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  Celeste Chandler’s solo exhibition ‘be my eyes’ pushes the limits of portraiture and traditional oil painting. Her introspective portraits conflate the boundaries between reality and illusion, the historical and the contemporary. Chandler directly responds to two anonymous historical portraits in the Bayside art collection, creating an intriguing and compelling installation of paintings that highlight…

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Childhood is often characterised as a time of play and exploration. But for many artists these early experiences are a kind of apprenticeship for their careers in art. Briony Downes asked artists Kate Rohde, Tanya Schultz, Patrick Hall, and Celeste Chandlerabout making stuff as children. At some point in our lives, we’ve all been asked what we want to…

“Nicholas Thompson, who first showed at Sydney Contemporary in 2015, has a simple goal for this year’s installment of the fair. The Melbourne gallerist is planning a solo exhibition of new work by the senior artist Alun Leach-Jones… its an extension of his Collingwood gallery’s ongoing support of senior artists, many of whom are overlooked…

“…there’s also some young galleries that have been started by people who have worked at older or blue-chip galleries and are happily exhibiting mid-career and established artists. So it’s a really good mix and a nice way to meet the next generation of gallerists coming through.” CEO and fair director Barry Keldoulis

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