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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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Banksia praemorsa (Cut-leaf Banksia), Margaret Pieroni. Image © Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. From the exhibition: FLORILEGIUM: SYDNEY’S PAINTED GARDEN Exhibition on show at Museum of Sydney from 30 July to 30 October 2016 Please note images are copyright cleared for use in association with the exhibition Florilegium: Sydney’s Painted Garden only. The images must not be cropped or altered in any manner.

The beauty of science

Two exhibitions celebrate the bicentenary of Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden and the art of science.

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Frozen moments

Everyone knows how hard it is to take a group photo. There’s always someone with eyes closed or pulling a funny face.

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Stitches in time

I had never thought of quilts as a serious artform until I walked into a fascinating exhibition at the NGV.

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Bequeathed by Sir Edward Marsh through the Contemporary Art Society 1953© Estate of Stanley Spencer

Piously eccentric

Carrick Hill hosts a number of English artists’ works, and Stanley Spencer’s are among the most noteable.

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Chips off the old blocks

Two exhibitions of prints offer a window into the cultural evolution of China and Japan.

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Shooting herself

Had some of Cindy Sherman’s works been made by a man, they would be considered outrageously misogynistic.

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Mind of a master

The NGV’s blockbuster Degas exhibition gives a fascinating insight into the French artist’s work.

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Drawn to the light

Drawing underpins everything that Robert Hannaford has done in his long career.

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Visual Arts

Otto Dix, Verwundetentransport im Houthulster Wald (Transporting the Wouned in Houthulst Forest) 1924, etching, aquatint, drypoint, 19.7 x 25.8cm. Image supplied by Olsen Irwin gallery Sydney.

Haunting images of war, decay

A face haggard and tormented, irredeemably ugly characters … the German expressionists lay bare the horror of mankind

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Kerry Tribe, There Will Be ________, 2012, Single-channel digital video, high definition, projection, colour, sound, 30 minutes, Courtesy the artist and 1301PE © the artist From the exhibition: Telling Tales: excursions in narrative form Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 2 June-9 October 2016 To be used in conjunction with exhibition only; not to be altered, overprinted; must credit

Latent narratives

An exhibition at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art brings together various works that deal with telling stories.

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