Stories
Articles, interviews, videos and more
-
Read • eX de Medici: Hollywood, the patriarchy & political power
eX de Medici’s The System 2023 (dressmaker: Michael Marendy) is based on her three-panel watercolour System (This is the Place Where the Martyrs … -
Read • eX de Medici: Technology & surveillance
eX de Medici has been a strident and consistent critic of humanity’s relentless quest to dominate the natural world, and the technologies that have … -
Read • Drowned Mercedes
The exhibition ‘Michael Zavros: The Favourite’ featured the ambitious new sculpture Drowned Mercedes 2023 (illustrated), for which Michael Zavros has filled the cabin of a … -
Read • eX de Medici: Human skulls & helmets, signs of mortality
Exploring the 40-year career of leading Australian artist eX de Medici, ‘Beautiful Wickedness’ focused on her meticulous, panoramic watercolours and traces the genesis of … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Horses, centaurs & the mystique of the cowboy
Michael Zavros was an Australian national showjumper as a teenager, so thoroughbreads are in his blood. During the Royal Queensland Show — which locals have affectionately … -
Read • Michael Zavros: The symbolic subject
In recent years, still life has been a pillar of Michael Zavros’s painting practice. Before you peek at the artwork titles below, look closely … -
Read • eX de Medici: Symbolism
Despite eX de Medici’s proclivity for privacy, she is no shrinking violet. In lieu of a conspicuous public profile, she is content to let … -
Watch • Artist Conversation: eX de Medici
The intricate artwork of eX de Medici draws us in with beauty, while compelling us to face the impacts that our destructive habits have on … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Acropolis now
Over the past 25 years Michael Zavros has developed a singular vision of contemporary culture, navigating the undercurrents of desire that shape so much of … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Depictions of luxury & beauty
Australian artist Michael Zavros has made a significant impact on the Australian art world through the artist’s multi-decade practice. He has created depictions … -
Read • eX de Medici: Something wicked this way comes
Celebrated Australian artist eX de Medici’s career spans 40 years with the artist’s central concerns including the fragility of life, global affairs, greed … -
Read • Bold, contemporary, challenging and exquisite
Two irresistible exhibitions have opened side-by-side at the Gallery of Modern Art and are poised to deliver one extraordinary experience featuring more than … -
Read • Michael Zavros: The favourite
Whether realised through the meticulously rendered paintings for which he is best known or through digital photography, video, performance or sculpture, Michael Zavros’s body … -
Read • eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness
eX de Medici’s extraordinarily layered works reveal the artist’s ongoing concern with the value and fragility of life, global affairs, greed, commerce, conflict … -
Read • Education Resource: ‘eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness’
Australian artist eX de Medici is dedicated to uncloaking abuses of power and revealing their effects on everyday lives. She captivates us with beauty, only … -
Read • See two irresistible exhibitions: eX de Medici & Michael Zavros
Preparations are underway for our winter program of two irresistible exhibitions ‘eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness’ and ‘Michael Zavros: The Favourite’, presented side by side …