Twelve works, three Dharug artists and one curatorial agency are transforming a Western Sydney motorway into a living testament to Aboriginal story and place. When the brief calls for public art along a motorway interchange, the expected outcome can be often decorative, something that softens the roadside concrete and signals some semblance of civic effort. […]
A new creative community space on a construction site in Sydney is seeking three residents for its Placeholder program in 2026, whose practices engage with regenerative practice, care and public space. The four-month paid residencies will take place within two new custom-built structures – known as ‘Field Rooms’ – located on the working construction site […]
On a cold mid-winter day, Australian Design Review ventured into Rydges Melbourne to experience Spectra, a temporary immersive project by award-winning artists Rowena Martinich and Geoffrey Carran. In the second instalment of our feature series exploring site-specific art and its power to shape place and experience, we discover that when artists are given creative free […]
In consultation with Sydney coastal Aboriginal women, award-winning Dharawal and Yuin artist Alison Page has been commissioned by Lendlease to develop a major new permanent public artwork. Titled Badjgama Ngunda Whuliwulawala (Black Women Rising), the new 5.5-metre-high cast bronze sculpture portrays an Aboriginal woman rising powerfully from a body of water and will be unveiled […]
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