The visual artworks and films of Derek Jarman, on show in Australia for the first time at UNSW Galleries, are a tribute to his vital sense of beauty and catastrophe.
Lawyers have been engaged as Creative Australia and the arts minister both refuse to say what really happened before the dumping of Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale.
A major exhibition of textile works from more than 100 artists is a document of the tensions between art and activism that conveys a mixture of lightheartedness and defiance.
In its pursuit of Instagrammable spectacle, the Yayoi Kusama retrospective at NGV International misses opportunities to draw visitors into her complexities.