Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize Winners for 2016 are…ALL WOMEN!
I know, I know. There’s nothing as important in Australian art as The Archie’s aka Paint Sniffers Christmas! Here are the winners: Louise Hearman has taken out [...]
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Ai Wei Wei at Cycladic
Sometimes it feels like Ai Wei Wei’s prolific Instagram presence might threaten to undermine his vast body of work. One of the world’s most recognisable [...]
William Bustard: Painting With Light
“I can only say that I am captivated by the rich contrasts, beautiful skies, trees and clear light of this great land, and I am happy to say that I find countless [...]
Monica Rohan’s Fall to Grace
It’s a funny sort of self portraiture that keeps the face hidden. I’ve never fully understood why an artist does it. Is it because they don’t want the work [...]
Damien Hirst at Fifty
I’m having a midlife crisis on Damien Hirst’s behalf. He turned fifty on the weekend, and from what I’ve seen of people who turn fifty, it’s no [...]
What’s In Your Bag?
It occurred to me today that no one ever has a suitcase in their hand unless something significant is about to happen. Overseas adventures, interstate getaways, annual [...]
Sister Mary Corita Kent: the Joyous Revolutionary
Okay, so I totally have a nun fetish. It started as a little girl with Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, and was cemented with Sally Field as Sister Bertrille aka The [...]
An Open Letter on the Future of Arts Funding
Linde Ivimey, Bone Healer
Sometimes you get a look at the inner workings of a person’s brain and what you glimpse in there is so unlike the mind of any other you’ve ever seen, that it [...]
The Little Art Museum That Could
All good things must come to an end, and so it was with the Danie Mellor retrospective at UQ Art Museum this week. The heavy gilt frames, beaded skulls and taxidermy animals [...]
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