Choreomania
When crises are over, people often feel the need to dance. In the closing scenes of the recent satirical antiwar movie, ‘Jojo Rabbit’, Jojo and Elsa dance to celebrate the …
don’t worry
As the number of coronavirus cases trebled in Melbourne this week, other countries struggled with upticks in infections, the economy foundered, and public demonstrations about racism continued, I was reminded …
Here’s looking at you …
From the feedback I have received, ‘Cocktails with a Curator’ from The Frick has proved to be a highlight of the week. While I suspect the reason is the very …
‘The Graftons’
In the introduction to ‘Soap Box’, Hilary Kingsley’s guide to soap operas, Kingsley describes the essence of this type of entertainment as: ‘ it must be a continuing story with …
‘One of the Young Lions of a Butterfly’ – Mortimer Menpes
James McNeill Whistler’s influence extended to Australia. Monica Healy reminds us of another painter in Whistler’s circle. Australian artist Mortimer Menpes was also one of Whistler’s studio assistants – what …
A different Madonna
Every day at 5pm my smartphone ‘pings’ and the DailyArt app sends me an image of an artwork – ‘my daily dose of art’. A couple of weeks ago, the …
Painting music
The third member of James McNeill Whistler’s coterie to spark my interest was Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour, called ‘Fantin’ by his friends. Fantin (1836-1904) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator who is …
Finding ‘nemo’
If your father happened to be an artist, then it is probably not surprising that he would encourage his oldest child to pursue a different (more predictably profitable?) profession. So, …
All About Xavier
Today’s post comes from Wendy Hughes Chuck who, like many of us, has discovered a new ‘COVID celebrity’. Wendy writes: Cocktails with a Curator “Good evening and welcome to this …
The ‘Blanche’ rabbit
After last week’s hiatus, ‘Cocktails with a Curator’ from The Frick Collection has returned. In this episode, curator Xavier Salomon swigs on a Sake highball as he reflects on James …