Unusual art reviving Australian city's economy
A professional gambler in Australia seems to have beaten the odds. Four years ago he opened an unusual art museum in the country's smallest state, Tasmania.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas travelled to Hobart to experience the weird and wonderful exhibition for himself.
McCubbin's Whisperings fetches $1 million
Australian artist Frederick McCubbin's Whisperings in Wattle-Boughs painted in 1886, at the dawn of Australian impressionism, has sold for $1 million at auction in Sydney.
d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards & Exhibition
Born 1932, d’Arcy Doyle became a tradesman master painter and sign writer. Only in his thirties did he become an independent professional artist, painting many assignments throughout Sydney.
In 1973, with a young family, he returned to Queensland, building a home on two acres in Mudgeeraba, in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
One of d’Arcy’s famous paintings, “The Cricket Match”, was subject to a then novel marketing strategy - the production and sale of a limited edition of personally autographed prints. The first edition of 1,000 prints sold quickly, leading to several re-prints. Many of his other paintings were sold the same way, always with great results.
His work has been likened to the American artist Norman Rockwell in that they both found inspiration in the ordinary, and succeeded in capturing an essence of national spirit in their paintings. This lead to him becoming Australia’s best-selling artist in the 1980′s, and it was estimated that 1 in 10 Australian homes had one of his works in some form.
D’Arcy passed away in 2001, but his legacy lives on in his timeless and quintessentially Australian art.
The d’Arcy Doyle Art Awards endeavours to honour this legacy with a new generation of artists.
# SKDsymposium | Production of Knowledge and of Truth | Part 2
MONICA JUNEJA
Professor of global art history at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe”, Universität
Heidelberg, What Do We Know when We See? On the Usefulness of the Encyclopedic Museum to
Renew Art History
ROXLEY FOLEY
Sacred fire-keeper and custodian of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Australia, Confronting
Failures of the Past to Face the Future: A Journey from Colonialism to Co-operation
NANETTE SNOEP
Director of the GRASSI Ethnographical Museum, Leipzig, and the Ethnographical Museums,
Dresden and Herrnhut, SKD, Dresden, Museums and Coloniality: From Paris to Herrnhut
GEORGE OKELLO ABUNGU
International heritage consultant, archaeologist and director-general emeritus, National
Museums of Kenya, Museums and the Politics of Representation and Repossession in
a Global and Marginalizing World
SYMPOSIUM: The Role of Encyclopedic Museums in Complex Political Times (in Europe)
Epochal events such as Brexit and the threat of growing nationalism have shaken the art world and spurred it into action. Not only are the identity of Europe and its underlying democratic values being put to the test, but freedom of thought and artistic expression are increasingly at risk around the world. Museums and cultural institutions are thus increasingly forced to examine their role in society and their ethical mission.
The art-historical, cultural, ethnological, archaeological and design holdings of encyclopedic museums grant these collections a complex historical depth. Their collections can be viewed as a vocabulary shared by a global society and should be constantly questioned and re-evaluated with particular regard to their social responsibility. Today the great encyclopedic museums are again faced with the task of critically examining the processes by which knowledge related to their collections is generated, the taxonomies under which the collections are organized, the conditions surrounding the objects’ accession, the view of the world the display of such objects presents, how stories relating to the objects are (re-)constructed, and how they help write history. On the basis of these topics and their evaluation, the symposium will explore the question of what contribution public encyclopedic or ‘universal’ museums should, can, or may make, given the current polarization of society.
#SKDsymposium
Arthur Streeton
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Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton was an Australian landscape painter and leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism.
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History of Australian Art Part 4 - the Abstract Movement
Looks at Australian Art in the post-war era; painting, sculptures and installations, including many abstract works. Features art by Donald Friend, John Brack, Fred Williams, Charles Blackman, Jeffrey Smart and Brett Whitely.
藝苑掇英 Albert Tucker 阿爾伯特·塔克 (1914-1999) Expressionism Australia
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Albert Tucker was born in Melbourne, on 29 December 1914. His grandfather and namesake Albert Lee Tucker, MLA, was mayor of Fitzroy. By the time Albert was born his father, John Tucker, was working on railway maintenance. His mother Clara (née Davis) was aspirational, but with insufficient income the family found life difficult. Albert left school young and worked at subsistence jobs. By 1934 he was working at John Vickery’s commercial art studio in Collins Street and drawing freelance for women’s magazines. This brought him into contact with Melbourne’s creative artistic community, including the young modernist Sam Atyeo, and the conservative Sir John Longstaff. In 1933 he began attending evening classes at the Victorian Artists Society (VAS). Other evenings were spent at the old reading room of the State Library. He also haunted Gino Nibbi’s Leonardo Bookshop, and befriended the proprietor. Tucker exhibited for the first time at the VAS in 1933. A self portrait of 1937 attracted the attention of the Herald's art critic, Basil Burdett, and he left his full-time job. The same year he took some classes at the George Bell school but soon left,preferring to direct his own learning. Along with Bell and other discontented artists Tucker became a founding member of the Contemporary Art Society in 1938. In 1939 he bought a second hand camera, and it his photographs that so memorably records the life of the Angry Penguins circle in the 1940s.Through his friendship with Harry de Hartog and others he became involved in the Artists’ Branch of the Communist Party. From the late 1930s, Tucker’s art was increasingly influenced by Surrealism. His interest was endorsed by the art he saw in the 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, which featured works by Dali, Ernst, de Chirico and Picasso.
In 1938 he became romantically involved with Joy Hester, an art student from the National Gallery School who began attending Victorian Artists Society life drawing classes, and in 1939 they moved in together.
Tucker and Hester married on 1 January 1941. By this time John and Sunday Reed were financially supporting Tucker’s career as well as befriending Hester and encouraging her art. At Heide they were joined by Sidney Nolan, whose ménage à trois with the Reeds was public knowledge.
In 1942, after Japan entered the war Tucker enlisted in the medical corps. His status as an artist led to him making illustrations for the officers at the Wangaratta base and after a bout of pneumonia was medically discharged in October 1943. The sight of shell-shocked and profoundly injured soldiers newly returned from the front continued to haunt him for the rest of his life, and coloured the direction of his art.
Tucker began to paint works based on his disgust at the sexual promiscuity of young girls in times of war, a concern that evolved into a savage critique of strong female sexuality. Many of his paintings are dominated by a shape based on a full-lipped woman’s mouth, evolving into an agressive lipstick pink crescent, and this shape recurred for the rest of his painting life.
After leaving the Army, Tucker worked for a while with Arthur Boyd at his pottery at Murrumbeena, but then resumed work on bq). Images of Modern Evilbq). , an emotionally searing response to young girls, American soldiers and the War. On 4 February 1945 Joy gave birth to their son Sweeney (although Sunday later claimed that Tucker may not have been the father).
In early 1947 Tucker visited Japan, and saw the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, images that would always stay with him. He met with Japanese artists and painted portraits of American officers to raise money to buy cultured pearls for resale in Australia. On his return from Japan he was told that Joy had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease, and had two years to live. In his absence Joy had met the artist Gray Smith, and when she was told of her illness the marriage was over. Hester left Sweeney with Tucker who left the baby with the Reeds while he considered his future. He was eventually persuaded to allow them to adopt his son. It was a decision Tucker regretted for the rest of his life.
He died of a heart attack at a private hospital where Barbara had taken him for tests.
Albert Lee Tucker (29 December 1914 – 23 October 1999),was an Australian artist, and member of the Heide Circle, a group of modernist artists and writers that centred on the art patrons John and Sunday Reed, whose home, Heide, located in Bulleen, near Heidelberg (outside Melbourne), was a haven for the group.
阿爾伯特·李·塔克（Albert Lee Tucker，1914年12月29日至1999年10月23日）是一位澳大利亞藝術家，也是海德圈子的成員，該圈子是一群以藝術家和約翰·週日·里德（John and Sunday Reed）為家的現代主義藝術家和作家，他們的住所“海德”（Heide）該集團位於海德堡附近（墨爾本市郊）附近的布林，是該集團的避風港。
Discover Germany | My ... Nuremberg
If youre planning a trip to Germany let us know. Yusuf Turan from Turkey did just that. We met up with him in the Northern Bavarian city of Nuremberg.
Yusuf Turan is a teacher who visited Nuremberg as part of a European school project. We met up with him for a stroll through the medieval city centre. Yusuf headed for the citys landmark castle,which offers a fantastic view of the city. He was very impressed with the mix of historical and modern architecture. In the old city centre Yusuf pauses outside the Albrecht Dürer Museum. This is where the artist once lived and worked. Yusuf Turan is thrilled with the citys medieval flair and the many half timbered houses.
Then he heads for the citys toy museum with an electric toy railway in the courtyard. The day comes to a close with a stroll across the main market square with its fountain in the shape of a pyramid.
On weekdays the square is home to a fruit and vegetable market and is also the venue for several annual festivals as well as Germanys largest flea market and last but not least the world famous Christmas market.
Lessons from winning the Cold War at sea
At the outset of his presidency Ronald Reagan launched a major naval rearmament programme, with the famous target of a ‘600-ship navy’ and a forward maritime strategy to take on the Soviet Navy in its bastions. This talk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on 13 September 2018 featured one of the chief architects and drivers of this programme, Dr John Lehman.
Reagan's reassertion of US naval power had a significant impact on the latter stages of the Cold War. Today, the naval arena is being contested again in a way that it has not been since the Cold War, by both old and new actors. After significant post-Cold-War cuts, the US Navy is aiming for a new build-up to a 355-ship fleet. There may be lessons to be learned from the 1980s. In his new book, Oceans Ventured, Dr Lehman reveals some of the thinking and dynamics behind the Reagan build-up, and elaborates on some of the lessons for today.
Dr John F Lehman was Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987. Prior to that he served on the National Security Council staff under Dr Henry Kissinger, was deputy director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and served as a delegate to the Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks. He is chairman of J F Lehman and Company. In 2003/4 he served as a member of the 9/11 Commission. He also served for 25 years as a reserve US Navy aviator.
Introduction to Art of Nation: Australia’s official art and photography of the First World War
'Art of Nation: Australia’s official art and photography of the First World War' is a digital interpretation of the earliest plans for the Australian War Memorial. Australian official war historian and Memorial founder Charles Bean sketched the design for this building in 1919 as he returned home to Australia following the First World War. That design has been digitally created here for the first time.
Rare Bites: Ethiopian Magic Scrolls
Rare Bites is a series of informal and entertaining 30 minute lunchtime talks showcasing items from Rare Books & Special Collections at the University of Sydney Library. Associate Professor Jay Johnston is an interdisciplinary scholar in the School of Literature, Art and Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She discusses two Ethiopic Coptic Christian magic scrolls and the remarkable images they contain, exploring who may have created them and their context of use. Could these objects have played a role in personal health, relationships and/or protection?
Your defining moments – Melbourne
Mikey Robins hits the streets of Melbourne to find out what people think are the defining moments in Australian history. Suggestions include the arrival of the First Fleet, Julia Gillard becoming Australia’s first female prime minister, the post-war immigration boom, and Federation. We want to know what you think is the defining moment in our history. More:
Session 1/ Australian art: Landscape and Country
This video will provide you with an in-depth look at Australian art / From ancient rock art to the digital image, Australian art has a long and compelling history. Presented by Angela Goddard, Director, Griffith University Art Museum, this is a thought-provoking look at aspects of Australian art history, with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Collection as a guide.
Each session will be followed by a Q&A with an Australian artist and interactive discussions to further explore and debate ideas relating to the session’s theme.
Session 1: Kinly Grey
Session 2: Anne Wallace
Session 3: Dale Harding
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Voyages And Travels, Scenes In Many Lands, Leo De Colange, 1887
Voyages And Travels, Scenes In Many Lands, Leo De Colange, 1887
2 Volumes
With Eight Hundred And Fifty Illustrations On Wood And Steel Of Views From All Parts Of The World
Comprising Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Palaces, Cathedrals, Castles, Abbeys, And Ruins
With Original Descriptions By The Best Authors
Edited By Leo De Colange, LL. D.
This exquisite set is a very rare find, it documents scenes from all around the world with photogravures, wood engravings and steel engravings. All of which are high quality craftsmanship, take a look at the photographs below, and remember that these are just a few examples, there are 850 illustrations to be viewed in these 2 volumes! The steel engravings are breathtaking and each is tissue paper protected.
Contents
VOLUME 1
Rome
Tivoli
Paris
Russia
St. Petersburg
Novgorod
Moscow
Siberia
Chateaux And Churches Of France
Belgium
Meissen
Treves
Zeeland And Holland
Strasburg
The Black Forest
Heidelberg
Wurtemberg
Bavaria
Down The Danube
Transylvania And the Turkish Principalities
Mount Athos And Athens
Sicily And The Lipari Islands
The Temples Of Paestum
Siena
Vintimiglia
Spain
VOLUME 2
Portugal
Africa
The Nile
Madagascar
Mauritius
Constantinople
Asiatic Turkey
Nineveh
Babylon
Persia
India
Indo-China
Australia
China
Japan
Sandwich Islands
California
Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Cuba
Guiana
Brazil
Peru
Norway
Denmark
Poland
The German Empire (Germany)
Down The Rhine
Great Britain
The United States
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Arthur Streeton's 'Honesty and artichokes'. 1889, with scrolled parchment in bottle
Artist, Hadyn Wilson. Exhibition: 'An Historical Novel. An Archive of Found Artefacts'
Exhibition touring NERAM (New England Regional Art Museum), Armidale in August 2019
Every Boardroom needs an Artist
This year YSC celebrated its 25th anniversary by inviting 13 emerging artists from the Julian Ashton Art School to paint portraits of prominent CEO's.
The Judging and event night took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Australia, on the 11th November 2015
FREE CROATIAN GENERALS SYDNEY RALLY 26.04.2011
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 26.04.2011 FREEDOM FOR GOTOVINA AND MARKAC PEACEFUL RALLY .