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IS it possible for contemporary art to be pretentious and populist at the same time?
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Archibald prize: larger than life
Some Archibald entrants are too big and ugly, but by and large the standard seems to have improved
Sensuous compulsion
NOTHING epitomises the exuberant energy of Wendy Sharpe’s painting as well as the image of her drawing with both hands.
A picture is more than just words
THIS year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize presents an interesting range of images even if, as usual, the artists’ statements are sometimes rather annoying.
Calm before the storm
OF all the exhibitions on at the moment, one of the most unexpectedly rewarding is An Edwardian Summer at the Museum of Sydney.
Singular sensation
ONE may have expected a travelling portrait exhibition to originate from the National Portrait Gallery, but this one comes from the NPG’s next-door neighbour.
Let me tell you a story
FROM the Renaissance until the 19th century, history painting was the most highly esteemed genre in the Western tradition.
The way of all flash
THE first work you encounter in Michael Turner’s exhibition at the Nicholson Museum is a picture of the discovery of the Delphi Antinous in 1894.
Inventive, despite the preaching
ADELAIDE can be an odd place.
Cities of ambition
MOST of us today live in cities, especially in a country such as Australia where the population is almost absurdly concentrated in a few urban agglomerations.
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