Unsung heroes of fine art get belated recognition
A new book pays homage to the history of picture frames, writes
Susan Wyndham.
Haunting beauty of steel skeletons that offer hope
At dawn, an orderly row of poorly paid labourers, each carrying a
steel drum on his head, marches out across the mudflats of the Bay
of Bengal to a surreal graveyard of ships.
Art starter - beginners' competition turns 25
Artist Jasper Knight has undergone a dramatic transition since
entering his acrylic Australiana landscape in Artexpress more than
a decade ago.
Bullseye: the man who shot Sting
Photography is like music putting film in a camera and shooting pictures is like an act of [musical] improvisation.
Beyond black and white
This exhibition aims to reject stereotypes and false depictions of
Aboriginal men.
Theatre's radical knight
Does Hare -Britain's most committed left-wing playwright - really
believe that opinions are not the measure of a man?
Dance company unveils Britney the ballet
Spears's troubles are being put on the stage by one of Britain's
leading modern dance companies.
Monet, Turner a money churner
The term "blockbuster" might have fallen from favour after too many cases of art gallery hyperbole, but with more than 100 works with a value nudging $1 billion, there seems no other way to describe the exhibition announced yesterday by the National Gallery of Australia.
A passion to get to the heart of the matter
Among the twisted wire sculptures and reflective steel surfaces in
Nigel Harrison's Life Turning exhibition is a gnarled tree
stump, more than a metre tall and two metres wide.
Baryshnikov at 60 still lives to dance
Curiosity, fame and intelligence take a brilliant career to fresh
heights, reports Jane Vranish.
Zen and the art of rather silly questions
In a gallery filled with his Japanese brush paintings, Ichigai
Kanamori is explaining the philosophies of Zen.
Edward and the house of the flying daggers
In the stage production of Edward Scissorhands. his scissors were a
threat to life and limb.
Chaos theory down to a fine art
The Australian scientist who says he found proof of bacterial life
on Mars has turned his talents to the art world.
ARTS PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Steel Beach
Photographer Andrew Bell's documentary of Bangladesh's
controversial shipbreaking industry.
I'll Be Watching You: Inside The Police 1980-1983
Andy Summers's photographs capture the private counterpoint to the
band's public success.
Hello Again
Bright young stars take on love's merry-go-round in this
time-shifting, free-flowing musical.
As You Like It
Saskia Smith's first Shakespearean encounter was of the
cross-dressing kind.
Imperial Panda Festival
An edgy new arts festival fills a creative void left by the closure of Lanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque.
