Remembering Edwin Adamson
It was while I was watching the Tokyo Olympics that I was reminded how transient achievements are. As I delved into ‘Olympic images’ in the collection of the National Gallery …
Arch(i)etypal
A co-founder of the ‘Bulletin’, a talented and tireless sub-editor, a supporter of Australian writers (championing Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson and Louis Becke), a self-confessed francophile (changing his birth name …
Cézanne and the Salon
As we look forward to the opening of the Impressionist exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Barrie Sheppard explores the connection of Paul Cézanne with the art world of …
Rembrandt as literary critic
Howard Wallace has been delving ‘artfully’ into the biblical stories that fascinated Rembrandt. Howard writes: The National Gallery of Victoria’s collection of two paintings by Rembrandt does not give a …
‘What if ?’
As the month of May concluded, contact tracers were actively tracking down potential COVID contacts and exposure sites around the city of Melbourne while case numbers grew. Curiously, this ‘hunting’ …
Sisley’s ‘seascapes’
Taking her lead from the current exhibition of Australian Impressionists and the forthcoming exhibition of Impressionist art from the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) at the National Gallery of Victoria, …
For the birds …
Another wonderful piece from Barrie Sheppard. Barrie writes: If you happen to be on the viewing platform opposite the shops at Point Lonsdale at about 8:00 am on a Tuesday …
‘Jokesmithery’ in the Golden Age
Writing in 1973, the art historian Ernst Gombrich (somewhat portentously) noted: ‘In … the history of art, we have become intolerably earnest. A false prestige has come to be attached …
‘B’ is for Buonarotti
‘Still I learn’ and ‘Ambition lead the way’ are two maxims attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. The first was the motto and the second featured on the club crest of the …
To sleep, perchance …
Today, March 19, is ‘World Sleep Day’. Organised by the World Sleep Society, this day has been celebrated across the world since 2008. The aim of the day is to …