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BEYOND

Visual Arts Exhibition review BEYOND: An art tonic, making sense of this discombobulating time by Kati Gorgenyi, Toni Hassan, John Pratt, and Ujala Aftab Chapel Gallery, Charles Sturt University | 7 – 23 May 2026 We read, hear and view true, distorted, opionated and fake news stories every day. We struggle to make sense of so much that reaches us via newspapers, radios, TV broadcasts, the…

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Between What Remains

Visual Arts Exhibition Review Between What Remains | Hilary Wardhaugh and David Manley Belconnen Arts Centre |  27 March – 17 May 2026 The 2024 Canberra City News Artist of the Year, Hilary Wardhaugh, has again produced a wonderful collection of artworks – this time for a joint exhibition with a friend from their teenage years in Belconnen. Their surroundings influenced the visual elements…

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Deadpan artefacts: creative experiments with facial expression recognition in photographic portraiture

Visual art exhibition review Deadpan artefacts: creative experiments with facial expression recognition in photographic portraiture | Melita Dahl ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Wed 22 Apr 2026, 10:30 am – Fri 15 May 2026, 3:00 pm An early graduate of the ANU School of Art & Design, Melita Dahl later undertook postgraduate study at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany. Her work is…

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300

The last time I published an exhibition review was on 3 January this year. Since then I’ve only published two other pieces on this blog, on 6 & 7 February. Why have I been so quiet? Well, it’s been a combination of health issues, selling our home then packing up and moving into a new apartment in a retirement village, then unpacking and settling in. We are still not completed organised in our new…

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Finding Images

Every few months I write a piece for publication on the APS Focus page of Australian Photography magazine. My latest piece Finding Images has been published in the current (February-March 2026) issue. Here it is (below a scan of the published piece): Sometimes we find ourselves with a few minutes on our hands. For me, that often happens when I drive a family member to an appointment which will…

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An SVT and what followed

This is a personal story illustrated with my photography. It is much longer than my usual pieces on this blog. After a Great Shock 11.6.24 I begin again with the ground beneath my feet And look up at the trees, their leaves Dying brilliantly in their natural course. Endangered as they are, they will outlive Our blind rapacity and remind us how A generation fails and dies. Half of us Exult…

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Women Photographers 1853-2018

Visual art exhibition review Women Photographers 1853-2018 | Various Artists National Gallery of Australia | 11 October 2025 – 1 March 2026 Women photographers 1853–2018 is presented as highlighting “the transformative impact of women artists on the history of photography.” It is another Know My Name project, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) initiative celebrating the work of all women…

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Black, White + Colour

Photography/Biography Book Review Black, White + Colour – A Biography of Mervyn Bishop Text © Tim Dobbyn 2025 Publisher: Ginninderra Press ISBN Standard edition: 9781761097089 ISBN International edition: 979-8-9921572-0-8 207 pp Book Cover featuring School Bus Yarrabah, 1974, Mervyn Bishop This illustrated biography of Mervyn Bishop – Australia’s first indigenous professional photographer…

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LOVING - Photographs of men in Love, 1850s to 1950s & A loving City - Queerberra Revisited

LOVING – Photographs of men in Love, 1850s to 1950s A loving City – Queerberra Revisited Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG), Gallery 2 | 6 December 2025 to 5 April 2026 Whilst most certainly being complementary, these two exhibitions in adjoining spaces are also very different to each other. LOVING – Photographs of men in Love, 1850s to 1950s is, obviously, only about men. The large number of…

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‘illuminate ’25

Visual Arts Exhibition Review ‘illuminate ’25 – Friends of the Gardens Photographic Group Australian National Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre Gallery 21 November – 14 December 2025 Exhibitions in the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) Visitor Centre Gallery explore the Australian environment through diverse creative forms. This annual exhibition is of photographic artworks, using…

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unBECOMING

Visual Arts Review unBECOMING – Fernanda Pedroso Grainger Gallery on Geelong 15 November – 14 December 2025 (Thu–Sun, 11am–5pm) Originally from Brazil, Fernanda Pedroso moved to Australia in 2020 and is based in Canberra.  At the age of 40 she transitioned from a 20-year career in advertising to a new life in photography. In the few years since she has achieved a great deal, including being…

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The Dingo’s Noctuary

Illustrated Verse Novel Book Review The Dingo’s Noctuary – an illustrated verse novel : Judith Nangala Crispin Published by Puncher & Wattmann, 18 November 2025 Hardcover (88 colour plates) ISBN: 9781923099715 COVER IMAGE: Ascending Being 1 – Martin dreams a barn owl into being, over Mt Jillamatong, on a night of flying saucers and stars. Lumachrome glass print, chemigram, cliche-verre and…

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Dark Matter 2025

Visual Art (Photography) Review Dark Matter 2025 Joshua Catanzariti, Danica Chappell, Kristian Häggblom, Bingham Thurgate Photo Access, Canberra 23 October 2025 – 22 November 2025 The 2025 Dark Matter residency program brought together four most interesting artists. They each spent part of this year working in the Photo Access darkroom and developing new works through experimentation. At a…

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Figa No Face, & Virtual Gaze

Visual Art Exhibition Review Figa No Face | Lilah Benetti Virtual Gaze | Annabelle McEwen Photo Access | 18 September to 18 October 2025 Some research told me that anarchive is a term denoting absence in archives. Archival documents, in colonial holdings in particular, are replete with absences, especially as concerns the voices of the colonised. These absences come into sharp view during…

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Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize (MCPP) 2025

Photography Exhibition Review Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize (MCPP) 2025 | Various artists Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (MRAC) | 14 August – 11 October 2025 As always, it is somewhat difficult to review an exhibition where the artworks are from numerous artists, and the only connection is that they have been selected as finalists in a competition. So, I’ll follow my practice of…

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2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Exhibition Review: Photography 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize | Various Artists National Portrait Gallery, Canberra | 16 August – 12 October 2025 Then touring nationally – Cairns, Mount Gambier, Geraldton & Horsham | between 6 December 2025 & 26 January 2027 Now in its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize supports and celebrates photographic portraiture in Australia.…

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