Arts news

• ‘Brisbane has come of age’: the queer and migrant artists helping shed the city’s ‘cringe’

  05-09-2022 19:30
  Artists who once endured racism and homophobia in Queensland are bringing exciting new works celebrating their stories to the 2022 Brisbane festivalIt seemed every single person in Brisbane was on the banks of the Maiwar river on Saturday afternoon, settling in with beach chairs and eskies to get the best vantage point. It was Riverfire: a much-loved explosive display involving fireworks, fighter jets and helicopter acrobatics that several locals separately described to me as “the most Bri
  
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• Skepta to auction off debut painting in co-curated Sotheby’s sale

  05-09-2022 18:37
  The British rapper’s first painting was inspired by African markets and was produced during lockdown in 2020Skepta is set to sell his debut painting as part of an auction he’s co-curated for Sotheby’s’ Contemporary Curated series. The painting, titled Mama Goes to Market, will be exhibited at Sotheby’s’ New Bond Street galleries later this week, before being auctioned off as part of a lot featuring pieces by Omar Ba, Theaster Gates and Ouattara Watts, among ot
  
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• ‘Terribly courageous’ – Atta Kwami’s glorious posthumous mural unveiled at the Serpentine

  05-09-2022 14:02
  The Ghanaian artist was just starting to receive the acclaim he deserved, winning last year’s Maria Lassnig prize. His widow talks about the daunting task of completing his joyous final workAtta Kwami’s last work is still wet in places from its final retouchings by his widow, who painted it from his design. I sit next to her in the garden of Serpentine North by the many pots of colours she has been using to complete her late husband’s mural. “Our main worry was, ‘Is
  
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