Archibald Prize’s dirty secret
Some of the 51 finalists are monstrosities, others ugly. Our art critic doesn’t hold back.
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Apple fell close to tree lover
Given Nora Heysen’s talent and her parentage, her lack of significant work came as a disappointment.
Emblems of the sovereign power
A new survey traces the evolution of British royal portraiture across five centuries.
Close to the mark
An exhibition of early drawings and prints of Maori tattoo culture bears rich lessons of the society itself.
Faces in the street
Street photography grew up and flourished, like Darwin’s Galapagos finches, where an economic opportunity presented itself.
Self-serving way of the narcissists
Consumers gorge themselves on images, driven by a need to fill an emptiness within themselves.
The East’s blue, black and white
There are many exquisite pieces in this exhibition of treasures from the National Museum of Taipei.
Courtly life out of India
India is the most complex and elusive of the three great epicentres of human civilisation.
Style over substance
Shape of Knowledge sounds like a promising concept but the reality falls short in this collection of sub-exhibitions.
Triennial covers rich region
The Asia-Pacific Triennial has increasingly covered the whole field of Asia, all the way to the Arab world.
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