December 2024
Long dead, Jackson Pollock finally makes it to Paris
We all know about Blue Poles but a new retrospective at the Musée Picasso shows the troubled path the great abstract expressionist took to painting it.
- Tom McIlroy
The replicas that could end the Elgin Marbles row
The Greek and British governments are thought to be close to clinching a deal to return the treasures to Athens.
- Simon de Bruxelles
September 2024
‘We’re not Logos by the Sea’: How to make arts sponsorships work
Transfield’s exit from Sydney Biennale in 2014 started a torturous recent history for corporate support, but there are still successful exceptions.
- Sue Williams
Interior design maestro pays tribute to his famous colour muse
David Flack was inspired by abstract painter Sydney Ball as a schoolboy; now he is curating an exhibition of the late artist’s work.
- Stephen Todd
June 2024
Why Ancient Egypt is flavour of the year
If you missed out on the Ramses exhibition in Sydney, there are two more shows you can catch.
- Theo Chapman
May 2024
Lessons in legacy-building from history’s most tenacious rulers
The NGV’s winter blockbuster will take a deep dive into what it meant to be pharaoh – and the complex power systems they needed to maintain their supremacy.
- John McDonald
February 2024
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The man who listens to flowers (to world acclaim)
Artist and florist Makoto Azuma arranges, explodes and entombs blooms in resin in a never-ending quest to help them express their beauty.
- John McDonald
December 2023
To be a winning artist, a little humour helps
It’s a philosophy that has worked for the most successful artist duo in the world. Now, the National Gallery of Victoria has acquired four of their installations.
- John McDonald
What robot dogs, Yoko Ono and a $1m potato reveal about humanity
The theme of artificial intelligence and its impact on art and society runs deeply through the NGV’s Triennial exhibition opening this weekend.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2023
The lawyer who quit and became a famous artist
The under-fire AGNSW’s exhibition of Vasily Kandinsky’s abstracts should put art back into conversations about the gallery.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
October 2023
The extraordinary life of photographer Lee Miller in 100 pictures
When things were going well, the model and muse turned wartime and fashion photographer was wonderful company, says her son. She could be monstrous too.
- Tony Davis
This jewellery may be fake, but it’s precious beyond compare
Tucked between a Starbucks and a Hard Rock Cafe, an extraordinary treasure trove is about to go on display in a Paris mansion never before opened to the public.
- Robert Bevan
July 2023
AGNSW has the shiny new gallery, but where’s the new art?
Some critics are saying that it’s just not good enough to open a new building and change virtually nothing in it for an entire year.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
June 2023
It’s architecture’s turn at Venice Biennale 2023, so expect surprises
‘The Laboratory of the Future’ imagines a world through the work of architects from the African continent and beyond.
- Jane Cornwell
May 2023
How to travel France in the footsteps of Pierre Bonnard
We explore the places that shaped the artist described by Matisse as ‘the greatest of us all’, and whose work stars in the upcoming NGV’s Winter Masterpieces show.
- Sue Bennett
April 2023
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Mary Quant – the great liberator
Dame Mary Quant, the fashion designer, known for shortening hemlines in the 1960s, has died aged 93. Here, we republish an interview with the curators of an art gallery where her work was showcased.
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- Lauren Sams
February 2023
Andy Warhol was the original social media influencer. Here’s why
The pop art star obsessively photographed his everyday life decades before it became de rigueur. A new exhibition in Adelaide focuses on those photos.
- Michael Bailey
Why are so many once-in-a-lifetime shows happening in our lifetime
Competition among art museums has produced a crop of blockbuster exhibitions.
- James Tarmy
It’s a glass of water, but not as you’ve ever seen it
Everyday objects take on a brooding beauty through the lens of Melbourne photographer Annika Kafcaloudis, whose monograph is launching this week.
- Stephen Todd
New Portrait Gallery boss promises to hit up Rich Listers
Murray Art Museum Albury boss Bree Pickering has been named as the new head of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
- Tom McIlroy