Busy painters put the finishing touches to portraits
With the prospect of big prizes, this is the time of year Canberra-region artists get very busy, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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AFTER a long delay, winners in the 2021 River of Art Prize have been announced.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE writes of an artist with an unquestionable talent, a unique sense of humour and a refreshing frankness and forthrightness, who leaves a wonderful legacy.
ONE of Queanbeyan’s best-known characters and finest artists, has died in the past week aged 80. Connee-Colleen Cameron was one of the town’s genuinely larger-than-life characters.
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Greek goddess to the fore at exhibition opening
NIKE, the ancient Greek goddess of victory was very much to the fore when the exhibition, “Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes,” was unveiled to the media this morning (December 16) at the National Museum.
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Political cartoonists dig deep in new show
The annual revue of Australian political cartoons has opened at Old parliament House.
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Architect Glenn Murcutt honoured by Japan
AUSTRALIA’S most awarded architect Glenn Murcutt has been honoured with an esteemed prize during a ceremony at the residence of the Japanese ambassador this evening.
ROB KENNEDY reviews the National Gallery's blockbuster exhibition "Jeffrey Smart".
The exhibition “Jeffrey Smart”, which opens to the public tomorrow, draws on public and private institutions around the country to create a full picture of the artist who made the ordinary look extraordinary.
Legendary for his almost surreal urban-scapes and paintings of commonplace objects Jeffrey Smart's work is of such fame that the National Gallery exhibition marking 100 years since his birth in 1921 is simply titled “Jeffrey Smart”.
THE winner of the 2021 M16 Artspace Drawing Prize is Catherine O'Donnell, for her charcoal-on-paper drawing, “Cowdrey St Window".
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“SHAKESPEARE to Winehouse” is the catchy name of a new 80-strong exhibition bound for Canberra from the National Portrait Gallery London in March.
CON BOEKEL reviews a new exhibition by Brenda L Croft at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Canberrans have been pleasantly surprised today by a series of botanical displays by floristry students from the Canberra Institute of Technology.
The National Library's latest exhibition draws together nearly 200 artworks, sketches and books by English explorer, naturalist and painter, George French Angas, as well as items relating to his life and travels, reports HELEN MUSA.
KERRY McInnis seems to be several painters rolled into one. The works and ideas currently on show in her latest exhibition subtly prove this.
A striking, three-metre “roving cube” is making its way around Canberra landmarks as part of the University of Canberra’s annual “FADx” (Faculty of Arts and Design) exhibition, being held virtually this year.
M16 ARTSPACE in Griffith has today (November 9) announced the appointment of Emerson Radisich as executive director.
