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From Bonny Dot Cassidy… Joseph Mallord William Turner, A mountain scene, Val d’Aosta, c.1840.Oil on canvas, 91.5x122cm For about six months, I’d had a postcard of Turner’s A mountain scene, Val d’Aosta’ (c.1845) reproduction framed above my desk. It hung
Adelaide-based artist Deidre But-Husaim entered a painting into the “Churchie“. With $10k prize money it’s an attractive purse… but certain policies of the exhibition organisers prompted the artist to take a stand against discrimination and make her feelings public… What’s
Please Stand By #9, by Elvis Richardson. If you’re seeing this post via email click here to view.
“FAMOUS for his skateboarding videos, Sydney artist Shaun Gladwell has been chosen to represent Australia at the prestigious Venice Biennale. “Although the international exhibition is more than a year away, Australia’s $2 million campaign has started in earnest with the
From Rory Dufficy… Bill Viola’s work has always seemed suffused with a reflection of meaning – the outlines of something profound are visible, and the gestures and motions and surfaces seem to reveal something, but too often end up as
Over the last few years John A Douglas has been exhibiting his ongoing Screen Test series in various artist run galleries. His latest work is now on show in the ambitious exhibition Screen Test [Americana/Australiana] – Fragments and Stills at
“La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale) : Florence, Italy“Anatomical Venus“Wax model with human hair and pearls in rosewood and Venetian glass case;Probably modeled by Clemente Susini (around 1790) “Anatomical Theatre is a photographic exhibition documenting artifacts collected by and exhibited
“The Olympic Culture Wall is a 200-metre-long, state-endorsed celebration of the Beijing Games and an angry riposte to critical media coverage in the West. “In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese have been breaking records: the
The Art Life Season One is available on DVD*. Featuring all three episodes presented in their entirety, in 16:9 format and in stereo, the set comes on one handy disc packaged in a collectable plastic-look DVD box featuring handsome cover
From Bonny Dot Cassidy… There are are exhibitions that come along only once in a curator’s career; and I imagine a survey of Fiona Hall’s work to be one of those — the chance to interact with a living, local