Eighteen months after the celebrated artist’s death,one of his most iconic works now has a permanent home.
While Peter Clemenger’s children will inherit some of the artworks he spent decades collecting with his wife,Joan,others were too big – and too important – to hand down.
A who’s who of Australian media,arts and politics turned out in honour of John Olsen at a state memorial held at the Art Gallery of NSW following his death at age 95.
From the White Lotus’ Jennifer Coolidge to John Olsen on the Opera House sails,plus cabaret,moonlight kayaking and 12 nights of music,this is Vivid 2023.
The country’s oldest art prize is awarded for best landscape painting of Australian scenery or figure sculpture.
Organisers say everyone ‘can have a chance of bidding and buying’ at the auction of more than 200 ‘modestly priced’ artworks in Melbourne.
Lawyers for the model-turned-novelist were locked in a high-stakes mediation session on Friday.
John Olsen was not scared of death and created art until the end. Before his passing,the celebrated painter shared a pot of tea,his views on the Third Act of Life,and why the work of older artists looks so free.
Critic John McDonald reflects on a great artist who contained multitudes.
The lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails next month will act as a posthumous tribute to John Olsen – a rare artist who straddled commercial and fine art.
The death of John Olsen has closed the book on a great chapter in the history of Australian art.