UNSW Art & Design

Migrant and refugee women benefit from alumni fashion startup

01 Nov 2018

A fashion label launched by UNSW graduates is providing valuable support for migrants and refugees – and catching the eye of major designers, too.

Raw vision of pre-colonial botany features in UNSW Galleries show

08 Oct 2018

UNSW alumna and artist Alice Couttoupes is among beneficiaries of the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists who are bringing the fruits of their travels to a new exhibition.

UNSW design graduate uses 'street casting' to engender model diversity

24 Sep 2018

Tired of homogenised fashion advertising, Chris Loutfy wants to see models of diverse backgrounds feature in mainstream campaigns.

Edible brains and eyeballs: UNSW artist explores food and technology

11 Sep 2018

Lindsay Kelley's work at the Powerhouse Museum has a whiff of cannibalism about it – but visitors can rest assured that everything tastes good.

Australian media artists redefine life at Beijing Biennale

31 Aug 2018

Artworks at the second Beijing Media Arts Biennale will provoke international audiences considering the intersection of technology, art and semi-living things.

Let's hope protesters get more creative than the Trump Baby blimp

06 Aug 2018

Trump Baby is the latest in a long history of visual protests. But is this 'cheap shot street theatre' truly effective, or should we ask more of protest artists?

UNSW Galleries exhibition explores contemporary textiles and fibre art

30 Jul 2018

The new exhibition, which opened on Friday, features the work of global artists who experiment with plant dyes and earth pigments.

Monet to Rodin: John Russell, Australia's French Impressionist, maps artistic connections

24 Jul 2018

John Russell, who was destined to become an engineer, instead became an artist in fin de siècle France – and a friend of Van Gogh, Monet and Rodin.

UNSW lights up Vivid with art, engineering and ideas

04 Jun 2018

UNSW's contributions to the Vivid festival sparkle with electrical energy, emotion and creativity.

Being human

24 May 2018

Professor Mari Velonaki is building a future where robots enhance humanity and have a positive impact on society, writes Susanna Smith.

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