In Artist Profile 54, Drew Pettifer spoke with William Yang about remembering, the ambivalent work of documentary, and Yang's enduring "humanist poetic."
On May 11, Sydney Contemporary announced the gallery lineup for its sixth edition—the first large-scale, in-person fair to be held in Australia since the outbreak of Covid-19—scheduled for September 9–12 at the art and cultural hub Carriageworks.
Ocula Magazine's editors introduce some of the highlights from Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020 (1–31 October 2020), a digital variation of the annual art fair with over 450 artworks created in 2020 by 380 artists, and new works added each week through October.
"Richard Avedon once said he thought all his pictures were simply pictures of himself," photographer Juno Gemes is saying as we sit in her studio, overlooking the Hawkesbury River, "and I've often thought that was true.