‘People feel entitled to the idea of you’: Julia Gutman faces her critics
The Archibald Prize-winner is speaking her mind ahead of her first solo institution exhibition since her history-making win.
Visual Arts
Gallery’s Hamas symbol art ‘is legitimising terror group’
A Melbourne art gallery has been condemned by political, Jewish and security leaders alike after displaying a huge inverted red triangle made popular by Hamas to mark targets for killing.
A gift that keeps on giving
The collection of 154 pieces of art given by Melbourne art dealer Joseph Brown to the National Gallery of Victoria reveals a taste that was open and even eclectic.
Wilde ballet will challenge audiences
The Australian Ballet is breaking new ground with Oscar, a ballet about the flamboyant life and romantic loves of Oscar Wilde.
Beyond the cliche of the flawed genius
For all his personal and creative faults, artist Paul Gauguin remains a focus of attention.
Enigmatic artist’s journey from the sensual to spiritual
Mystery surrounds the transformation of Mervyn Napier Waller from painter of seductive nudes to leading religious artist.
Bookstore turns page with daring display
A new Vernon Ah Kee mural celebrates Brisbane writers as it wraps around independent bookstore Avid Reader.
Descent into genre folie a deux
Grace Crowley seems to have drawn by Ralph Balson into genre so incompatible with her sensibility that it extinguished her inspiration.
Paul Gauguin a pedophile? Let’s be clear about the facts
This important survey of the French post-impressionist’s work is mercifully free of irrelevant ideological posturing.
‘It’s a gift’: popular independent theatre set to be given away
After 36 years, Gail Wiltshire is offering her theatre, and its legacy, to the people – much to the frustration of developers.
Children of the Sun
Carl Sagan, the great American astronomer, was fond of pointing out that our bodies are “made of star-stuff”. It’s literally true.
‘First contact’ artist wins $100k prize
An artist who was one of Australia’s last traditional hunter-gatherers has won the $100,000 Telstra Art Award, the nation’s most prestigious prize for Indigenous artists.
Archibald People’s Choice awarded to portrait of Marcia Langton
The portrait is by Sydney artist Angus McDonald, a seven-time Archibald Prize finalist, who previously won the People’s Choice award in 2020.
Close encounters of the drone kind
How does Dani Watson create this otherworldly, sci-fi vibe in her landscape photographs? The answer will tickle you…
Secrets of the past
An exhibition from the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, now at the National Museum of Australia, offers a more scholarly examination of ancient Egypt.
How to stage a revolution
A new cast of stars is set to make history as one of the world’s biggest musicals, Hamilton, returns to Sydney.
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Connecting to wild with a story on canvas
Young artist Zoe Grey grew up scaling rugged cliff faces and surfing through wild waves – painting the untameable landscape has earned her a lucrative $100,000 purse.
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.
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.
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