Category Archives: The Art Gallery

Celebrity Pictures Painting

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the leading figure in American cultural life of the nineteenth century. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and famous personalities in the world at his death in … Continue reading

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a serene showcase for serious artists

PRUE GIBSON discusses four artists from a gallery in Darlinghurst which has whatever of the most serene accumulation spaces in Sydney. Galore moneymaking galleries are led by spectacular, and occasionally disreputable, figureheads who create a proper art aesthetic for their … Continue reading

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Coffin’s Emblem Defies Certainty

When the remains of hundreds of colonial-era Africans were uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, one coffin in particular stood out. Nailed into its wooden lid were iron tacks, 51 of which formed an enigmatic, heart-shaped … Continue reading

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TarraWarra on the Yarra

JEREMY ECCLES charts a celebratory course to taste art in the Yarra Valley. TarraWarra Museum of Art Healesville Tuesday to Sunday, 11am–5pm TarraWarra Museum of Art (TWMA) is extolled by its director, the legendary Maudie Palmer, as “the first significant … Continue reading

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