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Christopher Allen has been The Australian’s national art critic since 2008. He is an art historian and educator, teaching classical Greek and Latin. He has written an edited several books including Art in Australia and believes that the history of art in this country is often underestimated.

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EXIT (installation view at UNSW Galleries), 2008-2015. Collection Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris © Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Mark Hansen, Laura Kurgan & Ben Rubin, in collaboration w/ Robert Gerard Pietrusko & Stewart Smith. Photo © silversalt To be used in conjunction with exhibition only; must credit

Drifting towards disaster

The installation EXIT, from the Fondation Cartier in Paris, offers an overview of stresses affecting the world today.

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**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window** Albert Tucker, artist, (1914-1999) self taught and pivotal in development of 20th century Australian expressionist painting, pictured alone.

Canvases run into commerce

Inside the Australian Art Market tells the story of the emergence of the modern commercial gallery in this country.

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Philippe Parreno, June 8, 1968, 2009 (film still) © Philippe Parreno. Courtesy Pilar Corrias, London From the exhibition: Philippe Parreno: Thenabouts ACMI, Melbourne 6 Dec–13 Mar To be used in conjunction with exhibition only; must not alter; must credit

In tedium we trust

Boredom has many faces: we can be bored waiting for a bus, or watching a film; we can be bored when forced to be idle.

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Exposed to the elements

The NGV David Hockney exhibition does little to vindicate the gallery’s claim he is Britain’s greatest living painter.

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East Indian Market Stall, oil on canvas, Albert Eckhout, 1640-1666. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Gift of E.J. Speelman, London.: Travellers and Traders

European contact

There’s a good reason why the Traders & Travellers exhibition should be on show at the WA Maritime Museum.

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Pomp and circumstance

The exhibition Versailles: Treasures from the Palace uses the gardens to illustrate the palace’s creative vitality.

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Georgia O'Keeffe Ram's Head, Blue Morning Glory, 1938 oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Gift of The Burnett Foundation © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum From the exhibition: Making Modernism Heide Museum of Modern Art To be used in conjunction with exhibition only; not to be cropped, overprinted, altered; must credit

Postwar flowering

The title of the Making Modernism exhibition may not be the most accurate description of its content.

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for Elizabeth Fortescue Frederic, Lord Leighton 'The bath of Psyche' exhibited 1890 oil paint on canvas 189.2 x 62.2 cm Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1890 image © Tate, London 2016

Tate’s naked ambitions

Unclothed bodies abound in art from antiquity to the present. Only the face interests us more than the human figure.

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Lycett – View of the female orphan school IMAGE TO BE CROPPED TO IMAGE BORDER - REMOVE RULERS ETC From the exhibition: Planting Dreams: Grand Garden Design State Library of NSW To be used in conjunction with exhibition only; not to be overprinted, altered

Natural attraction

An absorbing exhibition at the State Library of NSW offers a delightful survey of the history of gardens.

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10/11/16 British artist David Hockney unveils his newest exhibition at the NGV featuring more than 1200 vibrant works in major NGV exhibition. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Following Caravaggio

There are rich pickings this holiday season for arts aficionados, whether travelling abroad or staying put.

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