‘Never ran out of ideas’:John Olsen,acclaimed artist and Archibald winner,dead at 95

‘Never ran out of ideas’:John Olsen,acclaimed artist and Archibald winner,dead at 95

The celebrated Australian painter’s distinctive and innovative style captured the unique scale and poetic beauty of the Australian landscape.

  • byLinda Morris

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Artist Louise Olsen on her three wardrobe essentials

Artist Louise Olsen on her three wardrobe essentials

The creative director of Dinosaur Designs takes a comfort-first approach.

  • byGeorgie Gordon
‘The fury is palpable’:Liberal anger at federal move to confirm NSW election candidates

‘The fury is palpable’:Liberal anger at federal move to confirm NSW election candidates

The Liberal Party’s federal executive has approved a formal intervention in the party’s NSW division to confirm candidates in crucial electorates to prepare for the election.

  • byDavid Crowe
‘Talent to burn’:At last a solo show for artist Valerie Strong Olsen
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‘Talent to burn’:At last a solo show for artist Valerie Strong Olsen

More than 10 years after her death,the work of John Olsen’s ex-wife shows her talent as a painter. While South African William Kentridge turns to tapestries.

  • byJohn McDonald
‘At last she is being heard’:Valerie Strong,matriarch of the Olsen family,has first solo exhibition

‘At last she is being heard’:Valerie Strong,matriarch of the Olsen family,has first solo exhibition

The artistic dynasty has,for the most part,revolved around the glittering orb that is the career of John Olsen.

  • byLinda Morris
King-of-bright John Olsen reveals his dark and melancholy side
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King-of-bright John Olsen reveals his dark and melancholy side

At 93,the artist’s latest works shows him brooding on his fading powers,coping with depression or lack of inspiration.

  • byJohn McDonald
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Archibald Prize:Sydney’s answer to the Melbourne Cup turns 100

Archibald Prize:Sydney’s answer to the Melbourne Cup turns 100

It’s the portrait prize that stops the nation. Behind the scenes and inside the controversies of an art award so popular that you can bet on it.

  • byHelen Pitt
'The artists may not all like each other but they all liked Lucio’s'

'The artists may not all like each other but they all liked Lucio’s'

For 37 years Australia's leading artists have eaten,got drunk,argued,and loved at Lucio Galletto's restaurant. At the end of an era,they tell why.

  • bySusan Wyndham
My father,my sadness:John Olsen's son paints a portrait

My father,my sadness:John Olsen's son paints a portrait

A new memoir by Tim Olsen lifts the lid on growing up with Australia's most famous living artist – his father,John.

  • byHelen O'Neill
Sex,alcoholism,abandonment:growing up with Australia's most famous living painter
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Sex,alcoholism,abandonment:growing up with Australia's most famous living painter

Gallerist Tim Olsen's memoir reveals"the brutality attached to living under the shadow” of his famous artist father,John,its after-effects and their recent reconciliation.

  • byHelen O'Neill
'Very relieved':John Olsen happy after torrid legal fight over $2.2 million cash'gift'

'Very relieved':John Olsen happy after torrid legal fight over $2.2 million cash'gift'

The acclaimed artist's stepdaughter lost her bid to overturn a court ruling that she acted unconscionably in procuring the money from her terminally ill mother.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn