1 Australia Platform: Art Stage Singapore 2014: ANNE-MARIE JEANJuz Kitson, Changing Skin (detail), 2013, installation view; porcelain and mixed media, 580 x 500 x 140cm; presented by GAGPROJECTS, Adelaide; image courtesy Art Stage Singapore

1 Australia Platform: Art Stage Singapore 2014: ANNE-MARIE JEAN

Juz Kitson, Changing Skin (detail), 2013, installation view; porcelain and mixed media, 580 x 500 x 140cm; presented by GAGPROJECTS, Adelaide; image courtesy Art Stage Singapore

2 Critical mass: Contemplating 'Melbourne Now': ALEXIE GLASS-KANTORDarren Sylvester, For you, 2013, installation view; based on Yves Saint Laurent Les Essentials rouge pur couture, La laque couture and Rouge pur couture range revolution lipsticks, M…

2 Critical mass: Contemplating 'Melbourne Now': ALEXIE GLASS-KANTOR

Darren Sylvester, For you, 2013, installation view; based on Yves Saint Laurent Les Essentials rouge pur couture, La laque couture and Rouge pur couture range revolution lipsticks, Marrakesh sunset palette, Palette city drive,Ombres 5 lumiéres, Pure chromatic eyeshadows and Blush radiance; illuminated dance floor, sound system, 605 x 1500 x 1980 cm; supported by VicHealth; assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body

3 Environmentalist drift: Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Falling Back to Earth’: SOUCHOU YAOCai Guo-Qiang, Eucalyptus, 2013, installation view; spotted gum (Corymbia maculata), wooden stools, paper and pencils; length: 3150cm (approximate); commissioned for ‘Fall…

3 Environmentalist drift: Cai Guo-Qiang’s ‘Falling Back to Earth’: SOUCHOU YAO

Cai Guo-Qiang, Eucalyptus, 2013, installation view; spotted gum (Corymbia maculata), wooden stools, paper and pencils; length: 3150cm (approximate); commissioned for ‘Falling Back to Earth’; image courtesy Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

4 An evocation of desire: Juliana Engberg and the 19th Biennale of Sydney: CHLOE WOLIFSONJim Lambie, Zobop (Fluorescent), 2006, vinyl tape, dimensions variable; installation view, La Colección Jumex, México, Museo Nacional de Arte, 2008; La Colecció…

4 An evocation of desire: Juliana Engberg and the 19th Biennale of Sydney: CHLOE WOLIFSON

Jim Lambie, Zobop (Fluorescent), 2006, vinyl tape, dimensions variable; installation view, La Colección Jumex, México, Museo Nacional de Arte, 2008; La Colección Jumex; image courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow; photo: Francisco Kochen

5 Into the light: Nick Mitzevich and the 13th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: WENDY WALKERShoufay Derz, I am death destroyer of words(detail), 2011, pigment print on cotton paper, custom-made cedar wood frame, stained indigo, 104 x 111cm; image…

5 Into the light: Nick Mitzevich and the 13th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: WENDY WALKER

Shoufay Derz, I am death destroyer of words(detail), 2011, pigment print on cotton paper, custom-made cedar wood frame, stained indigo, 104 x 111cm; image courtesy the artist; ©Shoufay Derz

6 Celestial bodies: The Kate Challis RAKA Award 2013: JANE RAFFANGarawan Wanambi, Marrangu (detail), natural pigments and synthetic binder on bark; installation view, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013; courtesy the artist, Buku-Larrnggay Mul…

6 Celestial bodies: The Kate Challis RAKA Award 2013: JANE RAFFAN

Garawan Wanambi, Marrangu (detail), natural pigments and synthetic binder on bark; installation view, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013; courtesy the artist, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne; photo: Vicki Petherbridge

7 Tribute: John Peart 1945-2013: JOE FROSTJohn Peart at Wedderburn; photo: Stephen Oxenbury

7 Tribute: John Peart 1945-2013: JOE FROST

John Peart at Wedderburn; photo: Stephen Oxenbury

8 Tribute: Gunter Christmann1936-2013: SIMON BARNEYGunter Christmann and Jenny Christmann, 1975; image courtesy The Commercial, Sydney

8 Tribute: Gunter Christmann1936-2013: SIMON BARNEY

Gunter Christmann and Jenny Christmann, 1975; image courtesy The Commercial, Sydney

9 Tribute: Martin Ritchie Sharp 1942-2013: CHRISTINE FRANCEMartin Sharp at Wirian, 2012; image courtesy Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney; photo: Robert McFarlane

9 Tribute: Martin Ritchie Sharp 1942-2013: CHRISTINE FRANCE

Martin Sharp at Wirian, 2012; image courtesy Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney; photo: Robert McFarlane