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Arthur Boyd : Landscape of the Soul
December 6, 2019 | troublemagby Alexandra Sasse
Have you had any lessons? The enquiry came from a woman and her friend who had been loitering behind me as I painted en plein air in a local park. It seemed a particularly stupid question, especially … Read More
SALON March 2019
March 13, 2019 | troublemagMARCH 2019 COVER: Peter DOMBROVSKIS, Pencil pine at Pool of Siloam, Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania 1982. Courtesy of the National Library of Australia and the Estate of Peter Dombrovskis. Dombrovskis: journeys into the wild, Monash Gallery of Art, … Read More
Love & Desire
February 11, 2019 | troublemagPre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
Until 28 April 2019
Love & Desire explores the themes of love, desire, romance, betrayal, faith, nature, science, religion, society, rebellion, the femme fatale and the celebrity of the ‘rock-star’ artists … Read More
Mr Todd Goes to Florence
February 10, 2019 | troublemagby Inga Walton
In the cavernous rooms of what was once the old Terminus Hotel in Ararat, renowned artist Geoff Todd has been completing three large-scale works in time for them to embark on a protracted and expensive journey to … Read More
SALON November 2018
November 6, 2018 | troublemagMegan COPE, The Blaktism 2014, single-channel HD video, edition 2 of 5, 8:04 minutes. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the TomorrowFund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2015 © the artist, courtesy THIS IS … Read More
SALON August 2018
August 8, 2018 | troublemagSam SMITH, Nyströms Cafe at Bungenäs 2017. spaced 3: north by southeast, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth (WA), 18 August 2018 – 7 January 2019 – artgallery.wa.gov.au
Kylie MINOGUE, Kylie Kiss Me Once … Read More
Is Landscape Painting History?
May 1, 2017 | troublemagby Alexandra Sassé
Seeing the world as more than a backdrop or stage-set for unfolding narratives is the basic premise of landscape painting. It requires sensation rather than symbol to be the dominant motive. This is at odds with … Read More
SALON April 2017
April 4, 2017 | troublemag
RELEVANT SITES – wangarattaartgallery.com.au – manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery – bendigoartgallery.com.au – incineratorgallery.com – fac.org.au Want More? See all of the SALON Pictorial Features we have run to date.
Desperately Seeking Fox
December 3, 2016 | troublemagTHE LEN FOX PAINTING AWARD CASTLEMAINE ART GALLERY
by Alexandra Sasse
Categories. They are very useful things. All sorts of unlikely objects or ideas can be clumped together simply on the basis that they have one thing in common. … Read More
Surreal Worlds
October 31, 2016 | troublemagJOHN LESLIE ART PRIZE Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
by Alexandra Sasse This landscape painting prize, based in Sale, is one of those generous moments when a local benefactor makes a significant contribution to the nation’s cultural life. Art awards … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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