by Victoria Hynes | Sep 30, 2025 | All Articles, Art Almanac, Artist Profiles, Artists, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Publications, Wendy Sharpe
By Victoria Hynes “. . . an exploration into the nature of creativity.” As I speak with Wendy Sharpe in early May, she’s busy packing up half her studio to install at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; a clear indication that her show Spellbound is going to be far...
by Victoria Hynes | Nov 24, 2022 | Marikit Santiago, All Articles, Art Almanac, Artists, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art
For us sinners By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Marikit Santiago is one artist who found a silver lining from the gallery shutdowns and exhibition postponements generated since the pandemic. Her current exhibition, For us sinners, at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art...
by Victoria Hynes | Nov 24, 2022 | Art Almanac, Aida Tomescu, All Articles, Artists, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Publications
Unfolding Presence The title of Aida Tomescu’s latest exhibition – ‘Unfolding Presence’ – showing at Orange Regional Gallery captures the essence of the painter’s artistic practice. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Since the 1980s, Tomescu has become known for her...
by Victoria Hynes | Nov 24, 2022 | Claire Healy, All Articles, Art Almanac, Artists, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Publications, Sean Cordeiro
Post-haste By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes As regular travellers, artistic duo Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro were all set to undertake a residency in Niigata, Japan, in 2020. Instead, like everyone affected by this modern-day pandemic, the year found them at home...
by Victoria Hynes | Jul 24, 2021 | All Articles, Art Almanac, Artists, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Pierre Mukeba, Publications
Black Emotion Pierre Mukeba By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Using the simple and direct techniques of charcoal and pastel on paper, Pierre Mukeba’s new body of work confronts the viewer as raw expressions of emotion and feeling. This Congolese-born artist is known for...
by Victoria Hynes | Jun 24, 2021 | All Articles, Art Almanac, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Publications
Changing Face of the Nation By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes This year marks a century since a bequest by J.F. Archibald, founder of the Bulletin magazine, launched the inaugural Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Over the past ten decades hence,...
