Prudence Gibson

Two cacti

They tend backyards brimming with cactus varieties, consuming the produce. Prudence Gibson meets a hidden group of gardeners and ponders the allure – and – danger of psychoactive plants.

a man with pirate eye mask, painting by daniel boyd

Daniel Boyd’s solo exhibition Treasure Island, now at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is a deeply political and personal interrogation of Australia’s colonial history.

Six timber samples on a museum shelf, each with their common and scientific name written at the top.

Eucalyptusdom is a testament to the utilitarian and cultural life of a remarkable tree.

Laurencia brongniartii herbarium specimen

In a program of major artworks, film and an innovative living book, researchers will interpret and increase public engagement with 1.4 million herbarium specimens.

Hands shaking concept

Four research projects at UNSW Sydney will receive more than $1.5 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grants.

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Who speaks for the trees? Written and produced by Dr. Prudence Gibson in collaboration with UNSW Art & Design industry partner Royal Botanic Gardens and Bundanon Trust, this short film is a proof-of-concept for a UNSW Art & Design ARC Linkage proposal.

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A new survey exhibition of contemporary artist Janet Laurence urges us to reconsider the relationship between art, nature and politics.

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In a contemporary culture that is saturated with images of death, homelessness and war, it is perhaps the quiet stillness of David Goldblatt’s images that make them a little unnerving.

venus fly trap

A new study appears to show plants can learn from experience, raising intriguing questions about the possibility of plant cognition, writes Prudence Gibson. 

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As scientists make a renewed push for greater action on climate change, a new installation at the Australian Museum brings home the fragility of our world, writes Prudence Gibson.

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