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Sep 19, 2015
Culture

Late life drawing of artist Peter Powditch

Susan Chenery

When the spotlight recently returned to obsessive artist Peter Powditch it inadvertently revealed an inner struggle.

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Review
Sep 12, 2015
Art

Robert MacPherson at GOMA

Patrick Hartigan
A new exhibition of works by Robert MacPherson at GOMA showcases an artist for whom life, art and work are inextricably bound.
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Aug 15, 2015
Culture

The complex art of TV Moore comes to Melbourne’s ACCA

Kate Holden
Acclaimed NYC-based multimedia artist TV Moore brings his immersive work home to Australia.
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Review
Jul 18, 2015
Art

Moving pictures in Sydney galleries

Patrick Hartigan
A string of group shows at commercial galleries make a virtue of the conversations that can be had between paintings.
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Jun 20, 2015
Culture

Performance artist Marina Abramović’s unusual methods

Darryn King
She may like dirty jokes, but Marina Abramović is among the most serious artists of her generation.
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Jun 13, 2015
Art

Art as a Verb takes over Artspace

Patrick Hartigan
An exhibition about action in art prompts the question: Can you have the vigour without the rigour?
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Review
May 2, 2015
Art

The Photograph and Australia, at AGNSW

Patrick Hartigan
The Art Gallery of NSW's historical photography exhibition teems with history but meaning gets lost in the detail.
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Apr 4, 2015
Art

James Turrell's vestibule of lights

Patrick Hartigan
Light and space saturate the senses in James Turrell’s retrospective at the NGA.
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Profile
Mar 21, 2015
Culture

The dark inspiration of American auteur David Lynch

Romy Ash
In Brisbane for an exhibition of his visual art, American auteur David Lynch talks about his sources of creativity.
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Feb 14, 2015
Culture

Matthew Barney's River of Fundament

Ashley Crawford

The creator of the controversial Cremaster Cycle is right at home in Hobart's MONA.

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Feb 7, 2015
Art

Ian Fairweather's Drunken Buddha works reunited at TarraWarra

Patrick Hartigan
A drunken monk and an outdoor monk reunite as East meets West to illustrate the spirit beyond the surface.
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Dec 13, 2014
Culture

Tracey Moffatt’s free spirit

Rebecca Harkins-Cross
Artist Tracey Moffatt’s latest exhibition represents a homecoming for the one-time New York resident.
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Dec 6, 2014
Art

Pop to popism at Art Gallery of NSW

Patrick Hartigan
A welcome revisit of Pop art's canny embrace of mass consumerism.
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Nov 29, 2014
Culture

David Shrigley behind the lines

Ronnie Scott
The humour of David Shrigley’s ink sketches and installations is a Trojan horse for deeper ruminations.
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Oct 25, 2014
Art

Gunter Christmann exhibition outside the box

Patrick Hartigan
The German-born gleaner and Darlinghurst institution in a retrospective at Heide.
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Sep 27, 2014
Art

Robert Rooney's out-of-the-ordinary photography

Patrick Hartigan
A voyage to a space where the pedestrian becomes a profound and uncommon place.
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Sep 6, 2014
News

Whiteley or wrongly: alleged con man opens up on art fraud charges

Martin McKenzie-Murray
Weeks from facing court, the man charged with dealing in fake Brett Whiteleys speaks of his love of art and hate for the rich.
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Aug 30, 2014
Art

Joe Furlonger and John Stezaker

Patrick Hartigan
Two very different artists traverse the twin peaks of innocence and economy.
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Aug 16, 2014
Art

Cloud Arch makes Sydney the city of lightness

Patrick Hartigan
Not weighed down by noisy debate over public art, the City of Sydney shows a light touch with three bold new commissions.
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Profile
Aug 9, 2014
Culture

Comic relief for Megahex creator Simon Hanselmann

Ronnie Scott
As a gender-confused teen, Simon Hanselmann retreated to the world of art. Now, he’s on the brink of becoming a global comics superstar.
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Review
Jul 12, 2014
Art

Titian and Tintoretto bring Venetian Renaissance to the NGV

Patrick Hartigan
Titian, the Italian master celebrated as the father of Spain’s Prado, finds his way to Melbourne.
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Jul 5, 2014
Culture

The many sides of artist Douglas Gordon

Peter Hill
His artwork can be extreme and intense, with duality at its heart. Meet Turner Prize-winning Glaswegian Douglas Gordon.
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Portrait
Jun 28, 2014
Portrait

Reg Mombassa's unassuming world

Lucy Lehmann
His pictures are colourful. His songs are bright. But in person, or on stage, Reg Mombassa is strikingly monochrome.
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Jun 21, 2014
Art

Concrete ideas at MUMA

Patrick Hartigan
A new exhibition explores the dichotomy between the real and the abstract, the free-flowing and the solid.
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May 24, 2014
Culture

Time piece: Tehching Hsieh exhibition

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
Tehching Hsieh once locked himself in a cage for a year. Later, he tied himself to a woman for the same period. He talks about the rigours of making art where time is of the essence.

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