Moral of the story
A new exhibition devoted to fairy tales shows artists trying to make old stories conform to what we want them to say.
A new exhibition devoted to fairy tales shows artists trying to make old stories conform to what we want them to say.
Rick Amor: Painting SilenceHamilton Art Gallery to 4 March
The question of colour in natural history illustration is the focus of a small but absorbing exhibition.
Behold the superficial and trashy production of a rich girl who has managed to convince the international art world to take her seriously.
Many artists have worked around Port Philip and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery has devoted exhibitions to them.
The National Gallery of Victoria has found a way to display more of its collection: the centuries-old Salon style.
At the National Gallery’s Hyper Real exhibition the most striking thing is the initial confusion between the art and the viewer.
Moral and political groupthink is affecting our art, as can be seen in the season’s big shows, here and overseas.
Ray Hughes had no truck with the pretentiousness of some gallery owners but was fiercely loyal to those artists he chose to show.
For the Dutch, the 17th century was truly a golden time: the high point and the defining era of their national history.
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