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Bronwyn Hack and Mark Smith’s ‘Embodied: Limitless 2025 Commission Series’ is on at Arts Project Australia, Naarm/Melbourne until October 4. As the inaugural exhibition in APA’s landmark Limitless series, ‘Embodied’ presents ambitious new commissions that foreground experimentation and process. Both Hack and Smith explore the body as subject and metaphor, creating works that are expansive, rigorous, and deeply personal. The exhibition signals a new framework for long-form creative development at APA, affirming the organisation’s commitment to supporting neurodivergent artists and artists with intellectual disabilities at the centre of national and international contemporary art. Follow @bron_drawing_pencil and @artsprojectaust for more info. #bronwynhack #marksmith #embodied #limitlessseries #artsprojectaustralia #naarmart #melbourneart #australiancontemporaryart #neurodivergentartists #inclusivearts #contemporaryart #experimentalpractice #processbasedart #australiangalleries #ArtsProjectAustralia Image credit Bronwyn Hack, Dingle Dangle (Heart), 2025, mixed media, 80 x 24 x 16 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Arts Project Australia

2025-08-22

'Krimper: mid-century artist and master craftsman’ is on at Bayside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne until 24 August 2025. This exhibition highlights the enduring legacy of Krimper, a European-trained master cabinetmaker who redefined Australian furniture design in the mid-twentieth century. Working primarily in Australian timbers, Krimper brought together modernist ideals, technical precision, and a deep respect for craftsmanship. The exhibition showcases key examples of his work, including rarely seen pieces from private collections, illuminating how his practice resonates with Melbourne’s history of mid-century architecture and design. Follow @baysidegallery for more info. #schulimkrimper #baysidegallery #midcenturydesign #australiandesign #modernistfurniture #midcenturyaustralia #australiancraft #designhistory #timberdesign #melbourneart #furnituredesign #midcenturyarchitecture Image credit: 'Schulim Krimper: mid-century artist and master craftsman' 2025, installation view at Bayside Gallery. Photo: Mark Ashkanasy. Image courtesy Bayside Gallery.

2025-08-22

Fred Williams’ ‘Gouaches and Late Etchings’ is on at Australian Galleries, Eora Country/Sydney until August 30. The exhibition highlights Williams’ late works on paper, where landscape is distilled into rhythmic marks, luminous fields of gouache, and etchings alive with subtle shifts of line and tone. As Dr Christopher Heathcote reflects, “We see in these later etchings the proficiency and amplitude of a skilled master… there is a subtle music to this mark making. The very lines sing.” These works reaffirm Williams’ pivotal role in transforming the language of modern printmaking in Australia, where each mark carries both clarity and resonance. Follow @australiangalleries for more info. #fredwilliams #gouachesandlateetchings #australiangalleries #sydneyart #eoracountry #modernistart #australianmodernism #worksonpaper #etchings #printmaking #gouachepainting #australianlandscape #contemporaryaustralianart #australianart #vaultmagazine Image Credit: 1. Fiona McDougall, 'Fred Williams' artist studio', Hawthorn, 1980. 2. Fred Williams, 'Swimming at Red Bluff GW047', 1968, gouache on paper, 63.5cm x 46.5cm. 3. Fred Williams, 'Regenerating fern (state I) JM251' (detail), 1970, etching, flat bite, rough bite, engraving and electric hand-engraving tool, 35.6cm x 20.8cm. Courtesy of © Estate of Fred Williams

2025-08-21

David Palliser’s ‘Optional Symmetry’ is on at Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Naarm/Melbourne until September 20, 2025. In these new paintings, Palliser explores abstraction as a field of rhythm, collapse and renewal. Forms emerge and dissolve across the surface, marks arrive in moments of spontaneity and colour shifts space into unexpected configurations. Each work is carefully reworked until it resonates as both a visual and bodily experience, hovering between immediacy and refinement. Follow @david.palliser and @jacobhoernergalleries for more info. #davidpalliser #optionalsymmetry #jacobhoernergalleries #melbourneart #naarmart #abstractpainting #australianart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryaustralianart #experimentalart #abstractartist #artinmelbourne #paintingandmusic #vaultmagazine Image credit: 1. David Palliser, 'Flimsy', 2024, Oil on canvas, 117 x 155cm 2. David Palliser, 'Setting Sets', 2023, Oil on canvas, 97 x122cm Courtesy of The Artist & Jacob Hoerner Galleries

2025-08-20

#InsideThisVault | SUZANNE ARCHER Written by Alison Kubler Suzanne Archer is a celebrated Australian painter known for her richly expressive, psychologically charged works that explore themes of mortality, transformation, and the natural world. With a career spanning over 5 decades, Archer has developed a distinctive visual language that blends figuration, abstraction, and symbolism. VAULT caught up with her to talk about her passion for painting, the benefits of a bush change, and her prolific career. #insidethisvault #vaultmagazine #suzannearcher #australianart #australianartist #painting #contemporarypainting #figurativeart #abstraction #symbolism #mortality #transformation #natureinspiredart #expressiveart #artinterview #artistprofile #vaultmagazine #contemporaryart #artandnature #womenartists #australiancontemporaryart #artcareer Image credit: 1. SUZANNE ARCHER, Green Velvet, 2025,oil on canvas,198x204cm. Photo: Silversalt Photography. 4. Portrait: Suzanne Archer Photo: Riste Andrievski 5. SUZANNE ARCHER Red Velvet, 2025 oil on canvas 198x204cm. Photo: Silversalt Photography. Courtesy Nanda\Hobbs, Gadigal Land/Sydney

2025-08-19

Anne Ferran’s ‘Ghost’ is on at Sutton Gallery, Melbourne until 23 August 2025. In this exhibition, Ferran gives new life to long-forgotten ceramic casting moulds once used by her late partner, ceramicist Les Blakebrough. Originally crafted for function, these objects are reimagined through photography and video as ethereal forms that float, shift and dematerialise. The works transform utilitarian remnants into poetic explorations of memory, loss and creative afterlives, reflecting Ferran’s enduring interest in how objects carry traces of histories both personal and collective. Follow @birds_in_a_box and @suttongallerymelbourne for more info. #anneferran #ghost #suttongallery #melbourneart #contemporaryphotography #videoart #conceptualart #australianartist #memoryandmateriality #artandabsence #creativelegacy Image credit: Anne Ferran, 'Ghost', 2025, Installation view. Courtesy of Sutton Gallery, photography courtesy of Andrew Curtis

2025-08-18

Peter Graham’s ‘Gather in The Golden Grain’ is on at Olsen Gallery, Gadigal Country/Sydney until 23 August 2025. Graham presents a series of large-scale figurative paintings that draw viewers into mythic and dreamlike spaces. His works explore consciousness, transformation and illumination, weaving together visual echoes of Egyptian funerary art with psychoanalytic and archaeological processes of painting. The golden grain becomes a metaphor for sunlight and the particles of life itself, conjuring moments of awakening and transcendence. Follow @petergraham_artist and @olsen_gallery for more info. #petergraham #gatherinthegoldengrain #olsengallery #sydneyart #contemporarypainting #figurativepainting #mythicart #australianartist #artandphilosophy #dreamscapes #consciousness Image credit: 1. Peter Graham, 'Nocturnal Orchids', 2025, oil on canvas, 122 x 153 cm 2. Peter Graham, 'Seeding the Sun', 2025, acrylic on canvas, 123 x 152 cm 3. Peter Graham, 'Penumbral Plum', 2025, oil on canvas, 213x167cm Courtesy of OLSEN Gallery

2025-08-18

'Horizons' is on at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery until 23 August 2025. Bringing together nine leading Australian artists; Gemma Brown, Rowan Conroy, Marian Drew, Lizzie Hall, Bianca Hester, Janet Laurence, Guido Maestri, Mandy Quadrio and Isadora Vaughan. The exhibition explores how humans relate to the land, environment and built world. Horizons embraces multiple meanings: from limitless possibility to looming uncertainty. Through ceramics, photography, painting, installation and audio-visual works, the artists examine intervention in the natural world, historic and ongoing environmental shifts, and the ways we imagine possible futures. Follow @goulburnregionalartgallery @gemmabrownceramics @rowan.conroy @marianddrew @stillrickspeedy @bianca.hester @janetlaurence @_guido_maestri @mandyquadrio @isadora.vaughan for more. #horizons #goulburnregionalartgallery #australianart #contemporaryart #environmentalart #ceramics #photography #installationart #painting #landscapeandculture #regionalart Image credit: 1. Installation View 'Horizons' featuring Gemma Brown and Marian Drew. 2. Installation View 'Horizons' featuring Bianca Hester, Gemma Brown and Lizzie Hall. 3. Installation View 'Horizons' featuring Guido Maestri. 4. Installation View 'Horizons' featuring Isadora Vaughan. 5. Installation View 'Horizons' featuring Lizzie Hall and Gemma Brown. Photograph: Silversalt Photography. Courtesy of Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

2025-08-16

Arwin Hidayat’s ‘It Turns Out I’m Still Breathing’ is on at Mitchell Fine Art, Meanjin/Brisbane until 23 August 2025. This debut Australian solo exhibition by the celebrated Indonesian artist spans painting, ceramics, and batik, weaving together traditional craft with contemporary narratives. Hidayat’s work pulses with colour, symbolism, and cultural memory, birds, serpents, and distorted figures emerge as metaphors for Indonesia’s shifting social and moral landscape. By blending ancient storytelling with bold modernity, the artist creates a powerful dialogue between tradition and the present. Follow @arwinhidayat and @mitchellfineartgallery for more info. #brisbaneart #mitchellfineart #arwinhidayat #contemporaryart #indonesianart #australianartscene #painting #ceramics #batik #culturaldialogue Image Credit: Arwin Hidayat, 'Don't Regret Life', 2025 acrylic on canvas 65 x 80cm Courtesy of Arwin Hidayat and Mitchell Fine Art

2025-08-16