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Morning Chorus (Phoenix) – Sal Higgens @ Sheffer

Morning Chorus (Phoenix) – Sal Higgens @ Sheffer

Sal Higgens first grabbed our attention with her work in Face Apart at Salerno Gallery. We fell in love with her bold, visceral style. This week Sheffer Gallery was host to Higgens forst solo show in Australia. Morning Chorus (Phoenix) was an exploration of the…
Sarah Hendy @ Chalk Horse

Sarah Hendy @ Chalk Horse

Last week Melbourne born artist Sarah Hendy gave a lucky Sydney audience the chance to enjoy the opening night of her second solo exhibition. Chalk Horse opened it's doors to the cold night to reveal menacing black walls and eerily lit artworks. As a side…
“Our House” @ Fraser Studios

“Our House” @ Fraser Studios

Our House was part of the launch event for a month of celebration, workshops and farewells for the Queen Street Studio team. They have spent the last 4 years transforming the old Frasers Property owned warehouses in Chippendale into a vibrant hub of creativity for…
Homeward – Kåre Martens @ A-M Gallery

Homeward – Kåre Martens @ A-M Gallery

Kåre Martens is an amazing painter. His collection of portraits for his latest exhibition, Homeward, featured mysterious sailors in thick, visceral oils. His characters were rendered on huge canvases and were impressive in their composition and technique. Martens' theme for the show was inspired by stories from…
Closer – Søren Solkær Starbird @ Art Equity

Closer – Søren Solkær Starbird @ Art Equity

Now and then the stars align and amazing things happen. For us, this was when a friend mentioned that Søren Solkær Starbird was having an exhibition in Sydney. We had heard nothing about it, shame on us! Closer is Starbird's collection of rock star portraits that…
Newtown Shopkeepers – Nic Bezzina @ Chrissie Cotter

Newtown Shopkeepers – Nic Bezzina @ Chrissie Cotter

Nic Bezzina's new body of work, Newtown Shopkeepers, is a photographic documentary of some of the most independent and iconic characters of Newtown. With funding help from the City of Sydney Archives Department, Bezzina set about creating snapshots of a community well known for it's diversity…
Worlds A P A R T @ Soldiers Rd

Worlds A P A R T @ Soldiers Rd

Soldiers Rd is the new kid on the block in the arty 'hood of Surry Hills. The new gallery may have a lot of competition in the area, but we think that there's no such thing as too much art! The gallery/studio is hidden upstairs…
100 Bedrooms – Ellen Disaster @ Kind Of

100 Bedrooms – Ellen Disaster @ Kind Of

This was our first visit to Kind Of Gallery... apparently we're the last people in Sydney to catch on because the place was packed. Like, seriously packed. Like, totally, like. 100 Bedrooms was part of the Head On Photography Festival. The project took Ellen Disaster…