the viewer’s eye to follow, embarking on a journey guided by the artist or our own choice of direction and experience. This issue is full of journeys. Judy Watson’s practice weaves history, tradition, and stories into multidimensional and culturally relevant works of various media: unstretched canvases, thickets of cut branches, mounds of poured salt, and pigment and paint to re-tell historical truths. Dale Frank’s swirling resin works form almost a Twilight Zone vector, pulling the viewer into a three-dimensional space of expanded painting, stretched meaning, and unconfined movement. Annika Romeyn’s drawings and prints, scaled in proportion to her own body, aim to immerse viewers in experiences of place and landscape. The artist invites us to walk through pre-explored natural environments illustrated with Romeyn’s signature perforated mark-making; squint, and enter her monochromatic worlds, filled with multiple paths to travel.

This issue invites you to follow each line, brushstroke, and ceramic or other surface of a work as it narrates its own creation and encourages exploration.

– Melissa Peša, Editor

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Art Almanac is Australia’s leading monthly guide to what’s happening in the arts from exhibitions and events to studio life, books, artist opportunities, and services. May includes $960K in art prizes/funding, 500+ galleries, and 600+ artists: Dale Frank, Judy Watson, Annika Romeyn . . .

Contents

Art in Australia

News:
Melbourne Design Week
Boomerang Art’s new home
Paddington Art Prize
Revealed Aboriginal Art Market
Sculptures at Scratchley

Book Review:
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery: The First 40 Years
Edited by Felicity Fenner (Formist Editions, 2024) – Reviewed by Jeremy Eccles

Exhibition Features:
Dale Frank, Growers and Showers – Dr Joseph Brennan
Judy Watson, mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri – Felix Cehak

Artist Feature:
Annika Romeyn

What’s on near me:
Enjoy our curated selection of must-see exhibitions across Australia this month

Art & Industry

Artist Opportunities
Awards
Art Auction Houses
Submissions and Proposals
Materials
Services
Consultants and Valuers
Member Organisations
Training

What’s On

Gallery Index
Melbourne
Victoria
Sydney
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Artist Index

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Cover image:
Dale Frank, Art à la mode was the culture (detail), 2012, tinted varnish on canvas, 200 × 260cm
Courtesy the artist and NAS Galleries, Sydney