NIKE SAVVAS & ANNE ZAHALKA featured in 'A Fictional Retrospective' at Gertrude Contemporary

Nike Savvas and Anne Zahalka are included in the 'first decade' the exhibition 'A Fictional Retrospective' opening tonight at Gertrude Contemporary.

Curated by Sue Cramer and Emma Nixon, shaping a fresh and vital interpretation of the late 80s and early 90s in Australian art, the exhibition will evoke the liveliness of the Gertrude community during these foundational years. This is the first iteration of Past is Prologue, a year-long program marking and reflecting on forty years of Gertrude.

The exhibition runs until 23 March.

Nike Savvas, Nice Bubbles (detail), 1994, installation view, A Fictional Retrospective: Gertrude’s First Decade 1985–1995, Gertrude Contemporary, Naarm Melbourne, 2025, iridescent blown glass, image courtesy of the artist and Arc One Gallery, Naarm Melbourne © the artist, photograph: Christian Capurro

GUO JIAN & GUAN WEI Feature in Exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove

GUO JIAN, The Beauty No.6 [detail], 2024, Inkjet pigment print, Edition of 3, 116 x 83 cm.

Celebrating Lunar New Year 🐍

Guo Jian and Guan Wei are both featured in the beautiful exhibition In the Mood for Love 良宵 at Gallery Lane Cove, guest curated by Abigail Kim and Dr. Yeqin Zuo.

The exhibition reflects the intricate tapestry of both personal and shared narratives that flourish during this festive season—a time for reflection, renewal, and connection.

In the Mood for Love 良宵
📅 Until 11 February
📍 Gallery Lane Cove, 164 Longueville Road, Lane Cove NSW 2066

ANNE ZAHALKA - Clifton Contemporary Art Fair 2025

Anne Zahalka
Return of the Thylacine, 2024
30cm x 40cm

Clifton Contemporary Art Fair 2025

ANNE ZAHALKA features in Escarpment - Living on the Edge, an exhibition curated by Sheona White to raise much needed funds for the expansion project of the Clifton Art School.

Clifton School of Arts is a unique Victorian landmark with spectacular ocean views. Clifton School of Arts is a historic building, superbly positioned just south of the iconic Sea Cliff Bridge in Clifton New South Wales. This much-loved institution has served the local community as a cultural and events facility for over 110 years.

General public free
Open daily 10am - 4pm
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PETER DAVERINGTON - Behind the Scenes

Get a glimpse of PETER DAVERINGTON’S new work ‘Original gangsta' (2024-2025) and ‘Pimpin ain’t easy’ (2025) in an exclusive behind the scenes studio shot!

PETER DAVERINGTON
Original gangsta, 2024-2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 45cm

PETER DAVERINGTON
Pimpin ain’t easy, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 × 45cm

Congratulations - ARC ONE Artist Opportunity Award 2024

ARC ONE is delighted to present the 2024 VCA Artist Opportunity Award to Mythra Schwartz & Jarrad Martyn 🎉🎨🏆

This award is granted from the VCA Masters or Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Program and grants Schwartz & Martyn the chance to exhibit at ARC ONE in early 2025.

Mythra uses the physicality and materiality of paint – thinking through the act of making - to unravel the connections between place, memory, stories from the past, and how they connect to the present. Often using motifs of shadows, reflections and other fleeting moments in both paintings and instillations to create liminal spaces: dreamscapes embedded with the haziness of memory.

Jarrad uses painting to explore humanities shifting relationship with the natural environment and how legacy is visualised. Using photographs his father made while working in Antarctica in 1985 as the starting point, Martyn’s interest lays in the duality of the photographs - they are personally sentimental, yet draw out new political and environmental associations in the present day. The collective public memory of ‘Antarctica’ as a place and as an idea has become synonymous with current conversations around climate change and similar global concerns.

This is the third year that ARC ONE has partnered with the Victorian College of the Arts to present this award. We are proud to be supporting these outstanding graduates.