Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, one of Australia’s pre-eminent commercial galleries, has announced an exhibition to mark the launch of its major new publication. The opening of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery: The First 40 Years, published by Formist, will coincide with the official release of the book on 14 February. The exhibition will be on display until 2 March 2024.

Curated by the publication’s author and editor Felicity Fenner, the exhibition will feature artworks and excerpts from the book that pay tribute to four seminal decades of the Gallery. In the book, which shares the exhibition title, Fenner’s voice provides the central narrative and is augmented by around 50 contributions from leading artists, curators and art world figures including Bill Henson, Tracey Moffatt, John Kaldor and Djon Mundine. The publication is bookended with a Foreword by Anna Waldmann and Afterword by Paul Foss.

As a physical homage to the history of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, the accompanying exhibition celebrates the role that the Gallery has played in fostering the careers of some of the most respected Australian and international contemporary artists of our time.

Creative Australia has today unveiled the title and first details of Archie Moore’s presentation at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Ellie Buttrose. Titled kith and kin, Moore’s exhibition in the Australia Pavilion will be a powerful and poignant exploration of his Kamilaroi, Bigambul, British, and Scottish heritage. Moore is only the second First Nations artist to have a solo presentation in the Australia Pavilion. On view from 20 April to 24 November 2024, kith and kin will mark the 25th anniversary of Australia’s participation in the Biennale Arte 2024.

For three decades, Moore (b. 1970, l. Redlands, Queensland) has created thought-provoking art that bridges the personal and the political. His work is rooted in experiences around identity and heritage, and speaks to wider themes of memory, racism, and the universality of the human family. In kith and kin, Moore will reflect on the nature and strength of Indigenous kinship, issues of surveillance and incarceration, the enduring impact of colonisation and First Nations language revival.

The guiding principle in kith and kin is that relationality is the root of identity. The exhibition draws upon Moore’s extensive research and unravels how his family history is entwined with the chronicles of the continent and more recently the nation of Australia. By tracing his Kamilaroi and Bigambul family back 65,000+ years, Moore asserts Indigenous sovereignty. Although First Nations peoples have been threatened by invasion, massacre, disease, and dispossession, Moore celebrates their continuing vitality. While the stories in kith and kin are often specific to the artist’s family, they mirror the narratives of indigenous and colonised people throughout the world.

Photo credit: Archie Moore / Fredrick Noel Clevens in kith and kin 2024 / Digitally altered found photograph / Australia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2024 / Graphic design work: Žiga Testen and Stuart Geddes / © the artist / Courtesy: the artist and The Commercial

TarraWarra Museum of Art today announced three new exhibitions open to the public concurrently from 23 March to 14 July 2024. Featuring new work by Melbourne-based contemporary artists Peter Atkins and Dana Harris, the exhibition SUPERsystems is presented in conversation with The Industrial Design of Clement Meadmore: The Harris/Atkins Collection, a comprehensive survey of innovative modernist designs by the acclaimed sculptor and designer Clement Meadmore. Also on display is Systems and Structures, featuring a selection of works by leading Australian artists drawn from the Museum’s collection.