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Artlink is an Adelaide-based publication covering contemporary art and ideas from Australia and the

Artlink is a magazine covering issues vital to the contemporary visual arts in a globalised world. Our themed editions present an evolving focus on issues of currency today, including, but not limited to: ecology and sustainability, art and science, design and the built environment, performance-based practice, public art and community engagement, digital art and new media. An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander edition is published annually.

24/09/2025

‘We are not asking you to speak for us, but to intensify, amplify and strengthen our voices, and celebrate the incredible contribution of Indigenous Australians in our country’s land and sea.’

Mayatili Marika’s piece on legacies of her family, particularly her late father Wandjuk Marika, looks at the agency of art to act culturally, politically, philosophically and spiritually in the world, leaving its traces everywhere.

Read ‘Yolŋu art: blazing countless trails’ in our latest issue and see ‘Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until October 6.

Image: Mayatili Marika with Mawalan Marika’s 1959 bark paintings of the Djalŋ’kawu creation story, in Yolŋu Power at the Art Gallery of NSW, June 2025. Photo: Saskia Steinhart

21/09/2025

‘Laurel Nannup is a Birdiya — a leader. Often working in partnership with her son Brett Nannup, the duo have masterfully utilised the print medium to hold and transmit their Noongar culture. Their work tells the stories of our Nyittiny — cold times or creation time, while also investigating and unveiling notions of place, self and one’s own personal stories.’

Zali Morgan writes about fellow printmakers — mother and son Laurel and Brett Nannup — and their leading influence in Noongar storytelling and artmaking.

Read ‘Maar-ak- In Hands: Laurel and Brett Nannup’ in ‘Indigenous__Trace’, featuring Laurel’s stunning work on the cover.

Image: Laurel Nannup, We never got to open our mail, 2001 etching on paper Image courtesy of the Berndt Museum Collection. © Laurel Nannup

17/09/2025

David Bosun is a proud Mualgal man from Moa Island in Zenadth Kes and a pioneering artist of the Torres Strait printmaking tradition.

In our current issue, Bosun writes about the journey of printmaking at Moa Arts, how traditions and techniques have evolved over time and how they are creating foundations for future artists.

'By sharing these techniques and my experiences, I hope to establish a legacy that inspires my fellow artists and cultivates creativity in future generations: they will in turn contribute their unique perspectives to the art world, creating a vibrant community centred around the evolution of printmaking on the Torres Strait Islands.'

Image: David Bosun, Malu Thumayawaik, 2025. Monotype on printing paper 106 x 78 cm Image courtesy Moa Arts

14/09/2025

Friends at Sydney Contemporary ❤️

Tamsen Hopkinson featured in ‘INDIGENOUS__’.

Mia and Malcolm from Krack Studio, which featured in our issue ‘Indonesia Focus’.

Emilia Galatis and Amanda Bell at EG Projects.

Sebastian Goldspink in ‘Art / Write / Read’.

Editorial Advisory Group member Daniel Mudie Cunningham and Eugenia Raskopoulos at Utopia Art Sydney.

Superstar Board Member Ian McDonald.

And that’s a wrap on Sydney Contemporary for another year. It was great meeting up and speaking with so many wonderful people. Thank you! ✨

13/09/2025

Our editor Una Rey has recently reviewed Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre exhibitions 'Worlds Around Us: Sammy Hawker' and 'Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture', and it's a treat to run into some of the works (and the photographers) here at Sydney Contemporary.

Sammy Hawker's work 'Humpback whale migrating south' and Paul Blackmore’s striking side profile of Peter Morton were both highlights from the exhibitions.

Read Una's full review on our website >> https://shorturl.at/46Jut

'Worlds Around Us: Sammy Hawker' is showing until 9 November and the 2025 Olive Cotton Award is showing until 2 November.

10/09/2025

We’re here at Sydney Contemporary in our fabulous Artlink tees! Come find us in the Media Hub or roaming around the art fair. ✨

We’re offering a special Artlink SCAF subscription deal this weekend: buy one year Print Subscription + add one year Archive Subscription for FREE! 😍

07/09/2025

Jacinta Koolmatrie honours Tarnanthi's tenth anniversary by exploring exhibitions over the years that have amplified First Nations efforts to protect Country, and specifically Water.

'Within the art world we see one of the few instances where our peoples are given platforms to speak for ourselves and to tell our stories, our way. Tarnanthi has offered so many artists and communities these opportunities to be heard and to effect change. Our stories will always reflect and telegraph our activism because standing for Country and for Water is not our choice, but a responsibility we are born into.'

Read 'Water Country: flowing through Tarnanthi' in our latest issue.

05/09/2025

The Artlink Board and staff (past and present) were sad to hear of Bill Morrow’s unexpected passing in August. Bill was on Artlink’s Board for seven years and in this voluntary role he was instrumental in keeping the magazine on course, especially as the challenges of digital publishing became clear.

An expert in intellectual property law, Bill’s forensic legal knowledge, good will and attention to detail were outstanding, making him Artlink’s unofficial archivist between 2014-2021. An artist in his own right, Bill will be deeply missed in the Adelaide art scene. Artlink is perennially grateful for his dedicated service. ❤️

Images courtesy of Margie Sheppard at West Gallery Thebarton

04/09/2025

In 'Indigenous__Trace', Jack Wilkie-Jans recognises the brilliance and leadership of curator and artist Teho Ropeyarn - the man from Seven Rivers.

'...Ropeyarn’s patient wisdom and knowledge is clear to those who’ve met him. He is a humble pupil. Yet when you’re with him, you know you’re with an immovable strength, somebody who reaches through the surface to activate connectivity and meaning.'

Read Wilkie-Jans full essay in our current issue 'Indigenous__Trace'.

Image: Installation view, Current/Teho Ropeyarn, 2025 McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery Photo: Christian Capurro

01/09/2025

‘The rhythms of our stories and histories are whispered in time with the trickling, then roaring chatter of rivers cascading from the mountains to the sea: ki uta ki tai.’

Madison Kelly takes us down rivers and into explorations of waterways, as they give insight into a new body of work produced by Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual Arts Collective for the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art last year.

Image: Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Arts, installation view, the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Photo: N Umek © Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art

29/08/2025

New Review // Yolŋu Power: The Art of Yirrkala

"Yolŋu Power is a demanding exhibition, and it takes more than one viewing given the inevitable ‘rarrk-fatigue’: a visual exhaustion provoked by the thousands of tiny cross-hatched marks in any room of Yolŋu painting. But this is a summit event that gives insight into lives of a depth and cultural commitment that the rest of us—tied to today’s floating cultures of distraction—can only marvel at."

'Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala' currently showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, features the extraordinary artists of Yirrkala and the power of their art from the 1940s to the present.

Read Roger Benjamin's review on our website >> https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/6153/yolu-power-the-art-of-yirrkala/

This exhibition runs until October 6.

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