Tiarney Miekus

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Tiarney Miekus

Chunxiao Qu stands in a green sequin dress and Balenciaga stilettos that are sprouting wig-like hair, hip cocked as she dangles a microphone, ready for her first comedy show – or what she calls her “stand-up comedy performance art”. She pauses, then says sardonically, “I know this sounds stupid, because it is.”Gathered at Gertrude Glasshouse, a petite gallery in Melbourne, is a small but enviable art world crowd – here for the opening of Qu’s latest exhibition, which is showing through May.

2 months ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Tiarney Miekus

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In 1938, during a Day of Mourning held to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet, activist Sir Doug Nicholls declared that Indigenous Australians did “not want chicken-feed ... we are not chickens; we are eagles”. This month, his declaration echoes through the TarraWarra Museum of Art during its ninth biennial of contemporary art.

Jan 22, 2025 | smh.com.au | Tiarney Miekus

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Kris Jenner is having none of it. The fearsome but beloved mother of the Kardashians – or at least a holographic representation of her - is holding court at the Monash University Museum of Art, and letting people know what she thinks of artist Scotty So.“All right everyone, buckle up, because I need to get something off my chest,” she snipes.

Dec 31, 2024 | theage.com.au | Tiarney Miekus

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From exhibitions exploring 65,000 years of culture, to acts of love and journeys into the spirit world, these are the art shows you can’t miss in 2025. 65,000 YEARS: A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ARTAfter a few years of closure, the Potter Museum of Art is reopening with an urgent, vast exhibition: an examination of the rise of Indigenous art in Australia.

Dec 12, 2024 | theage.com.au | Tiarney Miekus

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The work of Yayoi Kusama is unmissable. Giant pumpkins with playful tendrils. Polka dots endlessly proliferating across inflatables, flowers, walls and ceilings. Infinity rooms where you can watch yourself endlessly multiply amid dazzling lights. Phalluses sprouting everywhere.