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After four days of dynamic programming and cultural engagement, the 18th edition of Melbourne Art Fair 2025 has successfully wrapped, reaffirming its status as Australasia’s leading forum for contemporary art and ideas.

Influenced by the figurative painting of the Italian Renaissance, Graeme Drendel constructs his work by placing his subjects in the barren Mallee plains of his childhood.

When I hear the word synthesis used in a discussion about art my interest always sharpens, as it indicates a keen understanding of what may be at stake when an artist is at work.

Drawing and its focus on line and form are a constant throughout Jenny Bell’s artistic journey. 

Richard Goodwin’s home and work space is equal parts laboratory, architectural practice, motorbike garage and petrol head paradise.

Well known as a semi-abstract sculptor, Michael Snape is also a formidable painter. 

What makes Salvatore Zofrea’s paintings? Three current Zofrea exhibitions show that music, poetry, and belief have provided a way for the artist to develop complex visual experiences into paintings that stay with the viewer.

In a new exhibition at Australian Galleries, Sydney, Keeler-Milne figures the universal - indeed, interspecies - experiences of cyclical change through closely observed and powerfully felt botanical paintings and drawings.

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.

Philip Noakes' new works have an extraordinary presence. Their exquisite forms, wrought from silver and copper — in groupings or proudly independent — rise elegantly from their tapered bases.

In three solo exhibitions running concurrently at Australian Galleries, Sydney, David Horton, Dale Miles and Stephanie Monteith made a persuasive case for artists following their curiosity irrespective of fashion.

Lives: Botany, Sydney. Age: 78. Represented by: Australian Galleries, Sydney; Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne.

Lives: Albert Park, Melbourne. Age: 103. Represented by: Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney; Australian Galleries, Melbourne.

Australian Galleries and Annette Larkin present a solo exhibition of works by the late Fred Cress, marking what would have been the artist’s 80th birthday.

When he left Sydney for Europe as a young man, the artist Colin Lanceley bid farewell to his favourite haunts, Rowe Street's bohemian laneway