This body of work by Christine James explores the upland wetland of Little Llangothlin on Banbai Country, tracing the artist’s encounters with its unique plant and bird life through intimate, layered paintings that reflect the fragile biodiversity of Australian wetlands. Moving between flora and avifauna, the series becomes a visual meditation on habitat, ecological change and the quiet complexity of this Ramsar-listed landscape.

The National Art School (NAS) presents a major exhibition, The Neighbour at the Gate, curated by a guest curatorium led by Clothilde Bullen OAM (Wardandi Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji), with Micheal Do and Zali Morgan (Whadjuk Balladong and Wilman Noongar). Bringing together newly commissioned works by leading Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay), Jenna Mayilema Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, KarraJarri), James Nguyen and James Tylor (Kaurna, Thura-Yura language region), the exhibition reckons with the echoes of immigration policies and the legacies [...]