Cynthia G. GrubbThe Wynne Prize standard this year is just as random as in previous years. The Trustees acted more like curators than prize selectors. Choosing a large number of finalists from…
Cynthia G. GrubbThis year marks the 50th anniversary of Changeover Day when Australia swapped from pounds to the new decimal currency. But the “C” in Changeover Day might equally stand for Copyright…
Cynthia G. GrubbWe are given instructions when we arrive at the site. We’re confused, but we follow the crowd. Strange pale faces stare out from the windows of the building above. Linger.…
Cynthia G. GrubbThe Australian Border Force is based on an agency that was created in Britain two years earlier, but with its accent. Operation Sovereign Borders changed the culture in Australia of the military,…
Cynthia G. GrubbThis painting, which is a controversial one, broke all previous records. The previous record was held by Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which sold for $142.4m back in…
Cynthia G. GrubbA portrait – of Nochlin with her daughter Daisy – hangs at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle. The status of Neel, who was once regarded as…
Cynthia G. GrubbAfter the 1870 centenary Cook’s landing, there were annual pro-British celebrations at Botany Bay that included the presence of the Governor, flag-raisings, gun salutes, and military displays. Cook was more…
Cynthia G. GrubbTo get a better overview, read Evelyn Juers’s article or Susan Wyndham’s column. Both cover the major concerns more in detail than the petition. Also, Alex Byrne open letters published on February 11 addresses “some…
Cynthia G. GrubbQuilty understood the message, even though it was pixelated. Sukumaran was suturing a wound on a prisoner who had his leg hacked with a machete in a prison riot. The…
Cynthia G. GrubbGiorgio Vasari was one of Leonardo’s first biographers. He claimed that the oil painting depicted Lisa Gherardini. She was the second wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy wool and…
