Starmer rolls out marbles diplomacy
The Elgin Sculptures could return to Athens as part of the new British Labour government’s charm offensive aimed at resetting relations with Europe.
Visual Arts
NGA nabs country’s first Gauguin for $9.8m
A major new acquisition will help deepen conversations over Paul Gauguin’s troublesome legacy, says National Gallery of Australia director Nick Mitzevich.
Music meets dance in passion project
A spectacular collaboration between Rafael Bonachela’s Sydney Dance Company and Richard Tognetti’s Australian Chamber Orchestra celebrates the music of Arvo Part and JS Bach.
Essence of sensibility
Works by Wendy Sharpe and Peter Kingston display equally distinctive, if very different, aesthetic personalities.
‘The last life lesson Mum ever gave me’
When photographic artist Aletheia Casey made this image of her mother, she didn’t realise how special it would turn out to be.
Brutal regimes shaped from noble ideas
She fled the Soviet Union with her family for a new life in Australia — and now a major survey of her sculptural work is on at the NGV. What drives artist Nina Sanadze?
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Every picture tells a story, even those manipulated
Images have been manipulated since the earliest days of photography, as this University of Sydney exhibition highlights.
The hunt continues for Kahlo’s lost painting
The Wounded Table was an act of post-divorce revenge, but it went missing in the 1950s. Is all hope of recovery lost?
New exhibition offers heartwarming glimpses into this Australian life
The finalists for the Australian Life 2024 photography competition are in. Their images will make you do a double take.
Deep geological time on the canvas
A new exhibition, Stonework at Castlemaine Art Museum, takes a deep dive into the overbearing reality of geological time in 19th and 20th century landscapes paintings.
Unearthed: the discoveries that turned ancient Egypt on its head
As Melbourne prepares to unveil the biggest exhibition of Egyptian antiquities seen in Australia, we dig into the priceless treasures contained the British Museum’s storage rooms. What did we find?
‘No more depth than a passport mugshot’
This year, arguably, there are fewer creditable pictures than ever, and even some pictures by decent painters fall frustratingly short of what they are capable of achieving | SEE OUR FINALISTS GALLERY
Baker Boy portrait takes Packing Room prize
The Art Gallery of NSW’s chief packers have had their say in the 33rd iteration of the Archibald’s favourite side prize, the curtain-raiser to the nation’s most popular portrait award.
Caravaggio that nearly went for a song on show
A recently rediscovered work by the Italian master Caravaggio is to go on show in the Prado museum after being bought for $59m.
Sex predator or artistic, romantic wanderer?
The complicated legacy of Paul Gauguin — sailor, stockbroker, painter — continues to be debated. Is it anything more than seedy colonial opportunism?
‘Poor Kate’: Catherine portrait divides royal fans
A painting by Hannah Uzor is a ‘portrait of strength and dignity’ … but critics aren’t convinced on its likeness.
Curious case of The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
The winning work at the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize features a torn-apart 100-year-old dictionary of Indigenous words. How this is supposed to represent ‘linguistic resilience’ is a mystery to me.
Gallerist brought graffiti in from street
Patti Astor was the doyenne of the avant-garde scene and co-founder of the Fun Gallery in New York’s East Village where she championed street art.
What the work of art can teach business
Artists are involved in ‘arduous, dishevelled, iterative work – as messy as building a business case’.
What the King thinks of my portrait – and why it’s so red
The painter trusted by King Charles has overcome tragedy and pays no heed to online mockery. But his daughter loved the satanist conspiracy theories.
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