New ideas
Over the past two years I have been on a committee that awards funding grants to creative individuals including artists, musicians, dancers, film makers, writers, performers etc. twice a year. …
Artistiaid o Gymru – Welsh Artists in the NGV Collection
A big THANK YOU to Wendy Hughes Chuck for telling us about her connections with Welsh Art in the NGV Collection. Having been brought up in Wales, I was aware …
Religious week (3)
In the salon hang at NGV International we can stop and admire a painting by James Tissot. Titled ‘An interesting story’ this oil on wood panel dated c. 1872 depicts …
Raphael
Jill Dwyer reminded me that Raphael Santi (1483 -1520), one of the greatest Italian Renaissance painters, died 500 years ago on Good Friday at the age of 37 years. In …
‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’
Following on from yesterday’s blog about artists’ gardens, Rose Downer drew my attention to one of the most famous gardens in art – ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by the …
Are we all Edward Hopper paintings today?
Many of you will have read the article, ‘Time to Breathe’ by Andrew Stephens in the Spectrum section of The Age on 28 March. Stephens provides an informed and illuminating …