Robert Hughes

November 2024

Obituaries

The late Tom Hughes, QC, in his Sydney chambers in April 2008.

Vale Tom Hughes: Distinguished last cab off the rank

A giant of Australian law, reforming attorney-general and a powerful behind-the-scenes figure, Tom Hughes leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

Nov 28, 2024
Andrew Clark

July 2023

National Gallery of Australia

Blue poles by Jackson Pollock, pictured on loan to the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2016.

How to own a fragment of Pollock’s Blue Poles... for just $2190

Special limited edition Jackson Pollock NFTs and prints will be offered for sale for the first time, taken from the floor of his Long Island studio space.

Jul 16, 2023
Tom McIlroy

November 2019

Opinion
Vale

Clive James was one of Australia's greatest cultural exports.

Clive of Australia

Clive James thrived in Britain because he remained very Australian.

Nov 29, 2019
The AFR View

Vale

Clive James with Kylie Minogue, 1995. One of his abiding passions was for attractive young women.

Clive James had a complex relationship with Australia

Part of a quartet of famous Australians who fled the monocultural tedium of the country in the early 1960s, the writer had a complex relationship with the land of his birth.

Nov 28, 2019
Andrew Clark

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