An offering of intimate solace
The Adelaide Biennial’s Inner Sanctum supports contemporary and Australian art, and the power of painting that transforms the experiential world into visual meaning.
Visual Arts
Nod to Arab arts festival boss ignites fury
Donors are threatening to withdraw from the Biennale of Sydney, after pro-Palestinian art curator and Emirati royal, Hoor Al Qasimi, was confirmed as artistic director of the 2026 event.
Artistic partnership built on abstraction
Grace Crowley and Ralph Balson defied the local art world to follow their common vision.
Evoking war three ways, and at once
Melbourne-trained Ukraine artist Stanislava Pinchuk stages a triple screen history hopping meditation.
The Met Gala shows the Kardashians are done
The Kardashians cannot keep up with a new generation of taste makers who are, by comparison, making them seem as shallow as Kim’s breathing in her Galliano corset.
Intellectual ambition shaped course of art
Frank Stella was a leading figure in postwar art who served as an elegant bridge between abstract expressionism and cool minimalism.
What were they thinking?
This year’s Biennale of Sydney is caught up in subversive but misguided views on colonialism.
A brief requiem to the Chinese-Australian restaurant
When the time comes, and the last of their kind are shut down and sold off, who will remember the old Chinese-Australian restaurant?
Archibald drop offs commence in Sydney
Staff at the Art Gallery of NSW are excited as those waiting for a prized online purchase as entries begin arriving for Australia’s most famous – and controversial – creative prizes.
The fabric of war in all its colours
Military quilts made by men in the 18th and 19th centuries, including soldiers and sailors, are the focus of an exhibition.
A meditation on cosmic order
A London-based collective’s video animations awaken viewers to the act of breathing and our existence with nature
Noble pursuit becomes a fool’s errand
An ambitious bid to break down the rules of documentary-style storytelling falls prey to the traps it sets out to avoid.
Disney’s dalmatians ignited manga master
The influential manga artist created Dragon Ball, which spawned films and video games and became a generational phenomenon.
Brush with royalty puts portrait artist in the frame among the greats
Ralph Heimans was the first artist commissioned to capture Mary Donaldson’s transition from marketer to the monarchy. Now his eyes are on William and Kate.
Kate’s gaffe exposes fine line in age of photo manipulation
The Princess of Wales apologised for editing a family portrait. What to consider before you alter yours.
Banksy ‘forgery ring’ uncovered in Spain
The suspects are accused of faking works by the street artist and selling them around the world.
The world’s most precious books?
This fascinating exhibition is built around a set of precious volumes lent by the British Library, and which were part of its Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the written Word exhibition in 2020.
Ritual and energy of a desert painter without peer
The National Gallery of Australia’s Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition is a worthy and well executed one. But is the Indigenous painter really one of the great artists of the 20th century?
Renoir still-life painting for sale with prop
The Fleurs dans un vase still life will be put up for auction in London next month, along with the original Italian ceramic vase.
Baroque beauty you must see
Regional art, and art connoisseurs, are the winners as the NGV partners with a gallery out west for this impressive exhibition.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/visual-arts/page/4