Arthur Boyd: Agony and Ecstasy
Currently at the National Gallery of Australia is an exhibition featuring one of Australia’s most acclaimed and inventive artists. Arthur...
Read More
The Balnaves Gift
In 2011, long term Mosman resident and successful businessman Neil Balnaves AO donated a million dollars worth of paintings from his...
Read More
Every Breath You Take
For the second Tamworth Textile Triennial, which opened at Tamworth Regional Gallery in August 2014, the curator, Cecilia Heffer, asked...
Read More
Overheard at the gallery
A trip to the gallery is typically a visual experience, but there also exists the sheer enjoyment of overhearing what...
Read More
A pounce bag and a spray can
With the hype around the upcoming 2014 Archibald Prize, opening from 18th July at the Art Gallery of NSW, it...
Read More
Changing spaces: Sydney’s ARIs
As we wave a sad farewell to the eminent Damien Minton Gallery who closes its doors this month, it’s reassuring...
Read More
Artists fees – a recent discussion
Recently I participated in a panel discussion about artist fees on Michael Cathcart’s Radio National program, Books and Arts Daily....
Read More
Seeing new histories
Strange Histories at Fairfield City Museum & Gallery is one of a new breed of exhibition. Designed to provide a...
Read More
From Bali to Mosman (via Paris)
Mosman Art Gallery’s current exhibitions take the visitor from Bali to Paris, Tangier and around Sydney. Watch the Exhibition Curators...
Read More
National Touring Initiative finds People Like Us
Late last year Museums & Galleries of NSW, on behalf of NETS Australia (National Exhibition Touring Support), put out an...
Read More
Playing in clay: lines of inquiry
One of the things that is appealing about this exhibition of contemporary ceramics is that it’s an exhibition without...
Read More
Chinese art re-formed
White Rabbit Gallery, with its provocative collection of contemporary Chinese art and slick gallery space, never fails to be a...
Read More
Calleen Art Award announced
Of the 58 original paintings on display as part of the annual Cowra Regional Art Gallery exhibition, Queensland artist Naomi...
Read More
Collaborative craft reinterpreted
An iPad made from knitted wool, an iPhone screen made from embroidered sequins, and a Facebook chat conversation cross-stitched onto...
Read More
Following Dobell
Many people know that William Dobell, of the Dobell Drawing fame, was himself three times winner of the Archibald Prize....
Read More
A salty supper
Welcome to The Last Supper. A lavish array of fruit and vegetables–strawberries in bowls and citrus in segments. Filleted fish,...
Read More
Campbelltown Arts Centre never looked so good
Rum Jungle, an exhibition by one of Australia’s most prominent artists, TV Moore, recently opened at Campbelltown Arts Centre....
Read More
Biennale for bubs
The Biennale (Bee-ah-nah-lee) of Sydney is upon us! Don’t be deterred by the title, which adults and children alike struggle...
Read More
Biennale of Sydney imagines new worlds
From 21 March with the opening of the 19th Biennale: You Imagine what you Desire, Sydney will become a playground...
Read More
Caring collections: Westmead Hospital art collection
The Westmead Hospital art collection is just over 32 years old and its history is an interesting one. Born in...
Read More