Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEU5wt59Tw9ig1TRedANX9qWNXVvYtfJiR8j3V9fysvAGCOCpmfhosnEbzrJd4xDlntLV8XlCWo7KniH9HbCChXAuYqL8dYnsnu4gKBFKJWmjML8So7QQnid0QeH5QXSPQY95SfsZjA6E/s1600/Jacqueline+with+crossed+hands+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEU5wt59Tw9ig1TRedANX9qWNXVvYtfJiR8j3V9fysvAGCOCpmfhosnEbzrJd4xDlntLV8XlCWo7KniH9HbCChXAuYqL8dYnsnu4gKBFKJWmjML8So7QQnid0QeH5QXSPQY95SfsZjA6E/s200/Jacqueline+with+crossed+hands+cropped.jpg" width="150"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacqueline with crossed hands (1954), <br> oil on canvas, 116x88.5cm</td></tr> </tbody></table> “I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages from my diary,” and those are Picasso’s words.<br> <br> Walking through <i>Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris</i>, now on at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, feels very much like reading Picasso’s diary. It’s chronological, it’s representative, it’s rare. And it’s fabulous.<br>

Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris

Jacqueline with crossed hands (1954), oil on canvas, 116x88.5cm “I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, ...

The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTEz2tl_b6kYGj7bIPiiSHeJ9wgFl1IpiarvRJf2KFzCmirC0HkifPrJkpyoW-H29IZTZd88To3ibB9xE0cysgX6DXQKjHbNABtCMnlEdHEuXYEoTkpmGnMY0h-gX0WC2zb3LXmkxCAsz/s1600/Study+of+Jane+Morrisn+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTEz2tl_b6kYGj7bIPiiSHeJ9wgFl1IpiarvRJf2KFzCmirC0HkifPrJkpyoW-H29IZTZd88To3ibB9xE0cysgX6DXQKjHbNABtCMnlEdHEuXYEoTkpmGnMY0h-gX0WC2zb3LXmkxCAsz/s200/Study+of+Jane+Morrisn+cropped.jpg" width="160"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Study of Jane Morris for <i>Mnemosyne</i> <br> (1876) by Rossetti</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> Did you know that the Pre-Raphaelites considered their drawings to be works of art in themselves? <i>The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours</i> shows you just why they did.</div> <div> <br></div> <div> The exhibition captures the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and brings into focus the way the artists challenged the art establishment and responded to the times, their critics and to each other. It’s a wonderful way to trace their artistic process and to see how a drawing is transformed into a fully-fledged work.<br> </div>

The Poetry of Drawing: Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and Watercolours

Study of Jane Morris for Mnemosyne (1876) by Rossetti Did you know that the Pre-Raphaelites considered their drawings to be works of ...

Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award 2011

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUolIIAdpk5pB7YC6W3Q7p2ErMrnk9RHQD7DTDVE7mTubNAK-BcGBgQjCIEfdj7uFOaHE8cN0jrkkqwiPosK0t0NjSKSfBcZup_SOsCQpztPclf8leA0EQZwuPdlKKR-KnevA8M2Ab9lm4/s1600/Hoon+Lee+Ha+Jo+Dae+1.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUolIIAdpk5pB7YC6W3Q7p2ErMrnk9RHQD7DTDVE7mTubNAK-BcGBgQjCIEfdj7uFOaHE8cN0jrkkqwiPosK0t0NjSKSfBcZup_SOsCQpztPclf8leA0EQZwuPdlKKR-KnevA8M2Ab9lm4/s200/Hoon+Lee+Ha+Jo+Dae+1.1.jpg" width="158"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From<i> Ha Jo Dae</i><br> (© Jae Hoon Lee,<br> Starkwhite, Auckland)</td></tr> </tbody></table> Mixing new technologies with art is still contentious territory, but contemporary lifestyles are often so centred on such technology that one must encourage its exploration. Any effort to recognise and reward artists who embrace such a challenge should also be applauded. That’s where <i>Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award for Video and New Media Arts 2011</i> becomes important.<br> <br> The exhibition combines the concept of travel and the world of imagination, and the result is a revealing, as well as an entertaining synthesis of journeys and places. The works question the meaning of place, the means of travel, the traveller’s contribution and positioning within the journey, and pits destinations against the journeys themselves.<br> <br>

Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award 2011

From Ha Jo Dae (© Jae Hoon Lee, Starkwhite, Auckland) Mixing new technologies with art is still contentious territory, but contempora...

Sin City: Crime and Corruption in 20th-Century Sydney

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfevm0LAGFh7yjHHxxrv6_GvpSIpJwwR-tCf7iK_m_EdAn5grxrDx0vSD_AHVcxEb3jrv2q0fJLXvjhfoAv3_671FNlnWcVmA3HaT-X-VGpl5QPP6D0PajtFEOCgLGA7DiY-TocuXwOMqD/s1600/Sin+city+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfevm0LAGFh7yjHHxxrv6_GvpSIpJwwR-tCf7iK_m_EdAn5grxrDx0vSD_AHVcxEb3jrv2q0fJLXvjhfoAv3_671FNlnWcVmA3HaT-X-VGpl5QPP6D0PajtFEOCgLGA7DiY-TocuXwOMqD/s200/Sin+city+1.jpg" width="132"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go-go dancer, Kings Cross, c1965, <br> © Robert McFarlane</td></tr> </tbody></table> “Sydney is a city with no memory.” So said Gary Sturgess, the man responsible for establishing the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). Have we really forgotten the systemic corruption that engulfed Sydney not so long ago, or is it just easier for our collective consciousness to simply push away those memories?<br> <br> A revealing and confronting exhibition titled <i>Sin City: Crime and Corruption in 20th-Century Sydney,</i> being held at the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney, brings this colourful history into clearer focus. It takes you through the causes, the laws, the vices, the criminals, the cops and the politicians, who all played a part in the making of this sin city.<br>

Sin City: Crime and Corruption in 20th-Century Sydney

Go-go dancer, Kings Cross, c1965, © Robert McFarlane “Sydney is a city with no memory.” So said Gary Sturgess, the man responsible for ...

New Acquisitions in Context 2010

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdCn4E6Sde6MZ5mH0orLboz3B_SQoGeQ6C_hsqv673GgXkEqwqucnNvPxT5_odfxIYN4GeBWq5Ctc8cYP6741zE3YcM2bFqOEv3FSqUKfnTtoxkqzKKLnhguV35-OXq6Hzy2jD7Z2YG-F/s1600/Peter+kennedy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdCn4E6Sde6MZ5mH0orLboz3B_SQoGeQ6C_hsqv673GgXkEqwqucnNvPxT5_odfxIYN4GeBWq5Ctc8cYP6741zE3YcM2bFqOEv3FSqUKfnTtoxkqzKKLnhguV35-OXq6Hzy2jD7Z2YG-F/s320/Peter+kennedy.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">‘Neon Light Installations’ by Peter Kennedy</td></tr> </tbody></table> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmby2ZKpQ-NVZ0Iq4R3Cn1-fm58OYR1n-WgM17Ibiym3oRjgZehbww8q0rBj-B4Z22qa_Z6y__0-XyJNpxc_4tpr9PsNuDec9EJMM4GYQHf7s8_fdGnuwGi3ZqrI1VO_FNd9cYO1rGpRoK/s1600/Laith+McGregor+%2527The+European%2527+Pencil+and+Biro+150x115cm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>We are all in search of new perspectives. Life is made yet more intriguing by such discoveries, and the everyday activities and observations are seen through different viewpoints and proportions within such exploration. <i>The New Acquisitions in Context 2010</i> exhibition now on at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) lets you into such brand new territory.<br> <br> Featured in the exhibition are Australian and international artists, both emerging and established. It’s interesting to see how the old and the new inhabit the same space, but compliment each other with their individual takes on the world we inhabit. <br>

New Acquisitions in Context 2010

‘Neon Light Installations’ by Peter Kennedy We are all in search of new perspectives. Life is made yet more intriguing by such discoveri...

The First Emperor: China's Entomed Warriors

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKWokreiQaObEUlPt3F34zAk33zHBzJgJx0OnqikXPJXX0T_ZfhKb8UlllIm6QOjFS2J-knsv9wUYcQhI5nqBKew6eGMVwMy4ZwAZEBIP84kaZbSSCpYR4XtMpzBpaBsUFCudHwx0DX_w/s1600/first+emperor+1.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKWokreiQaObEUlPt3F34zAk33zHBzJgJx0OnqikXPJXX0T_ZfhKb8UlllIm6QOjFS2J-knsv9wUYcQhI5nqBKew6eGMVwMy4ZwAZEBIP84kaZbSSCpYR4XtMpzBpaBsUFCudHwx0DX_w/s200/first+emperor+1.1.jpg" width="107"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Terracotta warrior</td></tr> </tbody></table> The terracotta warriors are in Sydney – well, ten warriors and horses to be precise, and if you’ve never seen one up close, here’s a rare opportunity. The exhibition is titled <i>The First Emperor: China's Entomed Warriors</i>. Now on at the NSW Art Gallery, it began on 2 December 2010 and will run till 13 March 2011.<br> <br> It’s a surreal experience – to be standing so close to such a precious piece of history. The colours that adorned their features have faded away over the centuries, but the dignity of their expressions, the life-like features and the detailed work on each unique individual soldier make the Terracotta Army one of the most captivating sights ever to be seen.<br>

The First Emperor: China's Entomed Warriors

  A Terracotta warrior The terracotta warriors are in Sydney – well, ten warriors and horses to be precise, and if you’ve never seen one...

Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi 2010)

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7eo8sk5vRfVjF4W0xXrKb4zMA57J6RIV77g3XMPU5KUa8l7jgeTlfALhyphenhyphen-YwDVGBggSQUv8HexIbDiVVY_zpt9cVruKNJXuzHfF0MLFkBqwjpvNyGVsjMJqp3Dzf9HR6v3MFqG3NseOe/s1600/IMG_1815+bondi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7eo8sk5vRfVjF4W0xXrKb4zMA57J6RIV77g3XMPU5KUa8l7jgeTlfALhyphenhyphen-YwDVGBggSQUv8HexIbDiVVY_zpt9cVruKNJXuzHfF0MLFkBqwjpvNyGVsjMJqp3Dzf9HR6v3MFqG3NseOe/s200/IMG_1815+bondi.jpg" width="200"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off to a fabulous start at Bondi Beach</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Exploring </span>space, playing with different materials, harmony between balance and design, of movement and form... it was all there. Plus what a way to enjoy the sun, sand, breeze and of course sculpture!<br> <br> The 14th annual <i>Sculpture by the Sea</i> came to an end on Sunday, 14th November 2010 and proved to be a total hit with the crowds. <br>

Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi 2010)

Off to a fabulous start at Bondi Beach Exploring space, playing with different materials, harmony between balance and design, of movemen...