Towards Abstraction, 1940-1985: Brett Weston
click on the image for the link to the Bruce Museum
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Louise Grayson, Queensland University of Technology (this essay was originally published in The Conversation)
Click here for the article on artdaily.
We visited the Cindy Sherman Brisbane exhibition in July 2016.
The theme of FotoFocus 2016 is “The Un-Document,” and presents photography from over 100 international artists in 60 venues.
The View from Here, brings together 70 key works that chart the history of landscape photography over the course of 175 years. click here for more.
Continue reading “National Galleries of Scotland’s photography”
From the gallery: This exhibition offered a glimpse of the lost architecture of preindustrial London, as captured in a series of carbon photoprints commissioned between 1875 and 1886 by the short-lived Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London.
The MAST Foundation in Bologna is presenting for the first time in Italy a major solo exhibition of contemporary photographs by Dayanita Singh.
An update on the move of the Royal Photography Society’s collection to the V&A – and the V&A as a centre for photography. click here.
The Tuggeranong Arts Centre Gallery has three exhibitions on till the end of October that make the visit worth while – and more. Continue reading “Tuggeranong Arts, journeys, soul searching, lost souls”
An online feature about another wonderful landscape photographer.
Click on the image for the review by Lenny Ann Low in the Fairfax news.
This joint exhibition by these two photographers is based on the notion of exploring the Murrumbidgee River along its path to the Murray.
This is a notice for the Robyn Stacey exhibition: Oct 8 – Nov 5, 2016
A highly successful and recommended exhibition.
This exhibition staged by the Australian national Maritime Museum is highly recommended. It is a gem.
This is the fifth SIPF – click here for their 2016 website
During September 2016 photoaccess presented simultaneous three exhibitions: In the Landscape, Annika Harding and Amy Dunn, River, Peter Ranyard & New Paintings, Oscar Capezio. Continue reading “photoaccess”
There’s a wonderful exhibition at the NGA till 30th October 2016 – Diane Arbus: American portraits.
Photographer Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) is a giant in the history of Australian photography.
The Monash Gallery of Art has announced that Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks has won the 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize with her work ‘Prospero’s Island – North East’ featuring one of Australia’s most iconic landscapes.
Click here for a link to the artist’s website.
Click here for the link to Monash Gallery of Art
click here for the story on Art Daily – and for another link – click here for the Harry Ransom Centre’s page
We recently heard of the death of a great Australian photographer. Click here to see an essay on John from 2004.
Beauty In This is a wonderful photography exhibition, by Maryanne Voyazis, on for a short time at Nishi Gallery, New Acton.
Continue reading “Photography at Nishi Gallery – Beauty In This”
There’s something going in within photography – there’s something going within many of the centres and galleries devoted to photography.
The 2016 Auckland festival of photography like many Australian photographic festival is very dependent on the enthusiasms and the energy of a small band of people, or more often than not, just one person.