Ekphrasis
‘Ekphrasis’ means a literary description of, or commentary on, a visual work of art. Nita Jawary has been exploring this literary device in relation to four artworks in the collection …
Miss Kitty Fisher
In another delve into the world of Georgian society, Barrie Sheppard introduces us to Miss Kitty Fisher. Barrie writes: The NGV has its Cleopatra about to drop her pearl of …
Picturing Paul
In the article ‘Richard Lewer: You Wouldn’t Make This Stuff Up’, issue 9 of Vault magazine 2015, Rebecca Gallo describes how New Zealand-born Lewer uses art to ‘delve deep into …
‘The earth laughs in flowers’
In 1891 Artur Loureiro (the Portuguese-born, but Melbourne-residing artist) painted his vision of ‘Spring’ in Kew, Melbourne. In a lush, verdant and peaceful sylvan setting a young woman stands next …
Love is all you need…
This week I received some reading recommendations from Susie May who suggested writers I might enjoy following up – Rutger Bregman, Jeremy Lent, and Roman Krznaric. Many of us are …
A Stare Case
Our regular contributor, Barrie Sheppard, provides another titillating insight into the ‘Georgian art world’. Barrie writes: Before occupying its present quarters (Burlington House on Piccadilly) in 1869, the Royal Academy …
It’s Time
Older readers, familiar with the 1972 Australian Labor Party campaign slogan ‘It’s Time’ (and given my obvious interest in the upcoming American election), might think that this post is another …
Still relevant
How long do we look at a work of art in a gallery? Numerous studies have shown that it is usually under 30 seconds – with the average being under …
You can’t ‘A Ford’ to offend
Barrie Sheppard continues to take us into the world of 18th century British artists – this time Thomas Gainsborough. Barrie writes: Just as in our world a property developer builds …
Deep in thought
For those who have taken an interest in National Science Week, you may have noticed that I have not responded to this year’s theme – ‘Deep Blue’. This is partly …