News & Commentary, Visual Arts Edmund Capon, former Art Gallery of NSW director, dies at 78 Daily Review Edmund Capon AM OBE, a beloved figure in the Australian arts community, has died of cancer in his native England. He …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Moya McKenna’s Wild Beast (Neon Parc, Melbourne) W H Chong Derived from a single image of a lion devouring a zebra, Moya McKenna’s suite of six paintings is an exploration …
Music, News & Commentary, Screen, Stage, Visual Arts Deborah Williams and changing the world through Creative Diversity Deborah Williams Deborah Williams is an award-winning actor, writer, theatremaker and executive director of the UK’s Creative Diversity Network. She is in …
Dance, Live, Music, News & Commentary, Recorded, Stage, Visual Arts Planet Music: WOMADelaide 2019 Murray Bramwell WOMADelaide: Adelaide’s leading music festival opens on March 8 for three days and four nights. Program manager Annette Tripodi talks …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Paul Boston’s Magnificent Mystery Art at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne W H Chong Melbourne artist Paul Boston has produced a new group of pictures of highly refined aesthetic and philosophical concerns. (Upstairs is …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Delmas Howe: Horse sweat, whiskey, tobacco – and art Michael Winkler On a bitterly cold New Mexico winter morning Delmas Howe is at his easel, painting cowboys. It is what he …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Hollywood Saint – Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures exhibition review (Canberra) George Dunford In its first major exhibition in over ten years, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra shines the …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Visual Arts Fred and Mary Schepisi bring artists together for a cause Cathy Gowdie Charity: not so sweet when you’re an artist who spends a fair whack of your working year fielding requests from …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Visual Arts Picasso, art and #metoo W H Chong Hannah Gadsby excoriated Picasso in her viral Netflix Nanette show: as a misogynist and child abuser (P was 46 when he …
Music, News & Commentary, Stage, Visual Arts The arts funding divide between the haves and have nots is counter-intuitive, poor business and immoral David Pledger Last week I attended the Melbourne chapter of the Australia Council’s national consultation on the strengthening and enhancement of the …