SYDNEY - A sombre depiction of the desolation facing the Anzacs in Turkey won New Zealand artist Euan MacLeod the prestigious Gallipoli Art Prize in Sydney today. The Christchurch-born artist picked up a A$20000 ($25777) cheque and became the first New ... full story
"Images of convicts are particularly rare in colonial art and this picture of their apparent easy coexistence with free settlers and their military jailers is truly remarkable." A Sydney courtroom scene of an 1817 trial includes caricatures of Reverend ... full story
The hype following the group's full length debut The Printz, essentially a collection of ramshackle EPs, put The Bumblebeez on the map and the buzz from the trend-setting act was felt from Sydney to New York and beyond. Thanks to its indie noise, ... full story
presented by Sydney University's Institute of Criminology. We're told the exhibition, part of the Open Day between 10am and 3pm on Thursday, 30 April, "draws attention to NSW's rising prison population and aims to challenge assumptions about inmates". ... full story
The Aussies enjoy giving us Pommies a hard time, but that is nothing compared to the famous Sydney-Melbourne sibling rivalry. Sydney, the Melburnian cliche goes, is a bit of a tart. All high heels, lipstick and low cut tops, she lets it all hang out ... full story
Art, sex and the physical body link the three episodes of the series, which was produced and conceived by Melbourne filmmakers Michael McMahon and Tony Ayres as a vehicle for up-and-coming filmmakers to step outside the norms and conventions of the TV ... full story
The retrospective opens tomorrow in Melbourne before travelling to the Art Gallery of South Australia. Natasha Johnson reports. NATASHA JOHNSON, REPORTER: When you think Brack, two iconic paintings come to mind as the signature works of a man regarded ... full story
With galleries from Aberdeen to Hanoi represented, art dealers spoke of fending off the bite of the recession as buyers seek out artists they rate as being safe investments. "It's challenging," said Duncan Miller, a London-based dealer and an expert on ... full story
04.21.2009 – With an unprecedented success in international markets in 2008, and a major exhibition that just took place in Singapore, the artist Corno will have a show titled Johanne Corno & Wang Yehan at Opera Gallery Dubai from April 30 to May 15, ... full story
The exhibition is curated by Tobias Berger in association with Para/Site Art Space, and marks the debut for a solo representation of Hong Kong in Venice. Pak's interest lies in the possibilities of discovering extraordinarily profound and insightful ... full story
