Tag Archives: Jill Orr

Performance artist Leisa Shelton presents ‘Archiving the Ephemeral’

12 April 2023 | Art Almanac

'Archiving the Ephemeral' provides an environment to reflect on the value and role of artists within our society, and the potential to create dialogue and action for the future....

Know My Name | NGA’s call-to-action initiative

10 November 2020 | Art Almanac

Recognising the gender disparity of their own Australian art collection, with only a quarter of the works by female artists, ‘Know My Name’ is the National Gallery of Australia’s (NGA) call-to-action initiative....

FEM-aFFINITY

28 June 2019 | Art Almanac

‘FEM-aFFINITY’ explores womanhood through the eyes of contemporary women artists, revealing varied perspectives of female identity....

What is Performance Art? Australian Perspectives

29 April 2019 | Art Almanac

Australia’s leading theorists and artists ask ‘What is Performance Art?’ A rigorous reply from academic and lived experience with multiple points of entry, current and ongoing relevance. ...

Lorne Sculpture Biennale | major works and new commissions from 41 artists

28 February 2018 | Art Almanac

The Lorne Sculpture Biennale celebrates contemporary Australian and international sculpture with an outdoor festival transforming the foreshore of the Victorian Otway region, from 17 March to 2 April 2018. This year's theme is ‘Landfall’....

Parallel Realities: The Development of Performance Art in Australia

28 September 2017 | Art Almanac

'Parallel Realities’ presents the expansive and complex history of performance art in Australia from the 1950s to today arguing that our development was shaped by theatre, avant- garde individuals, music, travel, political identity and a reaction against static notions of nationhood. ...