Random works miss their mark
VISUAL ART: Sculpture by the Sea. Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk. Until November 14. Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney. Until November 7.
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THE fact that works from Venice have found their way to WA is because of the gallery’s new director, Stefano Carboni, a native of La Serenissima.
No place for ink-jetted photographs
VISUAL ART: Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award. Fremantle Arts Centre. Until November 21.
Rocks of ages
THE Rocks in Sydney was one of the first parts of this continent to be occupied by residential buildings more than two centuries ago.
Civilising mission
HUMANITY has produced three great clusters of civilisations that have eventually extended to all the people of the world.
Power to the press
PRINTS are still not well understood as an art form.
The ancestor game
LIFE, Death and Magic is a fascinating exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia that is devoted to the art of animistic and ancestor cults.
Big Mac
WHEN Lachlan Macquarie arrived in Sydney 200 years ago, he was administered several oaths, one of which seems incongruously theological.
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.
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