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Closing on 21 September 2025, C茅zanne to Giacometti marks the first time works of art from one of the most significant hubs of modern art in Germany 鈥� the Museum Berggruen collection 鈥� have been shown in Australia.
Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationgalerie
Artist Profile 29 Aug, 2025C茅zanne to Giacometti is a rich and challenging exhibition that in a direct manner sets out to make a touring exhibition of European 鈥渕asterpieces鈥� more relevant to an Australian audience.
2022
This seductive exhibition should secure the National Art School鈥檚 permanent survival
Sydney Morning Herald 26 Oct, 2022History has been the National Art School鈥檚 best defence against the depredations of narrow-minded politicians and bureaucrats.
2017
Peter Powditch retrospectives reveal the pain and pleasure of an artist's life
Sydney Morning Herald 13 Apr, 2017Pop to Popism, held at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2014, was not a show that left glowing memories, but one work has remained lodged in my mind.
2016
The You Beaut Country: a brilliant retrospective of John Olsen's art at the National Gallery of Victoria
Sydney Morning Herald 20 Sep, 2016John Olsen is one of Australia's most recognised artists and at 88 he is also one of the most respected elders of the tribe.
If painting is dead, as some art critics say, nobody told John Olsen. "I'd like to know the time of death," he says with the brightest of glints in his eye. "I'm alive. So painting isn't dead."