Art (Featured)
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Why John Byrne is one of Scotland’s greatest artists
During an illustrious career he has traversed a number of cultural genres with success as an artist, playwright and scriptwriter…
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Pablo Picasso was not a lone genius creator – he was at the centre of several creative hubs, and changed the course of western art
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is not presented as the lone genius creator – a mythology promoted by the artist himself –…
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Raphael: it’s time we stopped dismissing Italy’s great painter as style over substance
In 1848, a new group of painters who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood identified the art of Raphael as a watershed moment…
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Henri Matisse was an artist of colour and sensuous line; an unerring eye until the end
It was a tapestry, Polynesia, newly acquired for the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW. Joanna Mendelssohn The Conversation…
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Yearning for touch — a photo essay
Among the performers were three videographers and two photographers. Cherine Fahd The Conversation Their role was to record a loosely…
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An exclusive tour of Ai Weiwei’s new work
A huge new artwork by Ai Weiwei in Prague attempts to put our attention back on the global refugee… BBC…
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How modern technology is reshaping Thailand’s ancient animist beliefs
Mass urbanisation and an increasingly interconnected world are pushing animism to embrace the 21st century David Hutt Southeast Asia Globe Magazine…
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‘There’s definitely a global movement to eradicate women’s rights’: Garbage singer Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson, frontwoman of 90s indie band Garbage, is bewildered. ABC Monique Schafter “Why any woman would want to divorce…
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