黑料不打烊

鈥淚t is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.鈥� Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey, 1890.

With the second edition of Tokyo Gendai set to kick off in just over a month, Japan鈥檚 newest art fair has announced its programming, including a series of talks, curated exhibitions, commissions, and satellite events.

Amber Boardman鈥檚 exhibition 鈥淒ude鈥� assembled twenty-two slyly funny oil paintings with the fluent paint handling and cartoonish figuration we鈥檝e come to expect from her work.

Claudia Greathead sees the world around her as distant and unfamiliar.

Witty, waggish, wonderful: Madeleine Pfull鈥檚 world of women is a pungent reminder that ordinary life is exceptional.

Daniel Domig's figurative paintings treat the canvas itself as a body - its skin a dense field of nerve endings, a site of contact.

On May 11, Sydney Contemporary announced the gallery lineup for its sixth edition鈥攖he first large-scale, in-person fair to be held in Australia since the outbreak of Covid-19鈥攕cheduled for September 9鈥�12 at the art and cultural hub Carriageworks.

Decision Fatigue, Amber Boardman鈥檚 fourth solo exhibition at Chalk Horse, consists of nine paintings ranging from medium to large scale works (1 - 3 meters).

Sometimes I get asked how I make my work. I鈥檓 not so sure, but I think the past is somehow important. Not only how you lived it, but how you remember it.

Although Sydney remains on high alert due to Covid-19, the capital of New South Wales is gradually emerging from lockdown.

With the physical fair rescheduled for February next year, organisers have teamed up with Ocula to offer an alternative online.

There's something reassuringly familiar about Clara Adolphs' impasto oil paintings of figures relaxing in nature.

"My characters are usually insecure and have anxiety about looking good or being fashionable," Amber Boardman told Juxtapoz back in 2017.

In Issue 40, Sydney-New York-Atlanta-based artist Amber Boardman discusses the idiosyncrasies of her practice inside and outside the studio, as well as her influences spanning '80s cartoon culture, manufacturing industries and social media.

Australia-born, Los Angeles-based painter Mark Whalen is known for works that exhibit both a dark humor and vibrancy, mirroring the duality of Western