Artist Profile

Tarr may not be a household name but he is an arthouse-hold name, known primarily for his mature, signature works as director—Damnation, 1987, Sátántangó, 1994, Werckmeister Harmonies, 2000, The Man from London, 2007, and The Turin Horse. These works are all black and white, with long takes and a focus on mud, wind, rain, decaying […]

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We call on the NSW Government to lift Lisa Havilah’s suspension and reinstate her as Chief Executive of Powerhouse, allowing her to lead the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta in November 2026. Over the past eight years, Lisa Havilah has led the renewal of the Powerhouse and the creation of Powerhouse Parramatta. She conceived and championed […]

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Two years ago, Macleod returned to his hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand, to be with his mother during the final phase of her life. At Sumner Beach, they revisited the familiar rock formation known as Tuawera or Cave Rock, a hulking, volcanically formed volume opening onto an interior space that changes with the tides. To […]

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Edwards was born on Kaurna Yarta in 1998 and raised on Nauo Country in the small seaside community of Tulka, on the Lower Eyre Peninsula. One of nine siblings, as a child Edwards’ mother would take them to the community house next door where they would sit with senior women, copying flower images from old […]

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Under the auspices of Geelong Gallery’s director, Humphrey Clegg, and co-curated by Marianne Mathieu, former scientific director of the Musée Marmottan Monet, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, the great-great-granddaughter of Paul Durand-Ruel (1831–1922), Discovering the Impressionists coincides with Geelong Gallery’s 130th anniversary. The exhibition also complement...