Australia
National Gallery – Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed
Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed currently on show at the National Gallery of Australia is a traveling exhibition of works by arguably Australia, and certainly Victoria’s most important colonial landscape painter
Australia’s CEO Challenge, ACT as 1 Champion Societal Change
Join the Twilight Walk & Candle-lighting Ceremony at Brisbane on May 2, 2012 between 4 – 6pm. It marks the beginning of Domestic Violence month in Australia.
Australia – A Multicultural Celebration of Life
In Australia life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are objectives we are all seeking to embrace. If we are however to continue going forward as a nation, and as an integral part of an enlightened global society we must surely ensure that the values and aims we all share remain as an important focus at the forefront of our laws and culture.
Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW – May Celebrations
On the Weekend of May 12th & 13 at the Art Gallery of NSW you can view one of the country’s ‘finest collections of Australian art, from colonial times to the contemporary age’ FREE
The Georgian Era – Monarchs, Middling People, Music & Mozart
The Georgian era (1714 – 1830) in England, from monarchs to middling people and to music supplied by Mozart, was truly a great gaze that began on horseback and ended in a railway carriage
Giving Dollars of Goodness – Join CafeSmart Initiative 2012
At Melbourne on Friday August 10th 2012, the StreetSmart initiative CafeSmart will bring together coffee roasters, cafes and coffee drinkers around the country to help people who are experiencing homelessness
“What’s a Weekend” – Is a 7Day Working Week a Fait Accompli?
The paradigm shift we are experiencing on such a massive scale only happens every 100 years or so. And, as history reveals, it is only those who bend with the strength of a bamboo rod in the breeze and then spring back upright, that survive.
Easter, Anzac, Eggs and Chocolate Bunnies, calling on Christ
Easter, Anzac, cggs and chocolate bunnies – calling on Jesus, the Christ for clarity. Has it become more difficult for us today because we have known the fear of losing so much that now we are almost too frightened to win?
Queensland Ballet Wonderland for François Klaus’s Final Year
In his final year at the helm of the Queensland Ballet Francois Klaus has lost none of his passion or the commitment he is renowned for in imagining Wonderland.
Archibald Prize Winner 2012 Tim Storrier – Humour and Pathos
How great is artist, raconteur, amateur poet and passionate Australian Tim Storrier’s portrait of himself, which has won the Archibald Prize for 2012. Humble, full of humour and pathos, that interior universe to which man is drawn, attracted by its complexities and contradictions. It certainly implies that something more than just simple emotion is going [...]
Quiver – Artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox’s April Exhibition
An exploration of nature, especially the transcultural symbol ‘the tree of life’ motif, is an objective of the latest exhibition to go on show of the much acclaimed artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox. It will be held in the Graydon Gallery at New Farm in Brisbane commencing on April 17th 2012. The Tree of Life represents the [...]
Queensland – A State of Great Optimism & Crucible for Change
The first Mayor at Brisbane guided a community of free men in a city yet to be made. In just 150 short years their vision has been exceeded many times. The change they encouraged others to embrace has been constant as well as socially progressive and today Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, which is a state of great optimism and a dynamic crucible for change.
PostModern – Pursuing the Past to Attain the Peak of Chic
Postmodernism (1970-1990) ranged from fashion to folly, from the luxurious to the ludicrous, from theory to theatre as it spawned out of control consumerism. It also grew a corporate design culture, which became encircled by money, wealth and power. Stylistically and realistically it all had to come to an end. Finally it collapsed under the weight of its own success.
Castor et Pollux, Tragédie en Musique – Pinchgut Opera 2012
Castor and Pollux by French composer Jean Philippe Rameau is all about eloquence and musical intelligence. The Pinchgut Opera at Sydney, whose reputation for excellence is renowned, will be sure to achieve another triumph and lead a revival and interest in French music of the Baroque era when they present this musical masterpiece in December 2012.
Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin – Artistic Vision @ Qld Ballet
Li Cunxin, the ballet dancer, who literally leaped into the limelight when he published his best selling autobiography Mao’s Last Dancer in 2003, will take centre stage at the helm of the Queensland Ballet at the end of 2012, the final year for present artistic director Francois Klaus.
Rupert Bunny – An Australian Artist at Paris
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius* In the landscape of Australian painting history Rupert Bunny (1864 – 1947) is a significant figure. He inserted himself effortlessly into French Parisian life during the so-called ‘Belle Epoque’ or beautiful era. He demonstrated, through his painting a genuine love of his time and the [...]
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