A photographer’s view: Back when people were patriotic
Imperfect as Australia is, there is no better country in the world to live in. If young people have been told otherwise, their teachers have misled them.
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‘Afraid of the reaction’: why this painting should have made the Archibalds cut
The Archibald Prize hang is an annual dog’s breakfast. The judges need to do better.
Truth about Archibald Prize? It’s full of bad portraits
The media have for years been addicted to the cliche that the Archibald Prize is ‘controversial’, but would never dare question the inclusion of any of the truly incompetent pictures – they are generally made by minorities who are today exempt from criticism.
Good art is not supposed to be angry
Part of the idiotic ideological undergrowth that chokes the Australian cultural world today is the idea that serious art should confront or offend audiences. Fortunately, this exhibition suggests otherwise.
Visiting Machu Picchu: what you should know about this ‘spiritual’ pilgrimage
You’re much more likely to find violent human sacrifice than ‘healing’ in the early cultures of the Aztecs and the Incas.
Art of suburbia: Why identical houses on small blocks are bad for the soul
Houses in the most pleasant suburbs of Sydney are on generous grounds where owners spend time in the garden. But venture to the new fringe suburbs and you hit a cultural wasteland.
Tantalising echoes of everyday city
A bronze statue of Apollo is one of the most remarkable pieces in an exhibition offering vivid glimpses into the world of ancient Pompeii
Incoherent vision of an impossible future
Science fiction is stretched to absurd extremes in an exhibition that mixes futurism with a naively benign view of the past.
Art of yum cha: Artist revives defunct Marigold restaurant
Chinese artist Cao Fei’s mind-bending exhibition at AGNSW has reclaimed the furniture from a once beloved Sydney institution.
Another view of Europe’s golden age
Henry VIII, Adam and Eve and Aphrodite are among the ‘stars’ of this modest yet intriguing exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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