In absentia
Another Sunday and another ‘in depth’ look at a painting in The Frick Collection with curator Xavier Salomon. This time Salomon discusses Henry Clay Frick’s favourite artwork, Velázquez’ portrait of …
Work for artists: A Depression Era project with relevance today
Today’s informative and extremely interesting post is from Jill Dwyer. Jill writes: Our cultural institutions across the country are closed in response to the current pandemic; and artists, particularly performance …
‘A plague on both your houses’
Had we been alive in the early 17th century when the bubonic plague repeatedly struck London we would not have had the luxury of watching Netflix, having virtual zoom meetings …
Rock Me …..
It is great to see the guides adding to the blog. Today we have a very interesting contribution from artist and president, Brian Martin. Brian writes: “I have a confession …
Synaesthesia
If you were going to have a superpower what would it be? Would it be invisibility? Or the ability to read other’s thoughts? Or would you want to be able …
‘Pictures at an exhibition’
There are many ways to appreciate art. Thank you to Lynn Morgan for her lovely poetic thoughts.
A prescient photographer
The inspiration for today’s blogpost comes from the weekly email by Tony Ellwood AM titled: ‘Capturing a moment in time’. In this message, the Director of the NGV highlights some …
Lounging on Sunday
Sunday afternoon and time to lounge again in front of a screen, sip on a cocktail (this time a ‘French 75’ – a mixture of champagne, gin and lemon) and …
Optical Effects in Indigenous Art – a personal appreciation
Another thoughtful and illuminating post from Susanne Pearce. Susanne writes: While the optical effects used by artists of the Op Art Movement are well known, many indigenous artists have also …
Not the plague again …
In my inbox this week I received an email with the title ‘Get your public art pitch ready with $5k funding from Test Sites Online’. It appears that the City …