Archive - Slow Looking

Lands and Waters

A dual review of Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070 and the National Wool Museum’s On the Land: Our Story Retold

Nov 30 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

September 2024

Review: Residue + Response | 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial

You know I am a huge textiles fan. This review won't come as a surprise at all but I did find something unexpected on my second visit.

Sep 7 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

August 2024

Artwork 13: Australia in Colour

Vincent Namatjira is in the news and I have mining on my mind

Aug 10 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

May 2024

Artwork 12: Elizabeth Riddell with black Cat

Pictures at a (library) exhibition in New South Wales

May 10 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

March 2024

Review: Baggarrook-al Biik-u – She is of Country

Women's business is moving and beautiful and we're privileged to see it

Mar 22 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

December 2023

October 2023

April 2023

Assistance or interference? Scandal for scandals sake in Australian art world

White artists working on black artworks. Can looking at past authenticity controversies help us understand this one?

Apr 15, 2023 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

March 2023

Exhibition reviews: Speedway and Mildura Atrocity Exhibition

Cars, violence, the end of the world: these exhibitions care about the climate but they also want you to think beyond it

Mar 18, 2023 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

February 2023

Artwork 10: Down on his luck

Activists draw attention to how we value different artforms in Australia

Feb 17, 2023 •

Nikita Vanderbyl

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