ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

“Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible” The Conversation, June 9, 2023 https://theconversation.com/pierre-bonnard-the-master-of-shimmering-luminosity-who-painted-difficult-paintings-and-yet-made-them-lucid-and-accessible-200735
 
“Nothing is left to chance and every detail is carefully calculated: the hyperrealistic (and divisive) paintings of Michael Zavros”, The Conversation, June 26, 2023 https://theconversation.com/nothing-is-left-to-chance-and-every-detail-is-carefully-calculated-the-hyperrealistic-and-divisive-paintings-of-michael-zavros-200160
 
Kandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebrating the transformative power of art https://theconversation.com/kandinsky-at-the-art-gallery-of-new-south-wales-a-precious-gem-of-a-show-celebrating-the-transformative-power-of-art-215598
 
“Pablo Picasso was not a lone genius creator – he was at the centre of several creative hubs, and changed the course of western art” June 10, 2022 https://theconversation.com/pablo-picasso-was-not-a-lone-genius-creator-he-was-at-the-centre-of-several-creative-hubs-and-changed-the-course-of-western-art-181329

‘This show exceeds the hype’: NGV’s Queer advances a beautiful and challenging reading of the queer gaze in art, March 11, 2022 https://theconversation.com/this-show-exceeds-the-hype-ngvs-queer-advances-a-beautiful-and-challenging-reading-of-the-queer-gaze-in-art-176005

“Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities”, January 12, 2022 https://theconversation.com/bark-ladies-how-womens-yolnu-bark-paintings-break-with-convention-and-embrace-artists-strong-personalities-174340

“Friday essay: amid a war on culture, are Australia’s art schools an endangered species?”, September 4, 2022 https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-amid-a-war-on-culture-are-australias-art-schools-an-endangered-species-144928

“Storylines + Songlines: Contemporary Australian Art from the Arthur & Suzie Roe Collection” Justin Art House Museum, September 2020 https://www.jahm.com.au/ss-essay

Review: “An orgy of sunlight, colour and hedonism: the French Impressionists are an oasis in a gloomy Australia” review
https://theconversation.com/an-orgy-of-sunlight-colour-and-hedonism-the-french-impressionists-are-an-oasis-in-a-gloomy-australia-163268

Review. J. Mendelssohn, C De Lorenzo, A Inglis and C Speck,  Australian Art Exhibitions: Opening our eyes, Thames & Hudson, Sydney Review of Books, 1 March 2019, https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/australian-art-exhibitions-opening-our-eyes/
 
Review. “Nothing quite prepares you for the impact of this exhibition’: Haring Basquiat at the NGV”, The Conversation, December 3, 2019 https://theconversation.com/nothing-quite-prepares-you-for-the-impact-of-this-exhibition-haring-basquiat-at-the-ngv-128100
 
Review, “Civilization: The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future”, The Conversation, September 17, 2019 https://theconversation.com/civilization-the-way-we-live-now-powerful-troubling-photographs-of-a-crowded-planet-and-uncertain-future-123593
 
Review, “Transforming the incidental into the memorable: the enigmatic art of Rosslynd Piggott”, The Conversation, April 15, 2019 https://theconversation.com/transforming-the-incidental-into-the-memorable-the-enigmatic-art-of-rosslynd-piggott-115452
 
Review, “A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch”, The Conversation, March 6, 2019 https://theconversation.com/a-noisy-passionate-show-from-an-artist-in-a-hurry-quilty-has-just-one-emotional-pitch-112943
 
Book launch: Caroline Field, Australian Galleries, The Purves Family Business, The First Four Decades 1956-1999, launched in Melbourne October 31, 2019 https://australiangalleries.com.au/australian-galleries-book-launch-opened-by-emeritus-professor-sasha-grishin-am-faha/

Review, “Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge”, The Conversation, December 4, 2018 https://theconversation.com/escher-x-nendo-will-surprise-delight-and-challenge-108036

Review, “Art Gallery SA goes back to Impressionism’s colourful roots with masterpieces from Musee d'Orsay”, The Conversation, March 29, 2018, https://theconversation.com/art-gallery-sa-goes-back-to-impressionisms-colourful-roots-with-masterpieces-from-musee-dorsay-94163

Review, “MoMA at NGV is a landmark exhibition – rich, dazzling and profoundly visually exciting”, The Conversation, June 12, 2018, https://theconversation.com/moma-at-ngv-is-a-landmark-exhibition-rich-dazzling-and-profoundly-visually-exciting-98148

Book review in the Sydney Review of Books: Anthony Bond (ed.), ARTAND Foundation, Sydney, 2018, ISBN 9780994353559
 https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/piano-man/

Review, “Gareth Sansom – Transformer: visual ambushes, black humour and naughty pleasures”, The Conversation, September 18, 2017, https://theconversation.com/gareth-sansom-transformer-visual-ambushes-black-humour-and-naughty-pleasures-84197

Review: “A maverick on fabric: the strange, unconventional art of Jenny Watson”, The Conversation, July 25, 2017, http://theconversation.com/a-maverick-on-fabric-the-strange-unconventional-art-of-jenny-watson-81394
 
http://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/blood-mystic-george-gittoes-review/
 
http://theconversation.com/whiteley-a-seductive-cinematic-portrait-of-a-serious-artist-77312
 
http://theconversation.com/the-schoolgirls-of-charles-blackman-haunting-works-from-a-politically-innocent-age-76692

"Review: The naked nude from the Tate", The Conversation, November 7, 2016, https://theconversation.com/review-the-naked-nude-from-the-tate-68324

“Brett Whiteley: Art, life, and the other thing” by Ashleigh Wilson, 4000 word review in The Sydney Review of Books, 2 August 2016,
http://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/brett-whiteley-art-life-and-the-other-thing/
 
“Friday essay: Silver-tongued Turnbull fails to woo the arts vote”, The Conversation, March 4, 2016, https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-silver-tongued-turnbull-fails-to-woo-the-arts-vote-55132
 
“A surprising spectacle rescues the Sydney Biennale from irrelevance”, The Conversation, March 17, 2016 https://theconversation.com/a-surprising-spectacle-rescues-the-sydney-biennale-from-irrelevance-56417
 
‘Experiments with light: James Turrell dazzles at the NGA’, The Conversation, 8 January 2015 https://theconversation.com/experiments-with-light-james-turrell-dazzles-at-the-nga-35677
 
‘Celebrating Melbourne bohemians at the State Library of Victoria, The Conversation, 16 January 2015 https://theconversation.com/celebrating-melbourne-bohemians-at-the-state-library-of-victoria-35846
 
‘Review: Jan Senbergs' paintings are a brilliant shock to the senses’, The Conversation, 4 February 2015 https://theconversation.com/review-jan-senbergs-paintings-are-a-brilliant-shock-to-the-senses-37035
 
‘Is that a Whiteley?  Why collectors buy lousy fakes as masterpieces?’ The Conversation, 19 March 2015, https://theconversation.com/is-that-a-whiteley-why-collectors-buy-lousy-fakes-as-masterpieces-38832
 
‘John Wolseley, artist, emerges as a lyrical poet and prophet’, The Conversation, 1May 2015 https://theconversation.com/john-wolseley-artist-emerges-as-a-lyrical-poet-and-a-prophet-41500
 
‘The Byzantine icon’, The Hellenic Foundation for Culture, http://hfc-worldwide.org/blog/2015/01/31/byzantine-icon/
 
‘Sculpture by the Sea is thriving on the coast of Denmark’, The Conversation, 23 June 2015 https://theconversation.com/sculpture-by-the-sea-is-thriving-on-the-coast-of-denmark-43642
 
‘As they are: Colonial life and the art of ST Gill’, Trouble Magazine, 6 October 2015, http://www.troublemag.com/colonial-life-and-the-art-of-s-t-gill/
 
‘The late Gordon Darling and the gentle art of philanthropy’, The Conversation, 22 September 2015 http://theconversation.com/the-late-gordon-darling-and-the-gentle-art-of-philanthropy-47854
 
‘The Art Market is failing Australian artists’, The Conversation, 27 November 2015 https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-art-market-is-failing-australian-artists-51314
 
‘Likenesses of the soul: Eikon at the Art Gallery of Ballarat’, The Conversation, 5 November 2014 https://theconversation.com/likenesses-of-the-soul-eikon-at-the-art-gallery-of-ballarat-33722
 
‘Sculpture in the bush: A strong year for the McClelland Prize’, The Conversation, 3 December 2014 https://theconversation.com/sculpture-in-the-bush-a-strong-year-for-the-mclelland-prize-34811
 
‘How hierarchies happen in contemporary Australian art’, The Conversation, 9 December 2014 https://theconversation.com/how-hierarchies-happen-in-contemporary-australian-art-35088
 
‘Getting up close to the works of Chuck Close at Sydney’s MCA’, The Conversation, 11 December 2014 https://theconversation.com/getting-up-close-to-the-work-of-chuck-close-at-sydneys-mca-35096

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