Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda In her latest artworks, photographer Atong Atem is thinking about gender - from the pain of childbirth to posing as a "hot dude". AAP · Sep 6, 2024
What's on? New Annual, a Celtic festival, markets and more Clans on the Coast, a Dungeons and Dragons workshop and live music. Newcastle Herald · Sep 21, 2023
Five world-class acts you should catch at the New Annual festival Arts and culture festival opens September 22 in Newcastle Newcastle Herald · Sep 15, 2023
Globally-lauded Atong Atem ready for first-ever Newcastle show From the Tate Modern to New Annual. Newcastle Herald · Aug 25, 2023
‘We’re contemporary, we’re traditional, we’re unique’: the African photographers rewriting the rules From female bikers decked out in pink to dreamy desert tableaux, a new exhibition replaces two centuries of western influence with Africans’ own liberated visions The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023
New Annual 2023 festival's edgy, contemporary program revealed A tasty palette that reflects a city growing in cultural confidence. Newcastle Herald · Jun 30, 2023
Melbourne artist wins La Prairie Art Award A Melbourne photographer has received the inaugural La Prairie Art Award after her works were selected to be acquired by the Art Gallery of NSW. AAP · Mar 15, 2022
La Prairie art award: photographer Atong Atem wins inaugural $80,000 prize Melbourne-based South Sudanese artist upturns the dehumanising lens of Eurocentric art history with her joyous and vivid work The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2022