The Artist’s Digest

At the intersection of Percival Road and Myrtle Street in Stanmore, the Corner Gallery has been transformed into a delightful display of birdlife for ‘Joy’, a Bird Week exhibition. 

An artist, art lover, collector and curator walked  into a bar. Over a glass or two of Yalumba chardonnay, they caught up on life, work and the latest and greatest in contemporary art.  The backdrop to their discussion was Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s premier art fair. Run over four days (11 - 14 September 2025), the fair transformed Sydney’s Carriageworks, a historical railway workshop, into a maze of installations, exhibitions, talk spaces, lounges and cafes. 

From paintings to photography and sculpture to ceramics, the diversity of local artistic talent is clear at the 27th Annual Liverpool Art Society Exhibition.  Housed on the ground floor of Liverpool Powerhouse (formerly Casula Powerhouse and Arts Centre), the exhibition is a compilation of entries from all ages across multiple disciplines. Ceramic works on display at the 27th Annual Liverpool Art Society Exhibition   The $5,000 acquisitive major prize, sponsored by Liverpool City Council, was awarded to Idil Abdullahi for her ceramic work, 'Exhale'.  Other major prizes awarded included the $1,500 Liverpool Powerhouse Scholarship Award and $750 Masterton Homes Prize for Innovation and Technical Excellence.  These were awarded to John Wang for 'Morning Town Hall' (oil work) and Charlie Roppola Wells for 'Rock Hill' (acrylic work) respectively.  Many artworks exhibited are available for sale, with prices listed in the exhibition pamphlet available on site. Youth en...