I’m plodding my way through my endless “to do” list before we head overseas. Packing was temporarily delayed as I allocated myself a few minutes sulking time after I discovered that my favourite, versatile fine black merino jumper (or jersey in kiwi parlance) has been munched by some moths. Argh…Going through every cupboard and drawer […]
Aboriginal Art
Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Tomorrow is the opening day of the Utopia exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra. Since I don’t expect to be able to view this magnificent collection of works by aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye in person, I am very pleased to see that the National Museum website contains some images and informative commentary. After […]
Utopia: So near & yet so far
After a highly acclaimed season at the National Museum of Art in Osaka and the National Art Centre in Tokyo, the exhibition Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is coming to the National Museum of Australia. I was looking forward to seeing her paintings in person while I am in the capital for the […]
Totally Floored
It’s been a dull, but productive, morning as I prepared the floorplan diagram for the Sydney Quilt Show 2008 catalogue. The allocated exhibition area has a different configuration this year so I decided to start the diagram afresh rather than trying to modify diagrams from previous years. Now at least I can cross this job […]
Win an Abie Loy Kemarre Painting
I have previously mentioned the online gallery presented by the Central Art Aboriginal Art Store which features a variety of artists and styles and covers a wide range of price brackets. Now the Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all its mailing list subscribers, as well as any new members that join the Central […]
Inspirational Aboriginal Art
Following our exploration of colour, line and shape in the Royal Botanic Gardens last month, Erica and I made our way to the adjacent Art Gallery of NSW where our focus was on the following collections: the Australian (20th century) collection; the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander collection; and the international contemporary collection. Unfortunately, I […]
