Zen in the city
These small, carved figures sitting under soft lights will draw you into their meditative presence.
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Sidney Nolan as you’ve never seen him
Sidney Nolan’s interest in Greek mythology and experiences in the Great War deeply influenced his paintings
Cultures fighting for survival
There’s disquet in the way relentless globalisation buffets vibrant cultures but also solace and renewal in artistic traditions
‘Extraordinary’ Greek exhibition
A National Museum of Australia exhibition of ancient Greece artefacts reveals the rich history of civilisation.
Our true master
In this first significant survey of Jeffrey Smart’s work since his death, his importance as one of the greatest Australian painters of the post-war period should be clearer than ever.
Are murals our oldest art form?
The earliest example of mural painting can be found in the ancient images cavemen produced on rock faces in the stone age.
Intrepid artist painted the colony
George French Angas was in a sense predestined to be the first artist of South Australia.
An old master of the art of a beggar philosopher
Aesop is one of the most familiar names in the history of literature, and his tales have resonated across cultures and through the centuries.
Why Cook’s discoveries remain a gamechanger
Cook not only revealed the most habitable parts of Australia, he changed the way we perceived its geography.
The ultimate pleasure
Matisse was temperamentally very different from Picasso, but his work reflects his own reaction to the same collective movement in the modernist pictorial imagination.
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