Magnificent - Louise Herron (Wed 30 Mar 2016)

portrait - Adelaide (Tue 29 Mar 2016)

Louise Herron on Magnificent:

I have to say I think it looks magnificent in here.

[ Joern Utzon, Sydney Opera House, tapestry ]

via Room for more art as Sydney Opera House unveils Le Corbusier tapestry by Andrew Taylor.

Surprise - Mikala Dwyer (Tue 15 Mar 2016

curate - UTS / Ultimo (Thu 17 Mar 2016)

Mikala Dwyer on Surprise:

It effectively curates itself, .. It sets up .. a wonderful surprise element. You can't possibly imagine how it's going to work. It just explodes with choice.

via Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize celebrates 20 years uniting established and emerging artists by Elisha Blake.

Art - Philip Geftermarch / Walker Evans (Wed 16 Mar 2016)

frame, window - Chippendale (Wed 16 Mar 2016)

Philip Geftermarch on Art:

art .. [is] an act of taking, collecting, isolating and assembling in new contexts [on Walker Evans and Art]

via A Bygone Time Captured Through the Lens of Walker Evans by Philip Geftermarch.

Diversity - Lara Merrett (Wed 02 Mar 2016)

untitled - Chippendale (Wed 02 Mar 2016)

Lara Merrett on Diversity:

We need spaces in between

via Birmingham Street Studios bring art and soul to the city for Art Month by Nick Galvin.

Portraiture - Del Kathryn Barton (Sat 27 Feb 2016)

NUFINK - Newtown (Sat 30 Jan 2016)

Del Kathryn Barton on Portraiture:

I really value the discipline that portraiture brings .. it really shows you the limitations of your work

via Spectrum Now ambassador and artist Del Kathryn Barton on how art saved her life by Myffy Rigby.

Letting Go - Del Kathryn Barton (Sat 27 Feb 2016)

untitled - Alexandria (Fri 19 Feb 2016)

Del Kathryn Barton on Letting Go:

as I get older I've developed skills for letting go and just accepting

via Spectrum Now ambassador and artist Del Kathryn Barton on how art saved her life by Myffy Rigby.

Maths - Cindy Lawrence (Thu 11 Feb 2016)

orange - Alexandria (Thu 11 Feb 2016)

Cindy Lawrence on Maths:

[it's] about elegance and beauty and posing a question and trying to find a more beautiful way to answer it.

via STEAM: How art can help maths students by Tom Joyner.

Challenge - Cigdem Aydemir (Tue 02 Feb 2016)

untitled - Ultimo (Wed 27 Jan 2016)

Cigdem Aydemir on Challenge:

we constantly find ourselves in need to be challenged and questioned

via Blake Prize entrant Sydney artist Cigdem Aydemir uses art to unveil by Andrew Stephens.

Art - Brian Rose (Fri 15 Jan 2016)

leaves - Ultimo (Fri 15 Jan 2016)

Brian Rose on Art:

Art can be exciting, ground breaking, thought provoking, moving, even beautiful.

via New York/Ocean of Images by Brian Rose.

Art - Arthur Boyd (Dec 1995)

Untitled (Shoalhaven Landscape) (Detail) - APH / Canberra (Sun 10 Jan 2016)

Arthur Boyd on Art:

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

via Beneath the Landscape, Independent Monthly, Dec 1995/Jan 1996 by David Langsam.

Art - Bill Hensen (Thu 10 Jul 2008)

Untitled (Shoalhaven Landscape) (Detail) - APH / Canberra (Sun 10 Jan 2016)

Bill Hensen on Art:

The greatness of art comes from the ambiguities ... it stops us from knowing what to think

via The greatness of art comes from the ambiguities (Thu 10 Jul 2008) by Bill Hensen.

Art - Micheal Leunig (Fri 18 Jul 2008)

Untitled (Shoalhaven Landscape) (Detail) - APH / Canberra (Sun 10 Jan 2016)

Michael Leunig on Art:

Art is about the messy and marvellous business of coming to your senses and also, to the senses of the world

via A brush with Arthur Boyd by Michael Leunig.

Art - Tom Roberts (Tue 08 July 1890)

Untitled - NGA / Canberra (Sun 10 Jan 2016)

Tom Roberts on Art:

by making art the perfect expression of one time and one place, it becomes art for all times and all places

via Tom Roberts, Letter to the Editor - The Argus, 4 July 1890, p. 10 by Tom Roberts.

Difficult - Betty Churcher (Wed 04 Mar 2015)

Art Gallery - Chippendale (Mon 04 Jan 2016)

Betty Churcher on Difficulty:

It was almost too difficult to do, but not too difficult to do. And we did it. ...

via Facing mortality and embracing passions - Betty Churcher tackles inoperable cancer through action by Leigh Sales.