Art shows like this deserve to be reviewed. But who is left to judge?
Some of Sydney’s finest painters from the middle of the 20th century are on show. But who else will review exhibitions like this if mastheads keep sacking their art critics?
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Striking works by artists who took part in the Australian Antarctic Division’s residency program between 1987 and 2009
Prisoners in a foreign land
A moving exhibition documents the harrowing experience of a group of German men who were shipped to Australia in 1940.
Our critic’s verdict: $14m is an absurd price for a work of debatable value by an artist of modest standing
Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros is an example of the incompetent management of our National Gallery and of the weak and ineffectual oversight of the Council. Both should be replaced if the decline of the NGA is to be reversed.
What you didn’t know about the Roman empire
This remarkable exhibition deals with an aspect of Roman culture that is relatively unfamiliar to most people.
How Australian artists found creative and sexual liberation abroad
For Australian expat painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Paris was a liberal city where they could escape the ‘stuffy moralism’ of England.
Journey into light and deep time
Lloyd Rees was ignored for most of his career. Now, the painter’s Tasmanian landscapes are on show in this fine exhibition.
Exposing the art of artifice
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s painstaking photography challenges us by experimenting with the dimensions of time and space.
Google before going to this ancient Egypt exhibition
The third significant Australian display of art from the time of the pharaohs is impressive but overdesigned and often visually confusing.
A gift that keeps on giving
The collection of 154 pieces of art given by Melbourne art dealer Joseph Brown to the National Gallery of Victoria reveals a taste that was open and even eclectic.
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