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My father, my sadness: John Olsen's son paints a portrait

My father, my sadness: John Olsen's son paints a portrait

A new memoir by Tim Olsen lifts the lid on growing up with Australia's most famous living artist – his father, John.

  • by Helen O'Neill

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Dispossession and invasion: Art program challenges colonial narrative
Indigenous art

Dispossession and invasion: Art program challenges colonial narrative

Following the success of Jonathon Jones's transformation of the Hyde Park Barracks forecourt, Sydney Living Museums is actively acquiring Indigenous art.

  • by Linda Morris
The tragedy that changed everything for artist Julia Gutman
Visual art

The tragedy that changed everything for artist Julia Gutman

Human relationships are now the focus of her art practice.

  • by Chloe Wolifson
Five hours of curious fun: online art beats going to a gallery
Visual art

Five hours of curious fun: online art beats going to a gallery

Nirin Naarm is a hit: but it's taken a pandemic for a Melbourne gallery to finally present video art online, where it's easier and more comfortable to consume.

  • by Robert Nelson
How a two-metre necklace helped an artist connect to her country
Visual art

How a two-metre necklace helped an artist connect to her country

Maree Clarke took traditional materials and supersized them into an award-winning artwork that tells a story of connection and loss.

  • by Catherine Lambert
Sixty years on, opera singer pays tribute to Paul Robeson
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Sixty years on, opera singer pays tribute to Paul Robeson

A recreation of the first ever performance at the Sydney Opera House took place on Monday.

  • by Helen Pitt
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Why Nan Goldin, pioneer of lo-fi in-the-moment photography, hates Insta
Visual art

Why Nan Goldin, pioneer of lo-fi in-the-moment photography, hates Insta

The groundbreaking activist who broke the mould of art photography in New York in the 70s is appalled at the way we consume and dismiss images now.

  • by Nick Miller
'No boundaries': John Prince Siddon brings an original dynamic to Indigenous art
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'No boundaries': John Prince Siddon brings an original dynamic to Indigenous art

Emerging from the Kimberley, this artist's work could almost be described as psychedelic.

  • by John McDonald
Three of the best: Art to see in Sydney now
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Three of the best: Art to see in Sydney now

John McDonald sums up the offerings of three Sydney commercial galleries.

  • by John McDonald
A return to paradise lost, as Heide turns on the lights again
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A return to paradise lost, as Heide turns on the lights again

A summer music festival, an immersive light installation and an exhibition of Sidney Nolan's paintings of paradise will feature in Heide gallery's 2021 season.

  • by Nick Miller
Streeton exhibition is a textbook study in what it means to be a local legend
Visual art

Streeton exhibition is a textbook study in what it means to be a local legend

AGNSW's latest show shines the spotlight on one of our greatest artists.

  • by John McDonald