visual art
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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...
ART SHOWS/GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS
From fear to connection, dynamic MENTAL exhibition explores a colourful spectrum of experiences
Wheel by Hiromi Tango and Dr Emma Burrows (2021) Science Gallery/Alan WeedonReview: MENTAL: Head Inside, curated by Tilly Boleyn.After three false starts due to lockdown, the...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Sunday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, made between 1622 and 1625. Stefano Chiacchiarini/ShutterstockAncient Greek myths and folktales are shaping popular culture, from big-budget films to television series to novels....
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...
ST KILDA ART CRAWL
Art by Indigenous prisoners can forge links with culture and a future away from crime
The Torch artist and Barkindji man Trevor Mitchell at work on a painting. The TorchFeaturing over 350 artworks created by more than 320...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
ABC’s new arts show walks the line between high and low brow — and it works
Picture: ABC TVReview: Art Works hosted by Namila Benson.Critically discussing art in the contemporary era is like walking across a minefield blindfold while...
ART SHOWS/GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS
Beauty and audacity: Know My Name presents a new, female story of Australian art
Tjungkara Ken, Sandra Ken, Yaritji Young,
Freda Brady and Maringka Tunkin, Seven Sisters, 2018.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra purchased 2020
Review: Know My...
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...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
‘Nothing quite prepares you for the impact of this exhibition’: Haring Basquiat at the NGV
Crossing Lines, ‘a raw and uncompromising show’, opens with
this reproduction of Haring’s creation on the NGV Waterwall, which he painted
in 1984....
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures
Photographs of tattooed Japanese women in the exhibition
Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. Ben Healley
Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks, a...
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