Art Publications
Anna Charlesworth – ‘Art Edit’
A Light-Filled Artistic Haven Melbourne designer Anna Charlesworth For Melbourne designer Anna Charlesworth, the meticulous attention to detail she applies to her metal and glass work, is also reflected in the interiors of her beautiful North Fitzroy home. The double...
Jumaadi – ‘Australian Art Collector #71’
50 Things Collectors Need To Know JUMAADI ART WRITER AND EDITOR, VICTORIA HYNES Jumaadi, Australian Art Collector, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Lyon Housemuseum – ‘Australia Art Collector’
Living Art THE LYON HOUSEMUSEUM A young child rides her scooter gleefully through a contemporary art space; nearby two Patricia Piccinini ‘truck babies’ sit perched in front of a kitchen counter, whilst a three panelled installation by Howard Arkley enfolds the walls...
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...
Neil Frazer – ‘Australian Art Collector’
What Now? NEIL FRAZER You have travelled extensively to remote places such as Antarctica, the Southern Alps in New Zealand and the deserts of inland Australia. Can you describe some of these journeys? It’s true I love a good road trip. That goes for boats and small...
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...
Wend Lear – ‘Australian Art Review’
Through A Lens Darkly Wend Lear now goes by the name of Cash Buck and is referred to as they/them. Wend Lear’s photographic essays of street life, whether here or overseas, are compassionate studies of the human condition. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Tracking down...
Robyn Stacey – ‘Australian Art Review’
A Cultural Excavator ROBYN STACEY A large, full watermelon, shiny and ripe, is stabbed open with a nineteenth-century silver knife, as a dripping slice sits waiting to be consumed. A fecund display of fruit and flowers is draped across an antique table,...
Susan Jacobs – ‘Australian Art Collector #59’
50 Things Collectors Need To Know SUSAN JACOBS SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Susan Jacobs by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Vernon Ah Kee – ‘Asian Art News’
Finding The Warrior Self Vernon Ah Kee’s art and voice are vital to understanding the reality of life for Aboriginal people in Australia now. His recent survey show entitled Not an Animal or a Plant shows something of the diversity of Aboriginal culture, encouraging...
Tanya Chaly ‘Australian Art Collector’
TANYA CHALY Viewing an exhibition by Tanya Chaly is akin to entering a Victorian parlour of natural curiosities. Part investigative artist, part forensic scientist, Chaly's creates drawings, paintings and prints that meticulously observe various species of...
‘Under The Sun’ Review – ‘Asian Art News’
Everything under the Sun The Australian Summer this year has been marked by scorching temperatures and unprecedented heatwaves across the country. It is therefore fitting that an exhibition exploring the iconic photograph titled ‘The Sunbaker’, by renowned...
Marion Borgelt – ‘World Sculpture News’
Dancing Through Darkness And Light Australian artist Marion Borgelt has passed through numerous dramatic cycles and shifts in her art practice. The passage of time and rhythms of life are central themes in her work, though her uncompromising art is ultimately about...
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,...
Monica Rohan – ‘Australian Art Collector’
MONICA ROHAN WHY PAY ATTENTION? The lush, exquisitely detailed self-portraits by young Brisbane painter Monica Rohan have struck a chord with Queensland audiences. Graduating with an honours degree from QLD College of Art in 2011, she was immediately snapped up for...
Chris Langlois – ‘Australian Art Review’
Chris Langlois The place where the sea meets the land and the land meets the sky is the natural habitat of Chris Langlois. Victoria Hynes explores his observations. Artist Chris Langlois, Australian Arts Review, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
John Bokor – ‘Australian Art Collector’
John Bokor Art writer and editor victoria hynes John Bokor, 'Close To Home' by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Anna Charlesworth – ‘Art Edit’
A Light-Filled Artistic Haven Melbourne designer Anna Charlesworth For Melbourne designer Anna Charlesworth, the meticulous attention to detail she applies to her metal and glass work, is also reflected in the interiors of her beautiful North Fitzroy home. The double...
Jumaadi – ‘Australian Art Collector #71’
50 Things Collectors Need To Know JUMAADI ART WRITER AND EDITOR, VICTORIA HYNES Jumaadi, Australian Art Collector, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
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Painting With Stone: Story of
the Melocco Brothers
Executive Editor: Victoria Hynes
A richly illustrated book on the Melocco Brothers, Italian artisans whose mosaic and terrazzo work shaped many of Sydney’s most iconic buildings.