Since 2008 CoUNTess has been commenting and reporting on art institutions, prizes and journalism, exposing the unequal gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector. A new book about the pioneering blog and later, data project Countess Report, started by Elvis Richardson has been co-written by Melinda Rackham.
Using the current of water as a metaphor for family memories, history and existential threats such as climate change, Gail Mabo along with Dominic White and Lisa Waup, are installing works for Current, at the McClelland sculpture park south-east of Melbourne.
Mayco Naing was born in Myanmar in 1984, and grew up in an atmosphere of political repression and fear. Her path to becoming a professional photographer was more practical than many: she worked in a Yangon photo studio for ten years. Now she is an artist in exile, fleeing after the 2021 military coup, where she documented months of barricades in Yangon's neighbourhoods.