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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Chloé: how a 19th-century French nude ended up in a Melbourne pub – and became an icon for Australian soldiers
HappyWaldo/Wikimedia CommonsChloé, the French nude by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, is an Australian cultural icon.Chloé made its debut at the 1875 Paris Salon and won medals...
ARTS PRIZES
Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize
Peter Wegner’s Guy Warren in his 100th Year, winner of the 2021 Archibald Prize. AGNSW/Peter Wegner/Photo Jenni CarterThe artist Guy Warren gave the best summary...
ART SHOWS/GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS
‘The most refreshing Archibald exhibition I can remember’: the 2020 portrait prize finalists
Archibald Prize 2020 finalist Blak Douglas
(aka Adam Hill), Writing in the sand, synthetic polymer paint on canvas,
250 x 250 cm ©...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Sunday essay: amid a war on culture, are Australia’s art schools an endangered species?
Image: Shuttlestock
The plight of art schools in Australia in recent decades is hardly breaking news. Shrinking budgets, staff cuts, amalgamations and reduced...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
THE FINAL STAGE – Adrian Rawlins review of what he called “My lost masterpiece”.
It started out like a normal day for the man of the house. He had breakfast with his wife. She was no warmer or...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
A WALK IN THE RAIN
He aged within the silences of our stilted conversation. His eyes were those of a man who’d seen his kingdoms fall and the survival...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
BIRTHDAYS
I don’t look in the mirror anymore because it always startles me when I don’t recall the face.This year I had the most solitary...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
I FOUGHT A WAR FOR YOU
The trumpets that break the dawn
A fanfare to the dying and unborn
Passion replaced by duty
Love replaced by fear
And the ticking of the clock
Says “Young...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
THAT’S HOW IT ENDS
She died in my arms
Not a word was said
In silence we rose
And got out of our bed
Her eyes would flash
I knew them too well
Every...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
THIS PRISON HAS NO BARS
From the mansions of sadness
To the bums on the street
From the highways of loneliness
To the halls of defeat
I’ve watched your ascendance
The road I never...
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