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.
Visual Arts
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.
Sex, death and rock ’n’ roll
Queens of the Stone Age, Paul Kelly and Courtney Barnett kicked off the opening weekend of the Museum of Old and New Art’s annual summer arts festival. And, now in its 16th iteration, Brian Ritchie’s jovial jamboree was full a surprises.
Here’s a hot tip for melting into a crowd
Street photography requires the photographer to go unnoticed. So how does Gavin Libotte manage that when he uses flash?
Photographers snap over AI entries
Competing against AI for a prestigious arts prize was a leap into the unknown our photographers wouldn’t take.
A religious experience at … MONA?
The Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart has enjoyed juxtaposing the ancient and the contemporary since its inception, but this is its first exhibition devoted entirely to old art. But does it work?
Ever wondered what it’s like inside a volcano?
This remarkable installation deep underground at MONA in Hobart is the work of the singer Jónsi from the group Sigur Rós.
The explicit art scandal involving police and a premier
The eight-metre-long painting featured an image of Marilyn Monroe and made front page news. ‘All hell broke loose’, Roslyn Oxley recalls. Her gallery had been open a month.
‘Barry Humphries loved owing me money — he thought it was hilarious’
He’s been a confidant of Australia’s finest painters – and their dealer – for 50 years. No wonder Philip Bacon’s home is full of treasures.
Activists hurl soup at Mona Lisa
Two women from an environmental group threw orange soup at Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterwork, which is behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre.
From wastepaper to high art: Japan seeks to save manga heritage
Artists, publishers and museums are trying to preserve original drawings of artwork in comic books.
Art of still-life despite adversity
Cressida Campbell says she is embarrassed by praise, but she is gratified that so many people enjoyed her exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia.
Donald Friend: beyond the sins of the artist
Can we look beyond the repugant acts of the artist and see Donald Friend’s art for its brilliance alone?
Paul Mescal goes beyond the ‘token Irish hunk’
The star of the lockdown hit Normal People talks about screen sex, dating, the crisis of masculinity and his new film All of Us Strangers.
Tales drawn from antiquity
Objects in the Macquarie University History Museum have inspired an artistic response to their depiction of myths and fables.
Stolen Picasso and Chagalls found after 14 years
The two paintings, together valued at more than £700,000, were stolen from an art collector’s home in Tel Aviv.
Ingredients of a master potter
Josiah Wedgwood was driven by enormous entrepreneurial energy and a desire to experiment, as shown in an Adelaide exhibition.
The case for strange daily routines
When ill health and family drama stopped philosopher Damon young from competitive fencing he committed to a unique daily ritual to surprising results.
‘I’m old, I like these stories’: Clooney brings rowing to the big screen
Director George Clooney, along with stars Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton, discuss their new feel-good film and the return of the mid-budget movie | WATCH
‘Before I was an artist, all I ever saw were the tracks on the ground… now I see the beauty’
Albert Namatjira’s landscapes deserve to be considered as an intercultural phenomenon because the artist not only learned a new style of painting but a different way of seeing the world.
Lopsided: arts critic blasts APYACC apologists
The SMH’s own arts critic has launched a stinging attack on his publication’s coverage of the ‘white hands on black art’ scandal, accusing the newspaper of ‘wilful wrongheadedness’ and ‘seriously lopsided’ coverage.
The best (and worst) art of 2023
After a year of seeking out the best art in Australia’s regions and cities, our critic weighs in on the highs and lows for gallerygoers.
White hands on black art ‘cultural theft’
NT Arts Minister Chansey Paech confirms a panel looking into the APY Arts Centre Collective found substantial wrongdoing in all areas it was tasked to probe.
From Caravaggio to Egyptian antiquities – the best summer art shows are here
From a blockbuster celebrating a pharaoh to exhibitions celebrating Picasso and Van Gogh, there are plenty of visual delights on offer at home and abroad | See the full list.
‘No one gives a sh.t about you in America, not even the government’
The Lincoln Lawyer’s Angus Sampson reflects on a decade of living in LA ahead of his fourth season in Aussie comedy Bump.
There’s no brushing off this scandal now
News that the APY art centre has been referred for further investigation is a vindication of the important work done by Greg Bearup – and an implicit rebuff to NGA head Nick Mitzevich.
In the frame: APY art centre to face probe
The APY Arts Centre Collective faces investigation for possible criminal or civil charges after a six-month probe into the controversial organisation sparked by The Australian.
‘Egg on the face after hopes of hush-up’
Prominent Indigenous professor Brenda Croft has welcomed two new investigations into South Australia’s APY Arts Centre Collective.
The art establishment tried to sweep a scandal under the rug
As the evidence mounted, APY arts boss Skye O’Meara drew around herself a protective Indigenous cloak — and in the process dragged the establishment down with her. Now officials have some explaining to do.
Why Snapchat chose The Weekend Australian Magazine for its first local AR cover
The app best known for messaging, maps and funny filters is evolving to dominate in the world of augmented reality.
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