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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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Glamour photography makes suburban stars of us all
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Glamour photography makes suburban stars of us all

In the age of social media and self-expression, glamour photography has emerged as a powerful tool, transforming ordinary individuals into suburban stars. This captivating form of photography transcends traditional portraiture,…

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Populist candy-floss or not, the Archibald Prize soldiers
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Populist candy-floss or not, the Archibald Prize soldiers

The Archibald Prize, Australia’s most prestigious portrait painting award, continues to march forward despite occasional criticism of populist tendencies. With its rich history dating back to 1921, the prize has…

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Feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony

In envisioning a world in harmony through the lens of Feng Shui, we embark on a journey that transcends the physical arrangement of spaces. Beyond the placement of furniture and…

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Paying tribute to one of Scotland’s greatest creative cultural forces
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Paying tribute to one of Scotland’s greatest creative cultural forces

Scotland, a land steeped in history and culture, has produced many luminaries who have left an indelible mark on the world. Among these towering figures, Sir Walter Scott stands as…

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Kandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebrating
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Kandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebrating

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has recently unveiled a spectacular exhibition featuring the works of Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art. This carefully curated showcase is nothing…

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The paintings of Tony Tuckson
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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The paintings of Tony Tuckson

Tony Tuckson, an influential Australian artist, left an indelible mark on the world of contemporary art through his distinctive paintings. Born in Sydney in 1921, Tuckson initially trained as a…

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Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize
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  • January 30, 2024
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Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize

In the illustrious history of the Archibald Prize, a milestone was reached as the 100th edition unfolded, marking a century of celebrating Australian portraiture. Amidst the captivating array of entries,…

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Masterpieces from Scotland is easily the greatest exhibition of old master works to visit Sydney
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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Masterpieces from Scotland is easily the greatest exhibition of old master works to visit Sydney

In the realm of art exhibitions, “Masterpieces from Scotland” stands as an unparalleled showcase of old masterworks, captivating the cultural landscape of Sydney. This extraordinary collection, curated with precision and…

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100 years of our most famous portrait prize and my almost 50 years watching
  • Cynthia G. GrubbCynthia G. Grubb
  • January 30, 2024
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100 years of our most famous portrait prize and my almost 50 years watching

For nearly five decades, I have had the privilege of witnessing the evolution of one of the most esteemed institutions in the art world – our celebrated portrait prize. As…

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How women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’
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  • January 30, 2024
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How women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’

Yolŋu bark paintings have long been regarded as powerful expressions of Indigenous Australian culture, rooted in tradition and spirituality. Traditionally, these artworks were created by men and followed specific cultural…

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