Art Publications
Victoria Hynes – ‘If I Could Have…’
If I Could Have… ART WRITER VICTORIA HYNES SELECTS 10 WORKS FROM COMMERCIAL GALLERY STOCKROOMS THAT SHE WOULD BUY TOMORROW IF SHE COULD. 01: John Nicholson, Site Map, 2011. Plastic, plywood, 9 pieces, dimensions variable. $15,000, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.02:...
Alistair Trung – ‘Australian Art Review’
The ‘Wabi Sabi' Couturier Australian designer Alistair Trung could be described as the Zen monk of the local fashion industry. His approach to art and clothing is more akin to that of a Buddhist ‘roshi’ than a fashionista. This philosophically minded artist/designer...
Justin O’Brien – ‘Australian Art Review’
Hallowed Visions JUSTIN O'BRIEN SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes
Broken Hill Gallery – ‘Australian Art Review’
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Victoria Hynes is impressed by the colour and diversity of a gallery that is unfazed by its distance from the urban art worlds. SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes
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...
Joshua Yeldham – ‘Artist Profile’
Joshua Yeldham SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Joshua Yeldham interview by arts writer Victoria Hynes
John Buckley – ‘Australian Art Collector #52′
Talking 'Bout My Generation JOHN BUCKLEY Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes John Buckley, art dealer, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Tony Twigg – ‘Australian Art Review’
Border Crossings TONY TWIGG SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Tony Twigg, Australian Art Review, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Les Blakeborough – ‘Australian Art Review’
Master And Mentor LES BLAKEBOROUGH SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Ceramicist Les Blakebrough by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
John Nicholson – ‘Australian Art Review’
Making Light Of Solid Colour JOHN NICHOLSON SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes John Nicholson, Australian Art Review, by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
Megan Jenkinson ‘Australian Art Review
MEGAN JENKINSON Travelling to Antarctica mainly in the company of scientists, her work possesses both a scientific and poetic dimension. SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Megan Jenkinson by arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes
James Powditch – ‘Artist Profile’
James Powditch SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes James Powditch preview 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
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Engaging Stories & Guides
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
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.