Say you want a revolution
IDEAS, even words, have their day; the same sounds roll off the lips of one generation with a fathomless resonance and conviction, while to others they sound hollow, inert or ordinary.
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Journey to the edge of reason
VISUAL ARTS: Inner Worlds.. National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Until July 24.
Money talks
THE Art Gallery of NSW is experiencing an increasingly evident crisis of direction.
Pre-Heidelberg greatness
IT may seem early for such a nomination, but the NGV’s Eugene von Guerard: Nature Revealed can perhaps already be declared the exhibition of the year.
Inside out
THE importance of Japanese art to modern European painters in the second half of the 19th century is well known.
Awkward grace of Pre-Raphaelites
VISUAL ART: The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Until September 4.
Modern life’s destination unknown
AS I mentioned a few weeks ago, this year’s Anne Landa exhibition comprises a well-chosen and thoughtful selection of works.
Hopes and fears
PHOTOGRAPHY was not invented in America, but somehow that feels like its natural home.
Overstated evil
EARLY last year, Heide Museum presented an exhibition devoted to the theme of cubism in Australian art, which was reviewed in this column.
Collective memory
THE National Gallery of Victoria, founded in 1861, celebrated its sesquicentenary on Tuesday.
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