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Ended · 2021–2023

Art Works

Hosted by Namila Benson, Art Works is the ABC's weekly half-hour arts show sharing the most inspiring, surprising, and formative ways that Australian creatives are telling our stories today.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 33 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Uncle Jack Charles, Atong Atem & Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
  2. S01 E02 · Race and Representation, Ziggy Ramo & Airi Ingram
  3. S01 E03 · Opera Australia & Mary Quant
  4. S01 E04 · Museum of Contemporary Art & ABC Classic 100
  5. S01 E05 · Miss First Nation & the Ramsay Art Prize
  6. S01 E06 · Archibald Prize & Archie 100
  7. S01 E07 · Kate Just, Great Woy Woy Tea Cosy, Andre Sardone
  8. S01 E08 · Hilma af Klint & Incognito Art Show
  9. S01 E09 · Dark Mofo 2021
  10. S01 E10 · NAIDOC Week 2021
  11. S01 E11 · Just Not Australian Touring Exhibition
  12. S01 E12 · Arts Access Victoria Amplify Festival
  13. S01 E13 · Science Gallery in Melbourne
  14. S01 E14 · Brisbane Comedy Festival
  15. S01 E15 · Malthouse Theatre's Because the Night
  16. S01 E16 · Mo'Ju, Vipoo Srivilasa & The Wellness Deity Project
  17. S01 E17 · Maxine Beneba Clarke, New Writers Collective & Alex Lahey
  18. S01 E18 · NATSIAA, Ishmael, Stone Country, Ida Sophia
  19. S01 E19 · Kylie Bracknell, Lucy Irvine, Demolition
  20. S01 E20 · Boy Swallows Universe, Murrniny, Ngaiire
  21. S01 E21 · Daniel Lafferty, The Rivers Sing
  22. S01 E22 · Brenton E. McKenna, Mick Turner, Bukjeh
  23. S01 E23 · Claire McArdle, Voices of Colour
  24. S01 E24 · #KnowMyName
  25. S01 E25 · Muster, Terrapin, Dale Woodbridge-Brown
  26. S01 E26 · First Nations Fashion and Design
  27. S01 E27 · Ausmusic Month
  28. S01 E28 · Art in the Vines, Patricia Piccinini
  29. S01 E29 · OzAsia Festival, Koolbardi wer Wardong
  30. S01 E30 · Neo Teen Takeover, Wendy Mocke, Fiona Lee
  31. S01 E31 · Jazz Money, Tarnanthi, Serwah Attafuah
  32. S01 E32 · Transformation, Time Pass, Baai
  33. S01 E33 · La Mama Theatre, Stella Prize
Season 2 · 37 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Summer Arts Festivals, Art-Washing
  2. S02 E02 · Dean Cross x Sidney Nolan, Eucalyptusdom
  3. S02 E03 · Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Biennale of Sydney
  4. S02 E04 · WOMADelaide, Alex Seton, Parvyn Singh
  5. S02 E05 · Marco Fusinato, MICF, Louise Coghill
  6. S02 E06 · Bundanon, Aretha Brown x Emma Donovan
  7. S02 E07 · AQAL, David Quirk, Caitlin Yeo, Sky Song
  8. S02 E08 · National Indigenous Art Triennial
  9. S02 E09 · Safa El Samad, Gabbi Bolt, Jordan Benson
  10. S02 E10 · Venice Biennale, Deborah Kelly
  11. S02 E11 · Tamworth Country Music Festival
  12. S02 E12 · Sydney Writers' Festival, Nils Frahm
  13. S02 E13 · Australian Fashion Week, Dylan Mooney
  14. S02 E14 · Vivid Sydney, Amani Haydar, Cut N Polish
  15. S02 E15 · Rising, Luke Arnold, Is Bach the best?
  16. S02 E16 · Sampa The Great, Reality to Screen
  17. S02 E17 · NAIDOC Week: Dylan Mooney, Eucalyptusdom
  18. S02 E18 · The Regions: Christopher Zanko, Bundanon
  19. S02 E19 · The Burning, Naomi Hobson, Manifesto
  20. S02 E20 · Brisbane Street Art Festival
  21. S02 E21 · Back to Back Theatre, Soft Centre
  22. S02 E22 · Arts Week: Looking for Alibrandi, Queer
  23. S02 E23 · Gay Hawkes, Tactical Space Lab
  24. S02 E24 · Blaze, Zahra Elham
  25. S02 E25 · Fangirls, National Poetry Month Gala
  26. S02 E26 · Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  27. S02 E27 · Anna Cordell, Whitefella Yella Tree
  28. S02 E28 · Fiona Foley, COVID sonification
  29. S02 E29 · ACMI, Somebody's Daughter, Fiona Hall & AJ King
  30. S02 E30 · Brisbane Festival, Club Weld
  31. S02 E31 · Waru, Janice Wong, Nadurna, Ben Nguyen
  32. S02 E32 · Cyrano, William Barton, David Humphries
  33. S02 E33 · Rodney Bell, Rooke Circus, Luke Whitten
  34. S02 E34 · The Australian Ballet, Tasman Keith
  35. S02 E35 · Bell Shakespeare, Gerwyn Davies, FUNPARK
  36. S02 E36 · Maria Tran, Night Songs, Unpopular
  37. S02 E37 · Bangarra, AI Art, Matt Hsu, Heather Rose
Season 3 · 30 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · WorldPride, Adelaide & Perth Festivals
  2. S03 E02 · Sydney Modern, Thea Perkins, The Oscars
  3. S03 E03 · Across the Regions: Hobart to Karratha
  4. S03 E04 · The Artist, Rose Riebl, Dr Jamin, WOMAD
  5. S03 E05 · Lucy Guerin, The Sheep Song, Comedy Talk
  6. S03 E06 · HOTA, Rel Pham, Mia Salsjo, Jason Lim
  7. S03 E07 · Jen Cloher, TMAG, Thabani Tshuma
  8. S03 E08 · Reuben Kaye, Daniel Riley
  9. S03 E09 · The Poison of Polygamy, wani toaishara
  10. S03 E10 · Mithu Sen, Classics for Kids, Bandura
  11. S03 E11 · Lacework, Perth Design Week, Computer Art
  12. S03 E12 · Jessica Cottis, Germaine Acogny, Slammed
  13. S03 E13 · WAH-WAH, Youkhana, Ajak Kwai
  14. S03 E14 · Tina Turner, Rod McNicol, Ugly Art
  15. S03 E15 · The Torch, VIVID, UFO, Mdou Moctar
  16. S03 E16 · Straw Marquetry, The Other Art Fair
  17. S03 E17 · The Social Studio, Food Art, Cash Savage
  18. S03 E18 · NAIDOC Week Special
  19. S03 E19 · ROCKAMORA, Evi Ferrier, Karen Marks
  20. S03 E20 · The Huxleys, Fulu Miziki, Bruno Booth
  21. S03 E21 · Jamaica Moana, Paul Ryan, Ida Sophia
  22. S03 E22 · Underwater Sculptures, Tee Ken Ng
  23. S03 E23 · Lindy Lee, Halo Vocal Ensemble
  24. S03 E24 · GOMA, The Weekend, Brendan Huntley
  25. S03 E25 · Now or Never, STCSA, Joseph Tawadros
  26. S03 E26 · Moulin Rouge, MIFF, The Chairs
  27. S03 E27 · Erotic Films, Judy Watson, Olivia Davies
  28. S03 E28 · Raphaela Rosella, Mikaela Stafford
  29. S03 E29 · Arts Week 2023 - Happy Making
  30. S03 E30 · Desert Mob, Dalisa Pigram, Ron Hurley

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