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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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…