Artist Stories
Arts Without Borders: Lyndal Walker In Berlin
05 July 2017
Lyndal Walker, 2017 recipient of our Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency, reflects on lessons learned from Berlin's arts community and its impact on her own work.
Michael Buckley: inspired by street art and disability
13 February 2017
Michael Buckley’s work is influenced by his experience of brain dysfunction. ‘I am working with the idea that ‘my brain is now not me,’ he says.
Success at the Venice Biennale in 2015
09 December 2015
The Venice Biennale highlights a year of success for Australian visual arts on the international stage. From showcasing one of Australia’s finest contemporary artists in Fiona Hall, to the realisation of a major architecture project in the new Australian Pavilion.
Art makes a flash at Australia Council
19 October 2015
Australia Council’s ground floor is transformed in a new exhibition called ‘Flashers’. Over a two day period, four artists hand painted illustrations onto the walls of the Australia Council’s ground floor window gallery.
Focus on Leadership: Fernando do Campo
21 July 2015
Each year John Monash Scholarships are awarded to outstanding graduates from Australian universities, who have demonstrated leadership skills and have a vision for a better Australia. The Scholarship enables them to undertake Masters or Doctoral degrees at the world’s best universities in order to work towards that vision.
Fiona Hall: Reflecting the world and hoping to change it
15 July 2015
In her ambitious installation for the Venice Biennale, Wrong Way Time, Fiona Hall brings together hundreds of disparate elements which find alignments and create tensions around three intersecting concerns: global politics, world finances and the environment.
Focus on Leadership: Lucy Simpson
01 July 2015
In 2014, Lucy Simpson participated in the British Council’s ACCELERATE leadership program. Lucy, a Yuwaalaraay woman, shares her experiences from the program and her thoughts on leadership.
Emily Floyd: An alternative education
01 July 2015
Megan Monte, an emerging curator in Australia Council’s professional development program, spoke to Emily Floyd about her work that will be part of the 2015 Venice Biennale.
The Personal Structures of Reko Rennie
24 April 2015
With the opening of the Venice Biennale almost upon us, Andrew Varano, an Emerging Curator in the Australia Council Professional Development Program, took the time to chat with artist Reko Rennie about his upcoming collateral exhibition at the Biennale.
In conversation with Paolo Baratta, President, Fondazione la Biennale di Venezia
24 September 2014
Paolo Baratta, President of Fondazione la Biennale di Venez, gives his insights on the evolution of the Venice Biennale, national pavilions, and Australia’s new Pavilion.
