Victor Greenaway, Passegiata, Orvieto (detail) 2011, ink on paper, 100 x 70cm. I recently attended one of L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival’s Industry Forums, The New Consumer. The topic of discussion was the future of consumer’s shopping habits. A key emerging …
Debra LUCCIO, Butterfly in Blue (detail) 2011, monotype on Velin Arches 75 x 52.5cm I’ve been trying to identify a common theme shared by Melbourne’s exciting line-up of exhibitions this month, but I’m stumped. From photography to religious sculpture, painting, …
Albert Tucker, John Perceval and Mary Boyd (detail) c. 1944. Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne © Barbara Tucker. It’s the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese Zodiac. Generally speaking, Dragons are pretty cool characters. They are independent …
December is a tricky month. In addition to work and everyday life, we find ourselves squeezing in frantic Christmas shopping, trying to meet unrealistic work deadlines to ‘get it done before Christmas’, packing in the Christmas parties (and discretely nursing …
I received my first camera for Christmas from Santa when I was eight years old. It was a red Olympus – the closest match Santa could find to my requested ‘pink’ colour (or maybe it was just his favourite colour). …
It’s old-meets-new in Melbourne this month with a delightful mix of exhibitions that reach into the past or nod to the future. NGV’s This Wondrous Land: Colonial Art on Paper transports viewers back in time to Melbourne’s early settlement days, …
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a decade since the September 11 Twin Towers terrorist attacks. Many people still clearly remember where they were and what they doing when New York’s worst nightmare unfolded. As I write this, London …
I was in a café a couple of Fridays ago when I heard the distinctive intro to The Cure’s Friday I’m in Love. Like a familiar old friend, the tune prompted a smile and a stream of happy memories – …
Art has a healing quality that allows us to communicate our feelings and ultimately assist us in coping with various situations. Our relationships with the world around us, which encompass other people, our surrounding environment, and even our health, are …
Concrete Poetry is the fusion of art and text. As an art form, it can be conveyed through a variety of mediums including printmaking, typed text, photography, sculpture and more. A rare exhibition subject, Concrete Poetry is the genre du …
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