A little known but rare talent
Painter Isaac Walter Jenner’s personal maritime history and self-taught approach make him a 19th-century artist of distinction, as an exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery shows.
Christopher Allen
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Ingredients of a master potter
Josiah Wedgwood was driven by enormous entrepreneurial energy and a desire to experiment, as shown in an Adelaide exhibition.
‘Before I was an artist, all I ever saw were the tracks on the ground… now I see the beauty’
Albert Namatjira’s landscapes deserve to be considered as an intercultural phenomenon because the artist not only learned a new style of painting but a different way of seeing the world.
The best (and worst) art of 2023
After a year of seeking out the best art in Australia’s regions and cities, our critic weighs in on the highs and lows for gallerygoers.
If art lacks authenticity you can’t brush over it
Aboriginal artist Sally Scales seems to believe in a ‘post-truth’ version of reality where if you assert something often enough it must be right.
From Caravaggio to Egyptian antiquities – the best summer art shows are here
From a blockbuster celebrating a pharaoh to exhibitions celebrating Picasso and Van Gogh, there are plenty of visual delights on offer at home and abroad | See the full list.
There’s no brushing off this scandal now
News that the APY art centre has been referred for further investigation is a vindication of the important work done by Greg Bearup – and an implicit rebuff to NGA head Nick Mitzevich.
How war shaped Kandinsky’s art
An exhibition about the Russian painter at Art Gallery of NSW reminds us that hope can prevail even under difficult political circumstances.
What’s wrong with this picture exhibition
This historical photographic survey includes many important images, but its non-chronological approach is confusing.
Combining activism and artistic endeavour misses the mark
It’s difficult for Hoda Afshar’s images to compete with the many vivid and painful photographs that have come out of protests in Iran, whether shots of demonstrators taking off their headscarves or women cutting their hair.
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