Sinners and saints
Goya’s nightmarish scenes of violence and cruelty are a starting point for considering the demons of the psychological condition
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Mirror selves reveal new ways of seeing
All good photography relies on light and dark but what’s in between can reveal otherwise hidden truths
Valuing culture in new world disorder
The Biennale of Sydney is an opportunity to think about what matters most in an era of technology and capitalism
A new century in bloom
Still-life compositions can be as personal and expressive of the artist as they are of the time in which they lived.
Life’s simple pleasures
Still life paintings can ground us in the human experience by reflecting our sensory reactions to the world, including to food.
The Last Word: A story ends
To find a way to end with a flourish, a gasp, a stirring thought that endures beyond the moment itself — that’s an art.
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Object lesson in the things that matter
Inanimate objects have often played a critical role in animating human figures throughout the course of Western artistic history.
Impressions from Corot to Cezanne
These two influential artists framed the period of impressionism, with its distinctive aesthetic concerns about landscapes, objects and light.
The history of art: the Romantics
They sought out the sublime, rejecting the Enlightenment ideal of ordered nature and a benign, almost mechanical humanity.
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