by Moira | Dec 27, 2018 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
These big shows overwhelm me. Apart from the audience crowds there’s the celebrity of the artworks themselves, with their big, colourful personalities. Indeed, it’s colour (and at the end, its absence) that really is this show’s theme. Summer blockbusters are...
by Moira | Feb 2, 2016 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 -1669) Sarah waiting for Tobias, 1647, oil on canvas, 81.3 x 68 cm We trekked up to AGNSW for the second time to see The Greats – masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland. It’s this year’s...
by Moira | Sep 3, 2015 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
I went up to AGNSW recently to check out the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. As always, there was much to enjoy, as well as some that maybe didn’t truly deserve to be there. Andrew Sayers, Portrait of Tim Bonyhady, oil on canvas, 100 x 75cm Andrew...
by Moira | Jun 7, 2015 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
It was great to see this year’s Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award. Every time I don’t get selected, I have to swallow my disappointment and with good grace go and spend time with the show. And every time I walk away humbled and reminded what truly excellent...
by Moira | Dec 2, 2014 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
We visited AGNSW this week to check out the new-look Dobell Drawing Biennial. Up until a couple of years back, the Dobell has been a Drawing Prize, with submissions from all and sundry. The final show was a selection of high quality works which made up a varied,...
by Moira | Jul 24, 2014 | Exhibitions I've seen recently
Elisabeth Cummings (Aust. b.1934) The Orange Table, 2014, monotype, 76 x 56cm I enjoyed a Gallery crawl with friends through the Eastern suburbs today. Sydney seems to have given up on...
