Considering coral’s importance to the survival of vital marine ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef, and its implications for broader cultural, economic, and environmental systems, Coral Futures brings together new and recent projects by First Nations and other contemporary Australian artists. Coral’s deep cultural significance for First Nations peoples and susceptibility to rising ocean temperatures, weather events, and agricultural run-off gives rise to a plurality of approaches.
Artists: Erub Arts (Jimmy John Thaiday, Florence Gutchen, Nancy Naawi, Lavinia Ketchell), Helga Groves, Laresa Kosloff, Nicholas Mangan, Rachel O’Reilly, and Marian Tubbs.
Linden New Art
15 November 2025 to 1 February 2026
Melbourne
Nicholas Mangan, Core–Coralations (Bronchial Diversion), 2024, coral, aragonite, mineral powder, acrylic resin, plastic nurdles, fiberglass, reinforced plastic grating, mild steel, enamel paint, 240 × 300 × 60cm. Installation view, A World Undone, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Photograph: Hamish McIntosh
Courtesy the artist, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and LABOR, Mexico City
