A tale of the unexpected
THE Archibald Prize is a bit like those starlets who are famous for being famous – it’s newsworthy for being newsworthy.
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Landscape with a pair of giants
CLAUDE Lorrain and J. M. W. Turner defined what the genre could be.
The full picture
ART history and criticism as we know them began with the tradition of artists’ biographies founded by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century.
Understanding the land
THE drawings of one of our most important painters, Russell Drysdale, are the subject of a substantial exhibition in Sydney.
Facial recognition
EVEN the few good portraits in the competition mistake size for quality.
Collected works
AN antiquities exhibition at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum reflects the importance of an influential Australasian art historian.
Outside vision
CLAUDE Lorrain’s luminosity and love of nature is celebrated in an exhibition of his drawings, etches and paintings in Frankfurt.
Written application
THE National Library of Australia’s exhibition of manuscripts is full of exquisite treasures – just ignore the inane comments of other visitors.
I spy
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition drawn from the holdings of the National Gallery of Victoria, Looking at looking evokes the way we look at the world.
Face time
THE portraits painted by Tom Roberts and other members of the Heidelberg School are not so much underrated as rather overlooked.
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