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The article focuses on the fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial' ceremony at the National Gallery of Australia. Topics discussed including the contemporary marking of the trees on Country and in the Parliamentary triangle, which include National Gallery Sculpture Garden; songs of Yaegl traditional custodian Michael laurie, ancient traditions as reimagining for the 21st century; and catastrophic rebuttal of Indigenous land practices.

The article discusses the depiction of colonial history and its impact on the Australian psyche in the artworks of painter Helen Johnson, which will be on displayed in an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, England.

An interview with U.S. artist and weaver Sheila Hicks is presented in which she discusses her use of various fibres in her artwork, the influence of artist Sonia Delaunay on her work, and her study of art under the direction of Yale University School of Art teacher Josef Albers during the mid-20th century. She also discusses her initial interest in the use of fibre, her travels in South America, and the concept of fibres and textiles having memory.

In the first part of this article, German artist Paloma Varga Weisz discusses the work of artists who have influence her own work, including her father Feri Varga, the conceptual artist Gerhard Merz and the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico. In the second part of the article, the writer Jennifer Higgie comments on Varga Weisz's work as a sculptor.

The article presents the insights of eight painters including Ellen Altfest, Imran Qureshi, and Apostolos Georgiou on painting. Altfest mentions that she paints for no good reason and she considers it as an accumulation of textures, colours, and gestures. Qureshi says that he represents the human body in his painting in terms of figurative miniature and abstract and performance-based. Georgiou adds that he considering the term figurative painter as a way for distinguishing one type of painting.

An interview with artist Philippe Parreno in Paris, France is presented. He chronicles how be became interested in art and the idea of exhibition as the center of his approach as an artist. Parreno explains why a good image is always a social moment and his idea about actual ghosts. Moreover, he reveals several authors that influenced his art and his interest in gardens that shaped his exhibition design.

The article profiles artist Nicole Eisenman. It states that Eisenman makes paintings, sculptures and prints about familiar things. It mentions that her work flows from the fusion of politics, autobiography, feminism and art history. It adds that she is interested with poetry, Egyptian mummies, bars and obsessed with beer gardens. It also presents several images of her oil paintings "Coping," "The Triump of Poverty" and "Guy Reading the Stranger."

An interview with Los Angeles, California-based artist Suzanne Lacy is presented. Lacy outlines her interest in art when she was a high-school student when she was told that commercial artists make money. She notes her interest in relationships, specifically in the questioning and materiality of form. She points out that her writing enables her to explore what she does as a performance artist and feminist.

The article provides information on some of the works of the artist David Noonan. It features works including the images of a man with a moustache and a dandelion, gesture of containment, and a head covered in a grid which seems to be a mask. It notes that Noonan's works depict animated world of richly expressive possibilities despite their stillness, and that the message of freedom is often reflected.

The simple, portable medium of watercolour has been used by artists over the centuries to wondrous effect. One writer recounts the thrill of discovering its modest pleasures [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A map of the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies based on observations from Gaia satellite of the European Space Agency published in 2016.

The article reviews the 20th Sydney Biennale held in Australia as of June 1, 2016 featuring artworks by artists including Mike Parr, Archie Moore, and Sheila Hicks.

The focuses on various pavilions at the 56th Venice Biennale held in Italy in 2015 including sculptures by artist Richard Serra in the Australian pavilion, "They Come to Us without a Word" installation by artist Joan Jonas in the U.S. pavilion, and the "Factory of the Sun" video by Hito Steyerl.