Look magazine
Look magazine takes readers on a deep exploration of the art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Browse the current issue of Look as a flip book.
The intimacy of the closely observed runs throughout this year’s Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, writes the exhibition’s curator Scott Elliot.
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The art that made me: Richard Lewer
Archibald Prize 2026 winner Richard Lewer speaks to artworks in the collection that inspire him.
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Highlights
Watch a curatorial introduction to Avatar
Who is Vishnu? And what is an 'avatar'? Hear more about the major winter exhibition Avatar: Forms of Vishnu from the curators Melanie Eastburn and Chaitanya Sambrani.
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Curators Melanie Eastburn and Chaitanya Sambrani chart the myriad manifestations of a god in time for the major winter exhibition Avatar: Forms of Vishnu.
12 min read
Mechelle Bounpraseuth’s exhibition ້ສູ ້ສູ Sou Sou delves into the love and longing of her family and the iconography of her mother’s care, writes the exhibition’s curator Emily Sullivan.
12 min read
Three of Australia’s leading artists share their experiences of turning 40 in time for Look’s birthday.
5 min read
A new addition to the Art Gallery’s collection reveals the fresh invention of German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, writes Nicholas Chambers.
5 min read
The art that made me: Mostafa Azimitabar
Mostafa Azimitabar shares four artworks from the Art Gallery’s collection by artists who inspire him.
10 min read
Anatomy of an artwork: Grace Crowley
With startling contemporary appeal, Grace Crowley's sophisticated abstract paintings were ahead of their time, writes Lucie Reeves-Smith.
10 min read
- August-September cover image:
Rosemary Lee Old man's beard 2026, image courtesy and © the artist.