Small exhibition piques interest in Nolan’s stage designs
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and The Stage now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
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Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield's her oil painting, #lestweforget@Wimbie Beach, has been announced as one of the 32 finalists in the 20th annual Gallipoli Art Prize, of which she was the inaugural winner in 2006.
A show at the National Gallery of Australia explores how 1980s fashion darlings Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee were inspired by French artist Sonia Delaunay.
The 29th Bald Archy Prize of $10,000 has gone to artist Phil Meatchem, for his work Despicable Ploy, it was announced at the Canberra Potters and Watson Art Centre on Friday.
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50 years on, gallery celebrates Nolan’s gift
A spectacular lyrebird costume designed by Sidney Nolan for the Australian Ballet was the centrepiece of the launch at Canberra Museum + Gallery of an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of his gift to the Australian people.
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Museum highlights from Berlin coming to the NGA
Artworks by Cézanne, Braque, Giacometti, Klee, Matisse and Picasso are coming from Berlin to the National Gallery of Australia this winter.
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Artist has something to say about greyhounds
A Canberra artist whose unusual muse is his rescue greyhound is about to unveil his debut exhibition, which he describes as “a cultural statement”.
Local botanical artist Sharon Field has decided to paint a plant, object or animal a day for 3000 consecutive days in an active stand against the effects of climate change.
Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield has carried off the $6000 SOHO Art Prize for 2025, reports HELEN MUSA.
Landscape architect, environmental educator and host of ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, Costa Georgiadis, has been chosen from 25 Australians as the subject of the National Portrait Gallery’s next commission.
Banksy's re-imagining of the 1992 painting The Singing Butler by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is expected to fetch millions at auction.
"It is a strong exhibition that captures its subject – alleged war crimes by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan – with honesty and strength. ROB KENNEDY reviews The Reckoning by Braidwood artist Kate Stevens.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Visible but Intangible: A print exchange portfolio, by Sydney Printmakers showing at Megalo Print Studio.
Quiet Skies, a major glass installation by artist Annette Blair, is permanently displayed in the newly opened main entrance of the Australian War Memorial.
SOPHIA HALLOWAY reviews the National Gallery's parallel exhibitions, Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar.
"Getting up close to these artworks may relieve the fear of snakes for some people. It might also show the beauty found in these earthly creatures, which is clearly on display," writes art reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
"Jonas Balsaitis use of information imaging systems in his art is one of a kind," writes arts reviewer ROB KENNEDY, who found himself at a loss to best describe these paintings. But he had a go.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Resonance: Art as the Voice of Nature at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Well-known Melbourne curator and arts writer Sophia Cai has is the next director of Canberra Contemporary, formerly Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
