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Jo Higgins
Art Guide Australia: Home Truths - feature story
Art Guide Australia: Home Truths - feature story
News, Writings
Jo Higgins
Artlink magazine's 'Hyphen' issue published
Artlink magazine's 'Hyphen' issue published
Writings
Jo Higgins
ABC Arts: 'Air' at QAGOMA
ABC Arts: 'Air' at QAGOMA
Writings
Jo Higgins
ABC Arts: Megan Cope is building a living, ...
ABC Arts: Megan Cope is building a living, breathing artwork on Minjerribah
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Jo Higgins
Art Collector: Pull Focus interview with Abdul ...
Art Collector: Pull Focus interview with Abdul Abdullah & Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
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Exhibition essay: Topographies of painting - Gregory Hodge, Sullivan + Strumpf

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Several months ago, Paris-based, Australian painter Gregory Hodge commissioned me to write an essay responding to his latest body of work, which features in his new exhibition Figures, Lights and Landscapes, which has just opened at Sullivan + Strumpf in Sydney.

The invitation - and opportunity - to respond instinctively, creatively and historically to the many layers of meaning in his work was such a (terrifying) gift.

You can read my essay here.

And on Saturday 30 July I’ll be in conversation with Greg at the Sullivan + Strumpf for the opening, alongside artist Julia Gutman and curator Elyse Goldfinch.

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ABC Arts: Richard Bell at documenta fifteen

Richard Bell’s Tent Embassy in front of Kassel’s Friedericianum as part of documenta fifteen, 2022.

Last month I travelled to Kassel, Germany to attend documenta fifteen. Curated by Indonesian collective ruangrupa, this iteration of the major quinquennial exhibition features the work of acclaimed Aboriginal artist Richard Bell.

I had the extraordinary privilege to speak with Richard while I was in Kassel and to write about my experience for ABC Arts.

You can read the article here.

SOME DOCUMENTA HIGHLIGHTS:

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National Gallery of Australia: Digital Young Writers Mentorship

I am incredibly excited to be working with the National Gallery of Australia this year to pilot a Digital Young Writers Mentorship Program.

This program will pair five, young, aspiring arts writers from across the country with mentors including Jane O’Sullivan, Nur Shkembi, Andy Butler, Tian Zhang and Tristen Harwood for a series of masterclasses, industry insight sessions and paid writing briefs, alongside their 1:1 mentoring.

In consultation with the Gallery, the mentorship program has been designed to address identified challenges facing young people looking to enter the sector, including a lack of paid professional development opportunities; the need for supported communities of like-minded creatives; as well as platforms for their voices to be heard in dialogue with major institutions. 

Applications have opened and you can read more about the project on ArtsHub here.

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I acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal peoples of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of the unceded land on which I live and work and I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present.