Archibald Prize, AGNSW – On Tour at Tarrawarra Museum of Art
The regionally based Tarrawarra Museum of Art will present an exclusive viewing of finalists and winners of the Archibald Prize 2019 for Victorians and visitors
Landscape
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, 2019
The Southern Hemisphere’s largest horticultural event the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show will be presented by Lawn Solutions March 27 – 31, 2019
NGV: 2018 Architecture Commission – Doubleground Unveiled
My visit to the Grollo Equiset Garden at the NGV to view its 2018 Architectural Commission Doubleground was all in all an experience to both admire and treasure
NGV Triennial – NGV Architecture Commission & Akio Makigawa
NGV Architecture Commission part of the NGV Triennial of Contemporary Art & Cesign & the exhibition Akio Makigawa: Spirit & Memory contribute to cultural growth
Sargent: Portraits of Artists & Friends – On Show at The Met
Artist John Singer Sargent was devoted to the creation of beauty, reflected in the show Sargent: Portraits of Artists & Friends at The Met, New York until Oct 4
William Kent and the English idyll – The Quest for Nature
William Kent English architect, interior designer, painter & landscape architect ‘leaped the fence’ & saw all nature was a garden’ & designed the perfect house
Fallingwater
Twentieth century American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), greatly influenced by the art forms of Japan, placed an emphasis on horizontal lines. His innate understanding of the philosophies of Taoist Zen Buddhism are evident in his design for one of his most successful compositions, a house and garden entitled Fallingwater….
Christie’s Art
It was in 1762 that James Christie established himself, and successive members of his family, as an auctioneer in Pall Mall at London. By the time this portrait was painted in 1778 he had moved to commercial premises adjacent to the painter Thomas Gainsborough’s residence where this portrait was rendered…