The Art Show

Most artists like to protect their work from the elements, but Sophie Cape, the winner of the 2025 Hadley's Art Prize, explains how exposing her work to dirt, rainfall, and her own body is an essential part of the process. Filipino artist Pio Abad talks post-colonial loss, disappearance and re-imagining. And filmmaker Danielle Maclean on her documentary about the impact and legacy of one of Australia's most renowned artists, Emily Kam Kngwarreye.

UK interdisciplinary artist Topher Campbell opens up his Ruckus Heart…a powerful and immersive multi-room exhibition at the Tate Modern earlier this year. Curator Kimberley Moulton shares how a child’s boomerang led her to discover what was essentially a human zoo, ultimately informing her curatorial vision for the Tarrawarra Biennial - We Are Eagles. And Julie Fragar on her 2025 Archibald Prize-winning work, Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene), and her relationship with its subject, Brisbane artist Justene Williams.

She took a wallpaper with an idealised view of history and turned it into something far more moving - in every sense of the word. Meet Lisa Reihana, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most acclaimed artists. Ben Law - writer, broadcaster and man about town, opens up about the artist that’s changed his life - photographer William Yang. And Campbell Addy - who has photographed everyone from Naomi Campbell to Beyonce - takes us behind the scenes of a cover shoot for Vogue.

This week we speak to the Italian sculptor Arcangelo Sassolino, whose current MONA exhibition features dripping molten steel and showers of light. Joanne Sullivan and Ursula Strumpf - co-founders of one of Australia’s most successful commercial galleries - reflect on 20 years of working together. And what does an artist see in their work, and in the world around them? Writer and art critic Quentin Sprague has some revealing insights.

Three artists in their prime talk to The Art Show... CJ Hendry specialises in hyper-real paintings, but she’s just as comfortable with the art of the spectacle as she is creating the art itself - her recent showcase exhibition in NY got shut down because it drew too many people. Fellow expat Ricky Swallow has been taking LA by storm with his striking bronze sculptures, but is returning home for his first foray into public art. And Sydney-based Pasifika artist Latai Taumoepeau's monumental work is a vital call to action on climate change.