Great things happening all across Australia this month – shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from street art to launch parties, and, of course, a whole heap of painting and sculpting – and that’s what Nine Lives will be bringing to the party this week, and with the pair of artists they have lined
READ MOREOne of the most enjoyable parts of the whole show at Outpost was watching Junky Projects in action – he has such an enthusiasm for his craft, and it was amazing seeing him guiding people into creating creatures from bits and pieces of material that he’d found. Junky spent several days scouring the island for
READ MOREAround this time last year, we did our first snapshot of some of the cool sites that we read on a frequent basis that deal with Australian and New Zealand art and other creative endeavours. Every day our editor, Facter, reads through a mountain of blogs and websites, looking for cool events, exhibitions and artists
READ MOREThe Outpost Project opens tomorrow and amongst all the glitz and art glamour Urban Uprising rises. Urban Uprising Gallery is hosting a pop up gallery at the festival featuring limited edition prints and works by Meggs, Deb, Justin Fueurring, Heesco Cut Collective, Vexta and the Concrete and Resin Sculptures by Will Coles (pictured below). “Urban
READ MOREMister Lister is back and bogan as ever with the exhibition “Bogan Paradise” – presented by Gallery A.S.in Sydney this Friday. Anthony Lister is an artist that all of us are fond of. Locally born and now living in NYC, Lister is known for his crazy cool art antics (yes we are talking about the abductions!)
READ MOREJustin Feuerring will be showcasing his works across two shows in Sydney and Melbourne. ‘Rebellious Nature’ will enforce Feuerring’s stance as a relative king of mixed media, packing a proverbial hadouken of comtemporary art styles. Be prepared for lightboxes, hand etched styrofoam, and graffiti-scapes, we’re told. Awesome. The show will also exclusively feature Feuerring’s collaborative
READ MORETonight night at M1ng Gallery, Fitzroy comes “an exhibition showcasing the work of eight artists from a variety of disciplines – painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and sculpture.” Artists showing include: Oliver Hunter, Stephanie Gilmour, Hamishi, Georgia Harris, Nicola Themistes, Katherine Brice, Fiona Boyd and FAM Sorry ‘bout the late notice, just caught this one in
READ MORE“Expanding the visual arts audience through discovery and discussion.” Wow, our neighbours in the NZ just keep the coolness coming and this is the latest in an awesome onslaught of artistic fervour … over a whole week! Organised by the Contemporary Art Trust, New Zealand, Art Week Auckland aims to contribute to the growth of
READ MORECalling all mugs to have a go… … at attending the well anticipated exhibition ‘Have a Go Ya Mug’ – new works by Invurt buddies, Junky Projects and Presto at their kick-arse new space Cocoa Jackson Gallery, in the ubercool art precinct of Brunswick – tonight! Junky Projects is a one man street art crusade.
READ MOREWith fantastical illustrations of vivid creatures and detailed tribal nuances, Niors work is always a joy to behold. His characters, animals and beasts always feel as though they are a part of a vaster story – and with Kinkajou, Nior breaths life to this idea and introduces us a glimpse into the land that these
READ MOREThe São Paulo street art scene is one of the best in the world, and it’s with a huge amount of excitement that we saw Collingwoods Backwoods Gallery has just released the info for Yusk Imai’s solo show. Yusk is a favourite of ours here and we’ve been following him for some time. We loev
READ MOREWhen we first started up Invurt, one of the first shows we spotted, and one of the first bunch of artists to graciously grant us an interview, was that ultra friendly and talented Melbournian duo, Dabs Myla. They’d recently relocated over to California, and were back on a small tour to have a show and
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