Gazing at the grey curtains of fog from the deck of our ship, so tiny in the surrounding vastness, we felt like Argonauts whose quest had led to the World’s…

In the picture which has been purchased for the National Gallery, Mr Waterhouse has selected for illustration the well-known passage in the twelfth book of the ‘Odyssey’ of Homer, in…

Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula (fig. 1) came into national focus in 1997 when his Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, 1972, created a record for the sale at auction of a work by an Aboriginal arti

During the fifth century BC, Athens produced large numbers of red-figure skyphoi decorated on each side with an owl standing between two sprays of olive.1See F.

Introduction Wang Yuanqi was the most innovative master of the Orthodox school of scholar-amateur painters in China during the early Qing dynasty (1644–19

Norman Lindsay’s rare status as an Australian artist who is also a household name is the result of numerous factors

In Christopher Nolan’s film Memento, 2000, the opening scene begins in reverse as a Polaroid photograph is vigorously shaken back out of exposure

Reading The Face magazine in early 1984 I was overwhelmed by a double-page spread entitled The New Glitterati featuring Leigh Bowery photographed in his ‘Paki from outer space’ look

   For photography there are new secrets to conquer, new difficulties to overcome, new Madonnas to invent, new ideals to imagin

On Thursday 23 February 1984 the front page of the Melbourne Age featured a photograph of a 25-year-old Keith Haring standing before a robot-DJ figure he had recently painted, wearing a pair…

The Sarah Sze exhibition is extremely fragile. Please do not touch the works. Children must be accompanied by an adult and we would appreciate it if you could take them by the ha

Like the ancient Greeks or the ancient Moche of Peru, the ancient Maya of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras developed a rich tradition of painting ceramic vessels with clay slips

Like a sacred mantra the words ‘haute couture’ command a hushed silence of awe or generate a cynical sneer of irrelevance

One must buy for the future, even against public opinion, although it is satisfying when you do buy a picture that’s popular … It’s important to get really top class thing

Early in 1905 the National Gallery of Victoria’s director, Bernard Hall, charged with making the first purchases for Melbourne under the terms of the newly granted Felton Bequest, travelled to England and…