Big Mac
WHEN Lachlan Macquarie arrived in Sydney 200 years ago, he was administered several oaths, one of which seems incongruously theological.
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Portraits of the colony
IN the 19th century, most Australian artists came from England or various parts of Europe.
Secret knowledge
ANDREW Sayers, the new head of the National Museum of Australia, is one of this country’s most talented museum directors.
Virtuoso with a camera
PERHAPS the first thing that strikes one about the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz in this Sydney exhibition is his profound understanding of tonal value.
Steeped in tradition
WE drink water to quench our thirst, according to Lu Yu, author of the Chinese classic Chajing, wine to banish melancholy and tea to clear the mind.
Things disappear
FIFTY years ago, abstraction was widely considered to be not only the most significant art movement of its time but the culmination of the whole history of painting.
Through a lens darkly
THE National Portrait Gallery has two concurrent exhibitions that may seem, at first sight, as unlike as possible.
Into the inferno
CONTEMPLATING the serene countryside that surrounds the TarraWarra Museum of Art, it is hard to feel apprehensive about the danger of bushfires.
Buddha’s many faces
THERE has been a lot of talk about Australian familiarity with Asia recently.
Cheap trick
UNNERVED is a survey of contemporary NZ art in the collections of the Queensland Art Gallery, which claims to have the largest holdings outside NZ.
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