Photography has the innate ability to preserve the present so we can revisit the past at any time in the future.

With reflection on our recent experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic we have become familiar with the idea of object creativity, using domestic resources in new ways, and the necessities of innovation and spatial adaptation.

For those who have been labelled ‘other’ tattoos have been an important component of claiming, displaying and celebrating identity, learn more in ‘Skin Deep’ at the National Art School.

Jewish International Film Festival – Ticket Giveaway! From 17 February to 24 March, the Jewish International Film Festival brings a new round of spectacular Jewish cinema to the big screen. WE have three double passes to giveaway!

‘Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath exhibition at Japan Foundation Sydney invites audiences to explore the history, preservation, and future of Japanese public bathing culture.

The works evolve or appear to me as a whole in the minds eye. And sometimes something from somewhere else triggers an idea and another part floats into the picture – Ken Unsworth

The tangling is a metaphor for how these intersecting timescales that the clocks represent rely on each other to all operate together, and if they become tangled some of those timescales may stop moving.

This new group exhibition is about an important aspect of being an artist – presenting new ways of looking at the world without being asked to.

‘Leaving LA’ at the Art Gallery of Western Australia takes audiences on a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tim Minchin’s music video and goodbye song Leaving LA (2020).

‘Just Not Australian’ is a regional travelling exhibition that stands to confront our understanding of what national identity is in Australia, and is currently on view at Wollongong Art Gallery.

‘Day Break’ is exceptional. McQuire and Chun inspire kids to be kind and remind the grown ups to get on the same page in this moving story for Aboriginal families, non-Indigenous families, and hopefully our schools.

Emilya Colliver encourages us to see our relationship to the art world as intuitive, fair and one to explore. For example, as with any work or personal relationship a good start with artists is ‘being able to articulate how they can succeed in their role’.

‘BODIED’ at the Art gallery of Western Australia explores creative ruminations of the human form, which take us far beyond our everyday imaginings of the capabilities and visual aesthetics of the body.

‘WE CAN BE HEROES: a backstage pass’ is an exhibition of photographs for lovers of live rock music and is on at Newcastle Art Gallery until 14 February.

‘Space YZ’ at Campbelltown Arts Centre is a celebratory exhibition reflecting on the creative legacy of Western Sydney University’s (WSU) visual arts program and gallery Space YZ, established at the Kingswood campus in 1992.

Heather Rose’s new novel ‘BRUNY’ is a cautionary tale for ‘unprecedented times’ which sits somewhere between sobering fiction and satire.

‘What is Different?’ is an exhibition of artworks by children from Queensland sharing their own experiences and ideas about the global pandemic through creative expression.

‘Quixotic’ is a go-to and apt term used by author Tim Olsen in ‘Son of the Brush’, a memoir amidst one Australia’s most eminent bohemian families.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents ‘Streeton’, a major survey exhibition of works by renowned Australian artist Arthur Streeton (1867-1943). The exhibition curated by Wayne Tunnicliffe, AGNSW’s head curator of Australian Art, is on display until 14 February 2021.

If you visit ’20:20′ at MAMA the experience may be a salve to the year and inspiration for what’s next.