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Trending News: Charles Blackman’s poetic vision contained an undertone of dreadJapanese art island Chichu, a meditation and an educationThat doesn’t mean we should share it without creditA Black British artist you need know aboutHow the right lighting could save the Mona LisaWynne Prize traces Australia’ shifting relationship to our landscapeTopway by Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally GaboriUser Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatmentWhy removing Waterhouse’s Nymphs was a bad ideaTimes change but the art establishment rollsIntroducing ‘lucid-dream cinema’: movies to watch while you sleepHow eye disorders may have influenced the work of famous paintersAuld Lang Syne in Ballarat reviewing an old acquaintanceThe artist, philanthropist and friendAustralian art’s great circus: loving and loathing the ArchibaldThe art market is failing Australian artistsArt Gallery SA goes back to Impressionism’s colourful roots with masterpieces from Musee d’OrsayStrange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarchEco-activist attacks on museum artwork ask us to figure out what we valueLife in the Roman Army exhibition delivers exciting finds but fails to go beyond stories of men and weapons of war enoughPortraits are a fine art, so let’s embrace the selfieLife in the Roman Army exhibition delivers exciting finds but fails to go beyond stories of men and weaponsJan Senbergs’ paintings are a brilliant shock to the sensesAustralians’ favourites show Aboriginal art can transcend social divisions and art boundariesModestly staged, impressively renderedHow could an Italian gallery sue over use of its public domain artIt’s Australia v England, in battle over Stubbs masterpiecesAt last, the arts Revolution — Archibald winners flag the end of white male dominanceNetflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and lossThis 17,500-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley is Australia’s oldest Aboriginal rock paintingPlanet Earth II Live unites art and science in a celebration of natureThat final vowel’: reading Seamus Heaney’s last poemBeauty and audacity: Know My Name presents a new, female story of Australian artIn defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola RyanKenneth Clark – the last art historian in pursuit of beautyStreets of Papunya delivers an artistic renaissance worth celebratingNGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ facto Ben Quilty at the Saatchi GalleryTurner Prize bursaries could signal a turn toward a more cooperative artEnthralling, dystopian, sublime: NGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ factoThe National Gallery is erasing women from the history of artListen up: It’s not enough to look at artHilma Af Klint’s stunning abstract art opens our eyes to new perspectivesAsset or Overvalued Drip Painting Blue Poles National survey finds line for art appreciationWhistler’s MotherMike Parr Jackson Pollock The FemaleBuilding a gallery during wartime in ZimbabweHow art heals and galvanizes the youth in Timor LesteMike Parr is going to paint over his prints in the current exhibition… but whyMeet the woman who brings Aboriginal cinema ParisHow the painting got its nameModern Art from The Hermitage showcases the French gems of two great merchant collectorsA new study of artist Ian Fairweather considers how Chinese ideas influencedMandela My Life is a welcome tribute to a hero, but avoids difficult questionsJudging the Archibald: the rules of the gameEdgar Degas’ Woman seated on the edge of the bath spongingAdelaide Biennial is titled Free/State. It explores freedomThe Dutch golden age comes to SydneyFashion shows but the runway will surviveNigel Milsom wins the Archibald, our ‘most fun’ festival of facesGlamour photography makes suburban stars of us allPopulist candy-floss or not, the Archibald Prize soldiersFeng shui for a vision of a world in harmonyPaying tribute to one of Scotland’s greatest creative cultural forcesKandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebratingThe paintings of Tony TucksonPeter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald PrizeMasterpieces from Scotland is easily the greatest exhibition of old master works to visit Sydney100 years of our most famous portrait prize and my almost 50 years watchingHow women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’Streeton – an optimistic celebration of Australia’s golden boy of artThere is no orthodoxyTony Costa Wins the 2024 Archibald PrizeIt’s not a joke that you can spot the fake at Dulwich Picture GallerySteve Hart was a young girl in 1947. Sidney NolanWhy John Byrne was one of Scotland’s greatest artistsHere’s a look at Black Ground, 1989, by Judy WatsonA charmingly playful portrait and a historical moment in landscape paintingCan you trust someone to tell you if your art is genuineCatherine the Great puts the great into the HermitageAn icy blast of a novel about male voyeurism and art, capitalism, and much moreA painter of Australia’s great elegance, wry observationsLadybird’s spoof guide for adults is just depressingLove & Revolution reminds us how Anglo-American we are in our view of modern artHow sacred Asian images incorporate divine presence to make them ‘aliveTS Eliot led the way in the digital publishing revolutionwhy Just Stop Oil targeted Van Gogh SunflowersStandup comedy and cultural legitimacyNothing is off-limits with his infectious energy and wry humorWestern Australian Artists see things differentlyThe 2023 Wynne Award finalists: Politics of LandscapeDollar Dave’ and the Reserve Bank: a tale of art, theft and human rightsDark Mofo and the creative power of a stormThe Australian Border Force is based on an agency that was createdThe world’s most expensive artwork is too sexually explicitI wanted to be a woman but not in the way that a world obsessed with powerHow reenactments and reenactments about the Endeavour’s voyage perpetuateState Libraries Need Our Support and Participation to SurviveMyuran’s artistic voice is raw and prematureWhat makes the Mona Lisa so special
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Fri. May 9th, 2025
Trending News: Charles Blackman’s poetic vision contained an undertone of dreadJapanese art island Chichu, a meditation and an educationThat doesn’t mean we should share it without creditA Black British artist you need know aboutHow the right lighting could save the Mona LisaWynne Prize traces Australia’ shifting relationship to our landscapeTopway by Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally GaboriUser Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatmentWhy removing Waterhouse’s Nymphs was a bad ideaTimes change but the art establishment rollsIntroducing ‘lucid-dream cinema’: movies to watch while you sleepHow eye disorders may have influenced the work of famous paintersAuld Lang Syne in Ballarat reviewing an old acquaintanceThe artist, philanthropist and friendAustralian art’s great circus: loving and loathing the ArchibaldThe art market is failing Australian artistsArt Gallery SA goes back to Impressionism’s colourful roots with masterpieces from Musee d’OrsayStrange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarchEco-activist attacks on museum artwork ask us to figure out what we valueLife in the Roman Army exhibition delivers exciting finds but fails to go beyond stories of men and weapons of war enoughPortraits are a fine art, so let’s embrace the selfieLife in the Roman Army exhibition delivers exciting finds but fails to go beyond stories of men and weaponsJan Senbergs’ paintings are a brilliant shock to the sensesAustralians’ favourites show Aboriginal art can transcend social divisions and art boundariesModestly staged, impressively renderedHow could an Italian gallery sue over use of its public domain artIt’s Australia v England, in battle over Stubbs masterpiecesAt last, the arts Revolution — Archibald winners flag the end of white male dominanceNetflix probe into history’s biggest gallery heist is a rollicking story of lapses and lossThis 17,500-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley is Australia’s oldest Aboriginal rock paintingPlanet Earth II Live unites art and science in a celebration of natureThat final vowel’: reading Seamus Heaney’s last poemBeauty and audacity: Know My Name presents a new, female story of Australian artIn defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola RyanKenneth Clark – the last art historian in pursuit of beautyStreets of Papunya delivers an artistic renaissance worth celebratingNGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ facto Ben Quilty at the Saatchi GalleryTurner Prize bursaries could signal a turn toward a more cooperative artEnthralling, dystopian, sublime: NGV Triennial has a huge ‘wow’ factoThe National Gallery is erasing women from the history of artListen up: It’s not enough to look at artHilma Af Klint’s stunning abstract art opens our eyes to new perspectivesAsset or Overvalued Drip Painting Blue Poles National survey finds line for art appreciationWhistler’s MotherMike Parr Jackson Pollock The FemaleBuilding a gallery during wartime in ZimbabweHow art heals and galvanizes the youth in Timor LesteMike Parr is going to paint over his prints in the current exhibition… but whyMeet the woman who brings Aboriginal cinema ParisHow the painting got its nameModern Art from The Hermitage showcases the French gems of two great merchant collectorsA new study of artist Ian Fairweather considers how Chinese ideas influencedMandela My Life is a welcome tribute to a hero, but avoids difficult questionsJudging the Archibald: the rules of the gameEdgar Degas’ Woman seated on the edge of the bath spongingAdelaide Biennial is titled Free/State. It explores freedomThe Dutch golden age comes to SydneyFashion shows but the runway will surviveNigel Milsom wins the Archibald, our ‘most fun’ festival of facesGlamour photography makes suburban stars of us allPopulist candy-floss or not, the Archibald Prize soldiersFeng shui for a vision of a world in harmonyPaying tribute to one of Scotland’s greatest creative cultural forcesKandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebratingThe paintings of Tony TucksonPeter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald PrizeMasterpieces from Scotland is easily the greatest exhibition of old master works to visit Sydney100 years of our most famous portrait prize and my almost 50 years watchingHow women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’Streeton – an optimistic celebration of Australia’s golden boy of artThere is no orthodoxyTony Costa Wins the 2024 Archibald PrizeIt’s not a joke that you can spot the fake at Dulwich Picture GallerySteve Hart was a young girl in 1947. Sidney NolanWhy John Byrne was one of Scotland’s greatest artistsHere’s a look at Black Ground, 1989, by Judy WatsonA charmingly playful portrait and a historical moment in landscape paintingCan you trust someone to tell you if your art is genuineCatherine the Great puts the great into the HermitageAn icy blast of a novel about male voyeurism and art, capitalism, and much moreA painter of Australia’s great elegance, wry observationsLadybird’s spoof guide for adults is just depressingLove & Revolution reminds us how Anglo-American we are in our view of modern artHow sacred Asian images incorporate divine presence to make them ‘aliveTS Eliot led the way in the digital publishing revolutionwhy Just Stop Oil targeted Van Gogh SunflowersStandup comedy and cultural legitimacyNothing is off-limits with his infectious energy and wry humorWestern Australian Artists see things differentlyThe 2023 Wynne Award finalists: Politics of LandscapeDollar Dave’ and the Reserve Bank: a tale of art, theft and human rightsDark Mofo and the creative power of a stormThe Australian Border Force is based on an agency that was createdThe world’s most expensive artwork is too sexually explicitI wanted to be a woman but not in the way that a world obsessed with powerHow reenactments and reenactments about the Endeavour’s voyage perpetuateState Libraries Need Our Support and Participation to SurviveMyuran’s artistic voice is raw and prematureWhat makes the Mona Lisa so special
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The 2023 Portrait Prize finalists
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  • November 17, 2023
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The 2023 Portrait Prize finalists

It is possible to interpret the return of the Archibald Prize as a sign that life in Sydney has returned to normal, even if it was delayed. Or not. The…

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National Gallery’s bid to build stage doesn’t quite create a full picture
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  • November 17, 2023
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National Gallery’s bid to build stage doesn’t quite create a full picture

Pompeii frescoes suggest that a similar theatrical approach to painting, perhaps inspired by real theatre, may have existed during classical antiquity. It was brought to life in the Renaissance, a…

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Streeton, Da Vinci, and the science of seeing art’s secrets
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  • November 17, 2023
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Streeton, Da Vinci, and the science of seeing art’s secrets

The ability to see through walls and other objects Superman-style is surely high on the wish list for many children. Sadly, with the purchase of a child’s first pair of novelty X-ray glasses,…

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How to restore Rothko’s murals at Harvard without touching them
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  • November 17, 2023
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How to restore Rothko’s murals at Harvard without touching them

Painter Mark Rothko directed the installation of his murals in Harvard’s Holyoke Center in 1963. Artwork: © 2009 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New…

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We investigated if this is because women don’t paint well
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  • November 17, 2023
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We investigated if this is because women don’t paint well

It is a far cry from the international standard, where approximately 90% all works of art exhibited in major collection are by men. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. does a woman…

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Fall of New York’s Most Notorious Art Gallery, Knoedler
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  • November 17, 2023
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Fall of New York’s Most Notorious Art Gallery, Knoedler

A trial is taking place in Manhattan Federal Court that shows how murky art authentication has become. Knoedler Gallery and its former director, Ann Freedman, are now having their day in…

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The people in power are the problem with arts advocacy
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  • November 17, 2023
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The people in power are the problem with arts advocacy

Trish, the broken aesthete in Willy Russell’s Education of Rita, says, “Wouldn’t you die without Mahler?” The line signifies Rita’s entrance into the worlds of bohemian culture and the emotional hysteria…

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How the Men’s Painting Room transformed Australian art
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  • November 17, 2023
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How the Men’s Painting Room transformed Australian art

The cultural landscape undergoes seismic shifts infrequently, and works created at these rare moments are infused with a charisma that transcends their artistic merit. The 220 Papunya early boards at…

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A virtuoso in white on white who left the world of art too soon
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  • November 17, 2023
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A virtuoso in white on white who left the world of art too soon

The faces do not fit the fashionable Edwardian model. Here, there is no flattery. They have strong, raw facial features that suggest honesty and character strength. Who were these people,…

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Early Bark paintings from Arnhem Land
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  • November 17, 2023
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Early Bark paintings from Arnhem Land

The designs on the bodies of these people are part of the Mandarin miytji (sacred clan design) by Warramiri Yolgnu. Anthropologist Donald Thomson took the photographs during the 1930s. They set the…

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Charles Blackman’s poetic vision contained an undertone of dread

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Japanese art island Chichu, a meditation and an education

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That doesn’t mean we should share it without credit

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A Black British artist you need know about

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A Black British artist you need  know about
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How the right lighting could save the Mona Lisa

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Wynne Prize traces Australia’ shifting relationship to our landscape

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