It’s summer,1984, and a fire has broken out in a castle in Púbol, a small town in the Baix Emporda province of Catalonia, Spain. The…
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The Visiting Monarchs
Guest post by Andonis Georgiou When any of the British Royal Family visit Australia there is much excitement, media attention and, sometimes, debate. But, currently…
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Peggy Guggenheim Opens My Eyes
In my life I have walked into an art exhibition exactly twice and been gobsmackingly awestruck. While I hope there are many more instances to…
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Glasgow School of Art Library Lost
Friday was a sad day for the art and design world with fire engulfing the Glasgow School of Art in the city’s heart, destroying the…
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Italian Police Fight Crime With Stolen Art App
It’s 1975 in Turin, Italy, as a worker from the local Fiat factory attends an Italian Railway auction of lost property. He spies…
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The ‘Spook School’-Art Nouveau comes to Scotland.
The Glasgow Four & The Emergence of Glasgow Style Through the 1890’s the Scottish city of Glasgow was enjoying the position of being a major metropolis…
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Pentimento Moustache
Imagine being appointed court painter to the King, any King –at just 24 years of age. Imagine leading this life until your death at 61.Imagine…
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Margaret Olley
The prolific Margaret Hannah Olley AC (24 June 1923 – 26 July 2011) was a major contributor to Australian art with her uplifting works. Margaret was the subject…
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Gauguin..Gauguin..Gone…?
Paul Gauguin, Self-Portrait, Les Misérables 1888, Van Gogh Museum. For a successful stockbroker and self taught artist, French post impressionist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) appeared to have had no shortage…
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