Sasha Grishin reviews George Gittoes' autobiography Blood Mystic for the 'Sydney Review of Books'.
Read 'Through the Contemporary Darkness' here.

The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture will be hosting a contemporary Stations of the Cross exhibition which will be opened on March 17 at the Chapel of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture.
The evening begins with a curator's tour by Rev Dr Douglas Purnell OAM at 6pm followed by the official opening by Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA, at 7pm.

• Location: 15 Blackall Street, Barton
• Registration: [email protected]
  

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    Awakening the Sacred is the fifth in a series of conferences presented by The Sacred in Literature and the Arts (SLA) community of interest at ACU that brings Australian and international writers, artists, musicians, academics, religious and members of the general public together to discuss the interplay between the arts and the sacred.  Previous conferences have included Writing the Sacred (2012), Addressing the Sacred (2013), Sounding the Sacred (2014) and Grounding the Sacred (2015).

Friday    7    July    –    Saturday    8    July    2017    Australian    Catholic    University,    25A    Barker    Road,    Strathfield    NSW    2135
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Giuseppe Modica was born in Mazara del Vallo in 1953. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, and now lives in Rome, where he is full professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. A “solo traveler” who does not easily assimilate with other group tendencies, he is a “metaphysically new” originator who combines tradition with innovation. Modica has been appreciated by art historians and critics such as M. Fagiolo, V. Sgarbi, G. Giuf-
frè, and C. Strinati, and by great writers like L. Sciascia and A. Tabucchi. Modica has exhibited his works at prestigious solo exhibitions in Milan, Rome, Paris, Cologne, Bologna, Florence and Palermo, as well as at organisations, institutions and museums: Aosta, Tour Fromage; Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti; Treviso, Casa dei Carraresi; Roma, Complesso del Vittoriano; Arezzo, Galleria Civica; Palermo, Loggiato di San Bartolomeo; Marsala, Galleria Civica; Roma, Palazzo Venezia. His works have also been on show at international art festivals such as: VIII International Cairo Biennale; XIII Rome Quadriennale; VI Biennial of Engraving, Milan; Novecento Siciliano, Minsk, Moscow, Barcellona and Palermo; Milano Arte Italiana 1968-2007, Palazzo Reale; 54th Venice Biennale, Arsenal, Italian

Exhibition of paintings by Giuseppe Modica in the presence of the artist
Opening night Thursday, 8 December 2016 @ 6 pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Level 4, 125 York St. Sydney
The exhibition will be opened by
H.E. the Ambassador of Italy Pier Francesco Zazo
Introduction by Emeritus Professor
Alexander (Sasha) Grishin AM, FAHA
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Cocktail
RSVP by Friday, December 2  E: [email protected] or phone +61 2 9261 1780 The exhibition will continue until  Friday, 27 January 2017
Opening hours: Mo-Th 9.30 am to 5.30 pm - Fr 9.30 am to 1 pm
Pavilion; Bad Frankenhausen Panorama Museum.

The Mayor, Councillor Peter Abelson and fellow Councillors of Mosman cordially invite you to

PAPER VISIONARY

Works on paper by Ruth Faerber from the Mosman Art Collection

To be opened by Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA Australian National University
6.30pm, Friday 2 December 2016
Mosman Art Gallery, Cnr Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Road, Mosman RSVP by Tuesday 29 November2016    www.trybooking.com/237247

Ruth Faerber is an important artist in the history of Australian printmaking and hand-made paper based art forms.
Recognised nationally for her role as educator, critic and artist, Ruth has also been a three time winner  in the non-painting category of the Mosman Art Prize during the 1970s and 1980s. As a result of these acquisitions  as well as generous donations from the artist to the Gallery, we are fortunate to be able to display a series of works  spanning five decades of her artistic career.
During this exhibition period there will be additional selected highlights from the Mosman Art Collection  on display including works by Noel Counihan and John Brack.
image: Ruth Faerber, Every age is a dream that is dying, 2003, Mosman Art Collection

MOSMAN ART GALLERY   Cnr Art Gallery Way & Myahgah Road, Mosman NSW 2088
Tel: (02) 9978 4178    Fax: (02) 9978 4135    Email: [email protected]    www.mosmanartgallery.org.au Opening hours: 10am – 5pm, 7 days.  Closed public holidays.

Sasha Grishin has published a review of the 'Nude from the Tate' exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in The Conversation. Connect to Sasha's review here.