Author Archive
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Why artist Nell takes inspiration from rock music – and nuns
A new mini monograph explore the duality inherit in the work of one of Maitland’s favourite daughters, who is married to celebrity chef Kylie Kwong.
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20 questions you’ve always wanted answered by a curator
To celebrate Ask A Curator Day, we posed 20 questions to 20 curators nationally, touching on topics from ethical responsibilities to working internationally, managing space, finding artists…
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This squat, bulbous, metal forest in South Yarra is my favourite
I chose Garden Islands because it’s Kathy Temin’s first public artwork and I was intrigued by how someone who works with soft sculpture would render something for…
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SmartArts – 13 August 2020
Richard Watts has many years experience working in the arts industry, including five years as the Artistic Director of the youth arts organisation Express Media, seven years on the Board of Melbourne Fringe…
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Review: Mini Monograph series edited by Natalie King
The Mini Monograph series celebrates the work of contemporary Australian women artists. Artist Nell is explored in Book 3, and Book 5 showcases artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
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She trusted the paint
She saw what could still be done; that was her great achievement. She understood W.B. Yeats’ phrase “the delighted eye” and she gave it an intense and active meaning.
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VIRTUAL: 2020 Global Asia/Pacific Art Exchange
Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU in collaboration with the School of Art and Design at the Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau (AUT University) and Vā Moana Research Cluster.
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The Art World Works From Home
The Art World Works From Home: Curator Natalie King Is Taking Podcast Lessons and Making Shakshuka While Developing New Zealand’s Venice Biennale Pavilion.
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Professor Natalie King’s World of Art on The Shtick
Professor Natalie King has been awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her dedicated work as Curator for Contemporary Art and Visual Culture. As Enterprise Professor at the Victorian College of the Arts…
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The Pandemic is a Portal
Panellists: Professor Dr Amareswar Galla, Bose Krishnamachari, Professor Ute Meta Bauer and Professor Natalie King
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Mazal tov to our Queen’s Birthday honorees!
29 Jewish Australians have been recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours for their outstanding service and contributions to society. Full interviews in Thursday’s AJN.
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Who made the Queens Birthday Honours List 2020?
In a list that is heavily weighted towards the law and politics this year, the arts barely gets a look in – and largely at a ground roots level.
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Rewind
Throwback to ABC episode from 2005 with Natalie King, Destiny Deacon, Lisa Bellear and Janina Harding
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Back in the spotlight – the most valuable Australian photo ever sold
Take a stab at what would be the most valuable Australian photograph ever sold. A Bill Henson? Max Dupain’s Sunbaker?
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The Best Public Art of 2019
From Times Square in New York to the Parisian gardens of Petit Palais, artists summoned international attention in 2019 through fresh public artworks. The most incisive sculptures, penetrating light installations, and eye-opening murals…
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Galleries ‘should save their best for last’
Hanging artworks for a major exhibition is more often an exercise in storytelling than a judgment about beauty…
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New Zealand Representatives for the 59th Venice Biennale
The Arts Council of New Zeal and Toi Aotearoa has announced interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara will represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the 59th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale in 2021.
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Biennale Arte 2021: New Zealand’s artist and curator announced
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is pleased to announce interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara as New Zealand’s artist for the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia …
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Mini Monographs
Mini Monographs is a new series dedicated to heralding Australian woman artists and their work, edited by curator and Victorian College of the Arts professor Natalie King…
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The art of remembrance
Curator Natalie King and artist Polixeni Papapetrou enjoyed a decades-long friendship that carried them through motherhood, a passion for photography and ultimately…
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TarraWarra International 2019: Tracing Tangible Shadows
This haunting voiceover from Hiwa K’s video, Pre-Image (Blind as the Mother Tongue) (2017), follows the artist retracing a journey that he made when he was 25 years old…
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Meet Natalie King, series editor of the new Mini Monographs
Natalie King has a gift when it comes to visual culture, creative collaboration and bringing attention to both new and established artists. We spoke to Natalie…
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A New Monograph Celebrating One Of Australia’s Most Captivating Female Artists
Mini Monographs celebrate Australia’s most captivating artists, featuring a collection of their most-loved works. ‘This new format is original, timeless and visually resonant…
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1:1 Mentoring Sessions with Professor Natalie King
Mentoring is an important part of the researcher’s journey. Research mentoring offers an opportunity for people to share professional skills and experiences…
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Mini Monographs Vogue May 2019
Celebrating Australia’s most illustrious female artists, Mini Monographs is a new series of books with each 96-page volume dedicated to a single artist…
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Natalie King, a new paradigm of leadership
Natalie King is a visionary thought leader, curator, writer and cultural producer. With more than two decades of contributing to international visual culture, her approach brings momentum to a new paradigm of creative…
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From the miracle of motherhood
Night-time in the nursery is not the place of soft quiet I imagined it would be. It is a surreal place where countless reflective, glitter-inflected eyes watch as you fall in and out of another…
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Sara Cluggish & Pavel S. Pyś
On 11 April, 2019 CoVA was pleased to host Sara Cluggish (writer & curator) and Pavel S. Pyś (Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis) while they conducted a Curatorial Masterclass for staff and students.
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Polixeni Papapetrou | Thames & Hudson Australia & New Zealand
Polixeni Papapetrou (1960-2018) was born in Melbourne to Greek immigrants.Her childhood experience of feeling like an outsider in a then predominantly…