Message from QAGOMA
This message from QAGOMA about an amazingly generous gift.
Continue reading “Queensland state gallery receives $35M gift”
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Summer at the NGA in Canberra
There’s a lot to be seen at the exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia this summer – so it’s time to get thee hence –click here.
2018 Bowness photography prize
Photography is alive and well – at the MGA (Melbourne)
photography is alive and well
There’s an interesting article in The Guardian about the link between technology and the uses of photography.
Contour 556
Public Art Festival launch
The 2018 festival program of public art in Canberra, Contour 556/2018 has been launched by Neil Hobbs & Karina Harris
Contour 556
Public Art Festival in Canberra October 2018
A full program of public art announced with heaps of artists to be on exhibition in Canberra.
Build more art centres
Where governments spend/not spend on culture
All cities have their city square or equivalent.
Art Criticism
Threats to Freedom of the Arts
It is unusual to find among visual arts writers/ critics those who express an honest strong critical opinion about artworks/ exhibitions.
Equity in Visual Arts – not yet
More sad news on progress on equity
There’s an article in the Art Newspaper talking about a celebration of women in the visual arts…
New NGA Director – a good thing – maybe
Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Exhibition Notice
A photography exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Washington till 2 June 2019 – Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Continue reading “Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting”
Forgeries
Two stories about forgeries today
The visual art market has some very amazing forgeries in circulation – and who knows how many yet to be detected.
National Photography Prize 2018
the 2018 Photo prize at Albury (MAMA)
Took the time while driving back from Melbourne to stop at Albury to see the exhibition of the 2018 National Photography Prize.
Choosing an art gallery director
How to get it wrong – or right
There’s a story in the Los Angeles Times that has implications for the management of all public art galleries, large and small.
Antony Gormely and Jonathan Jones
The Critical Visual Arts Review
There is not a lot of well written independent thinking reviews of the visual arts. Many are cautious as they need to be mindful of the next gig – more a comment on how the powerplay function in the contemporary art scene.
Scandal at NGA – well maybe not
Someone trying to catch the NGA out on something – anything!
When there are so many things to be thinking about – the Crimes of Canberra has a focus on the purchase of chairs at the NGA.
Mid-sized galleries feel the squeeze
Story about mid-sized visual art galleries and art fairs
Smaller galleries say they will continue to take an economic hit to participate in the fair because they consider it an important investment in their artists' futures.
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 2 April 2018
Josef Lebovic – Entrertainment Posters
Josef Lebovic Gallery (Sydney)Entertainment Posters Part 1 Catalogue – link to a pdf
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 26 March 2018
Angela Philp
Angela Philp, first Director of the Canberra Museum and Gallery, died in Newcastle on January 29 2018. Helen Musa's notice below from City News.
Posted by The Art Museum on Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Sasha Grishin and Canberra’s Visual Arts
National collection gems out of sight
Sasha Grishin has written an opinion piece on his blog on the current situation of visual arts in Canberra – many of his thoughts I share.
Singapore Visual Arts news
news about Art Stage Singapore – Jan 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Saturday, 2 December 2017
Venice Biennale
two stories that illustrate the problems with this event.
first story – the Venice Biennale story continues…..
Posted by The Art Museum on Tuesday, 31 October 2017
and there’s more..
trump fakery
can the fakery of Trump get any more bizarre? short answer – yes.
Posted by The Art Museum on Thursday, 19 October 2017
Gerhard Richter
GERHARD RICHTER: THE LIFE OF IMAGES14 OCT 2017 – 4 FEB 2018 GOMA, Brisbane
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 9 October 2017
Another Green World
Another Green World: The Landscape of the 21st Century
Another Green World surveys art of the landscape in the contemporary era by female contemporary artists both emerging and established.
The exhibited works will encompass an historical consciousness of the landscape genre both from Western and Indigenous traditions as well as being an open speculation about the future of the biosphere itself.
Continue reading “Another Green World”
Dianne Firth
when a museum monetizes its collection
when a museum decides to sell, monetizing, their artworks to fund the administration – maybe it is time to close the…
Posted by The Art Museum on Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Singapore Art Museum
Posted by Benjamin Milton Hampe on Monday, 21 August 2017
the wonders of speaking curator
Ever wondered about what language some of those art gallery wall texts were written in?
Singapore National Library exhibition
Malay artefacts on exhibit at Singapore National Library
Posted by The Art Museum on Sunday, 20 August 2017
Neil Roberts
NEIL ROBERTS chances with glass
17 August to 15 October 2017
Curated by: Barbara Campbell and Jane Cush Continue reading “Neil Roberts”
A Century of Japanese Prints
A Century of Japanese PrintsAugust 11, 2017—January 28, 2018Saint Louis Art Museum
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 14 August 2017
Starstruck
Exhibition: National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
10 Nov 2017 – 12 March 2018, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Joan Ross
2017 Ravenswood women’s art prize
Artist Joan Ross wins the Ravenswood women's art prize
Posted by The Art Museum on Sunday, 6 August 2017
Xanthe Gay
exhibition: Botanica Eclectica at X Gallery
Silver exhibition dedicated to Robert Foster
Posted by The Art Museum on Sunday, 6 August 2017
bring back our art galleries
Jonathan Jones on getting rid of tourists rushing through galleries – to bring back slow tourisms – urging people to stop and enjoy the art.
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 4 August 2017
Venice Glass Week
City-wide festival aims to revive Venice’s glass industry
Inaugural Venice Glass Week, 10-17 September, will include more than 140 exhibitions on the delicate medium. click here
Jonathan Jones and tourism in galleries
Jonathan Jones on getting rid of tourists rushing through galleries – to bring back slow tourisms – urging people to stop and enjoy the art.
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 4 August 2017
The plague of art prizes in Australia
A wonderful piece by Sasha Grishin – posted to his blog. Worth the read definitely.
Hokusai and Japonisme
2017 Archibald, Wynne & Sulman prizes
Click on image above for the AGNSW news on the winners
The Archibald
Archibald finalists & why Tony Albert deserves to win
Detail from Tony Albert Self-portrait (ash on me), acrylic on linen.102 x 102 cm.© the artist Photo: Jenni Carter, AGNSW
Yass public art
Wonderful to see a regional council investing in public art – click here for the story.
Politics of landscape
the 2017 Wynne Prize finalists
Wynne Prize 2017 finalist James Drinkwater, ‘Passage to Rungli Rungliot’, oil on hardboard, 180x360cm. © the artist Photo: Felicity Jenkins, AGNSW Prudence Gibson, UNSW
Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture
2017 Winners Announced
The Tweed Regional Gallery has announced the winners of the 2017 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture.
Continue reading “Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture”
Katsushika Hokusai
from the Great Wave to Starry Night, how a blue pigment changed the world
Detail from Katsushika Hokusai, The great wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki namiura), (1830–34), from the Thirty-six views of Mt Fuji (Fugaku-sanjū-rokkei) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1909 (426-2) Hugh Davies, La Trobe University
Discovering Charles Meere
Book Review: Joy Eadie, Discovering Charles Meere: Art and Allusion
Sasha Grishin has been busy again
Making Modernism at the AGNSW
Exhibition: O’Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith
making modernism – the work of three artists, Margaret Preston, Crace Cossington Smith and Georgia O’Keeffe – until 2 Oct 2017.
NGV Brave New World
Exhibition: Brave New World 1930s
The new major exhibition at the state gallery (NGV) is themed Brave New World 1930s.
Travellers at QAGOMA
Exhibition at Queensland Art Gallery: Travellers
I think this may be an interesting exhibition. Maybe!