Painter Prudence Flint has a career spanning 35 years, best known for enigmatic pictures of female protagonists in surreal domestic scenes. Despite a serious local following, her paintings have proved much more popular overseas, and she only produces around eight a year. All situate the viewer in an interesting psychological space.

A Beginner’s guide to art openings. The art exhibition opening is a rite of passage for artists and art lovers alike, but it can be an intimidating and exclusive social affair. Artists Ming Liew and Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon made a pact to break into the Melbourne art scene by attending as many art openings as they could together, culminating in an art film about the project, by Ming. Rosa tags along to one gallery to see how it’s done. Charles Lai runs a public calendar of the city's visual arts events.

Enter the studio of... Ema Shin. A printmaker who turned to tapestry and embroidery when motherhood and the pandemic required her to work from home, Japanese artist Ema Shin's red embroidered organs and 3D human hearts are beautiful to look at, and deeply personal-political in meaning. Her exhibition is currently showing at Ararat Gallery TAMA. First broadcast May 2022.