Join us for the launch of Djon Mundine: Windows & Mirrors, a landmark publication celebrating the writings of one of Australia’s most influential cultural figures.
Across nearly three decades of essays, critiques, and reflections, Mundine charts the shifting landscape of contemporary art and the central place of Indigenous voices within it. This richly illustrated volume gathers his words from 1999 to the present, offering both a window into his enduring practice and a mirror held to the nation’s cultural history.
About the Author
Djon Mundine OAM, a Bandjalung man from northern NSW, is a leading curator, writer, and cultural leader. Best known as the concept curator of The Aboriginal Memorial (1988) at the National Gallery of Australia, his four-decade career has profoundly shaped understanding of contemporary Indigenous art through his curatorial projects, essays, and advocacy.
About the Book
Windows & Mirrors is the first comprehensive volume to chart Mundine’s career as a writer and thinker, including texts written for major exhibitions and institutions across Australia and abroad, illustrated with archival images and documentation. Published by Art Ink in 2025, it is both a vital record and a living testament to an extraordinary voice in contemporary culture.
This year at Sydney Contemporary, curator Sebastian Goldspink will lead free dedicated First Nations art tours across the weekend, shining a spotlight on the exceptional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists featured across the Fair.
These tours will highlight key works and provide deeper insight into the cultural significance and contemporary practices of First Nations artists.
Goldspink is a Sydney based independent curator and proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney. He is a guest judge of this year’s MA Emerging art prize for Sydney Contemporary.
Entry to this tour is on a first come, first serve basis and there are 20 spots available. There is no RSVP. A valid ticket to Sydney Contemporary 2025 is required for entry to this tour.
Location: Meet at Info Point
This year at Sydney Contemporary, curator Sebastian Goldspink will lead free dedicated First Nations art tours across the weekend, shining a spotlight on the exceptional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists featured across the Fair.
These tours will highlight key works and provide deeper insight into the cultural significance and contemporary practices of First Nations artists.
Goldspink is a Sydney based independent curator and proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney. He is a guest judge of this year’s MA emerging art prize for Sydney Contemporary.
Entry to this tour is on a first come, first serve basis and there are 20 spots available. There is no RSVP. A valid ticket to Sydney Contemporary 2025 is required for entry to this tour.
Location: Meet at Info Point
Join us for a special book signing with Kym Elphinstone, following her talk on collecting, Perspectives on Collecting: From the Emerging to the Experienced as part of Talks at Sydney Contemporary. From 2:30pm to 3:00pm, Kym will be at the BTWNLNS Bookstore at the Fair to sign copies of her new book, Collecting: Living with Art — a beautifully curated look into the homes and minds of some of Australia’s most passionate art collectors.
Related Talk: Perspectives on Collecting: From the Emerging to the Experienced
Thursday 11 September, 1:30PM-2:30PM, Talks Space
Meet the author and get your copy personally signed.
Location: BTWNLNS Bookstore, Carriageworks
Join exhibiting artist Brad Rimmer at Art Collective WA Booth G11. Brad Rimmer creates emotionally resonant photographic series that document rural life and changing landscapes. His images are layered with a sense of nostalgia, quiet melancholy and beauty, inviting reflection on place and the delicate impermanence of the human experience. Brad’s works encapsulate the transient essence of time’s passage and the elusive allure of its inherent beauty — a beauty that exists beyond the confines of tangible reality.
Hosted by Art Collective WA
Location: Booth G11, Art Collective WA
Join exhibiting artist Susan Roux at Art Collective WA Booth G11. Susan Roux threads together identity, movement and memory through tactile, layered works that resist easy definition. Working primarily with paper, thread and repurposed materials, she transforms humble surfaces into sites of rupture and repair – spaces marked by time, gesture and emotional resonance.
Hosted by Art Collective WA
Location: Booth G11, Art Collective WA
Art advisor and author of Collecting: Living with Art, Kym Elphinstone hosts a panel discussion exploring different approaches to collecting and curating art into the home. Diverse perspectives will be uncovered, ranging from the points of view of artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, curator Mikala Tai, and philanthropist and experienced collector Sue Cato. The panel will be a lively discussion, peppered with personal anecdotes, as well as practical tips and insights into acquiring new works and how to curate them into your home.
Image: Sue Cato Art Collection, featured in Collecting: Living with Art
Emma Gott | Speaker
Sue Cato | Speaker
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran | Speaker
Mikala Tai | Speaker
Kym Elphinstone | Moderator
Emma Gott is founder and director of Emma Gott Creative, offering a holistic and global approach to brand development across fashion, celebrity, luxury and retail markets.
Sue Cato is a leading Australian strategic communications advisor with decades of experience in corporate, financial, and political sectors. Sue is a member of the Advisory Committee of Sydney Contemporary.
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is a Sydney-based artist whose work explores identity, history, and postcolonial narratives through ceramic and painting. Represented by Sullivan+Strumpf
Mikala Tai is a curator and cultural leader specializing in contemporary Asian and Asian-Australian art with a focus on cross-cultural dialogue.
Kym Elphinstone is an arts advisor and advocate, and the founder of Australia’s leading cultural agency Articulate. She is the author of Collecting: Living with Art, Chair of emerging arts organisation Firstdraft and sits on the Advisory Committee of Sydney Contemporary.
