Fifty shades of Rembrandt in exhibition befitting a master

Fifty shades of Rembrandt in exhibition befitting a master

To examine his work is to risk falling into a deep reverie as one explores the imaginative world of one of the great innovators.

  • byJohn McDonald

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Get your shopping lists ready:The art world’s version of Young Talent Time is here

Get your shopping lists ready:The art world’s version of Young Talent Time is here

The prize,open to artists up to the age of 40,offers an overview of emerging talent from all over Australia.

  • byJohn McDonald
AI can do any many things,but can it replicate these drawings?

AI can do any many things,but can it replicate these drawings?

Drawing will always be present because it captures the vital creative impulse that links the eye,the mind and the hand.

  • byJohn McDonald
Why Philip Guston’s work is still causing headaches for galleries

Why Philip Guston’s work is still causing headaches for galleries

One of the truly great artists of the late 20th century,the artist managed to alienate friends and admirers with a single exhibition.

  • byJohn McDonald
Expect serpents,ships,oxen and elephants in this opera superhero story

Expect serpents,ships,oxen and elephants in this opera superhero story

A wrap of the week’s reviews,including Pinchgut Opera’s Giustino,new Australian musical Driftwood and Shelley Lasica’s performance-exhibition at AGNSW.

  • bySue Williams,Harriet Cunningham andPeter McCallum
APY Lands art investigation the elephant in the Wynne Prize room

APY Lands art investigation the elephant in the Wynne Prize room

The country’s oldest art prize is awarded for best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture.

  • byJohn McDonald
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The portraits that didn’t make the Archibald Prize cut

The portraits that didn’t make the Archibald Prize cut

Here are the best of the works that were rejected for the nation’s most famous art prize.

  • byJohn McDonald
Archibald youthquake? How the young stole old art prizes

Archibald youthquake? How the young stole old art prizes

It’s clear the organisers are more determined than ever to market the Archibald and Wynne Prizes as cutting-edge contemporary events.

  • byJohn McDonald
Who will win this year’s Archibald Prize? A critic shares his bet

Who will win this year’s Archibald Prize? A critic shares his bet

It’s usually easy to spot the winner within five minutes - not this time.

  • byJohn McDonald
Fame is power:Andy Warhol’s embarrassing pictures of the rich and famous

Fame is power:Andy Warhol’s embarrassing pictures of the rich and famous

Had Warhol been alive today he would enjoy one of the biggest social media followings on the planet and be the star of a popular reality TV show.

  • byJohn McDonald
After protests and politics,a troubled country turns to art

After protests and politics,a troubled country turns to art

Tensions with China have acted as a discouragement for some dealers and collectors.

  • byJohn McDonald