Art Exhibitions
George Gittoes – ‘Australian Art Collector’
Heart Of Darkness GEORGE GITTOES Taking in George Gittoes touring survey exhibition ‘I Witness’, provokes a visceral response, like being given a swift kick in the guts. The images are the stuff of nightmares, describing in paint, drawings, prints and on film,...
Bungaree – ‘Australian Art Review’
The Colony's First Australian It is a curious to know that the most popular subject in early Australian portraiture was not a colonial governor or early explorer but in fact a little known aboriginal man named ‘Bungaree’. Known as ‘King of the Blacks’ and ‘Chief of...
Australian Art Collector – Exhibition Diary Columns
FOR THE DIARY – AAC ISSUE 70 BRETT GRAHAM Target Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.4-24 December 2014 Brett Graham is one of New Zealand’s most innovative and accomplished sculptors working today. His robust wooden and stone sculptures meld modernist forms with...
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro – MCA
Excess Baggage For more than a decade, collaborating Australian artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro have led a nomadic life, carving out bases in Sydney and Berlin, whilst criss-crossing the globe with residencies and a string of shows throughout Europe, Asia and...
Wim Delvoye – ‘Australian Art Review’
Shock And Awe WIM DELVOYE DECEMBER 10, 2011-MARCH 26, 2012Museum of Old and New Art, (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania At Hobart’s new ‘wunder’ museum, MONA, the artwork rated most offensive by visitors is the ‘Cloaca Professional’ (2010) by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye. A...
James Newitt – ‘Australian Art Review’
A Tiger’s Tale The Tasmanian tiger or ‘Thylacine’ is one of the world’s most fabled animals. Though the last tiger died at Hobart zoo in 1936, sightings of this elusive creature in the Tasmanian wilderness continue to persist to this day. The ongoing fascination with...
Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise In David Lynch’s 1986 film, ‘Blue Velvet’, a pretty picket fence home with manicured lawns and sunny flowerbeds, hides dark and violent occurrences that take place within. For painter Amelia Disspain, her seemingly innocuous depictions of...
‘A Cultural Transformation’ – ‘World Sculpture News’
ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF WORLD SCULPTURE NEWS: Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes
Dani Marti Exhibition Catalogue
Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes
Pilar Rojas – ‘Ceramics: Art & Perception’ magazine
Reinventing Tradition PILAR ROJAS Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Pilar Rojas review by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Kate Dorrough Catalogue
The Lyrical River Kate Dorrough The Lyrical River. Exhibition by Kate Dorrough at the Manning Regional gGallery Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
Benalla – ‘World Sculpture News’
A Rural Renaissance People who feel that art is elitist, with little part to play in ordinary lives, would do well to think of all public art projects in cities across the world that enhance the quality of life of their residents. In Australia a vibrant street art...
Gibbs Farm – ‘World Sculpture News #51’
Valley Of The Titans New Zealand sculpture collector Alan Gibbs, more than two decades ago, began to build a sculpture park to accommodate his passion. A unique meeting of art and nature, here one leaves the pressures of the everyday world behind and takes time to...
Pacific Sisters – ‘Asian Art News’
Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera Fashion Activists at Auckland Art Gallery In the 1990s, a group of Pacific and Maori artists in Auckland collaborated to make a series of happenings— performances in warehouses and art galleries that brought together art, music, fashion,...
Inhabited Architecture – ‘World Sculpture News’
Inhabited Architecture Chrissie Cotter Gallery At Chrissie Cotter Gallery, nestled between a thriving urban vegetable garden and rows of century-old terrace houses, four female artists—Susan O’Doherty, Freya Jobbins, Ro Murray, and Mandy Burgess—explore the social,...
Peter Tilley ‘World Sculpture News’
Out Of The Shadows Sculptor Peter Tilley’s figurative art continues his philosophical inquiry, namely the pursuit of harmony between life’s opposing forces. His addressing of meaningful philosophical concerns through physical and robust media is a testament to his...