An occasional look at Art, Artists, Collectors and Museums in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Weavers, Merchants and Kings, the exhibition at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum that celebrates the 70th anniversary of Cadrys Rugs and recognises the Cadry family’s decades of generosity as Powerhouse donors.
The exhibition features many historic woven objects, including a world-first display of a rare and enormous Royal Persian Dorokhsh carpet.
While examining the various items on display, Tim Stackpool discusses the history of Persian textiles and their introduction of the designs and patterns to Australia with curator and anthropologist Professor Pedram Khosronejad.
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from the Australian Arts Channel.
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Astronomy, Astrology and the Islamic Arts and Sciences.
Shireen Taweel has undertaken an arts residency at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, researching designing and creating works that cross the boundaries of space, time, culture and belief.
Shireen discusses with curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad the challenges and satisfaction derived from investigating the power not only underlying the construction and discoveries of science, but also of the power of connecting science, art and culture.
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from the Australian Arts Channel.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Best known for his bold modernist work, Sidney Nolan elevated the mythology of the Australian bush to global prominence and earned himself a place among the most significant artists of the 20th century.
Yet his deeply expressive response to the Holocaust of the 2nd World War, where around 6 and a half million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazis, has until now remained pretty much unseen and unknown.
An exhibition of the works at the Sydney Jewish Museum uncovers an important chapter in his life and work: a series of images painted with great intensity during 1961, as the Adolf Eichmann trial came to a close and as Nolan prepared to visit Auschwitz.
Museum curator Roslyn Sugarman discusses the exhibition, the preparation, and the chance meeting that uncovered this otherwise unseen body of Sidney Nolan's work.
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from the Australian Arts Channel.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Sydney Contemporary returns this year from the 8th until the 11th of September with the country’s largest and most diverse gathering of leading galleries.
The fair welcomes over 90 galleries showcasing the work of over 450 leading and emerging artists. Sydney Contemporary provides collectors, industry professionals and the art-loving public access to cutting-edge art from some of the world’s most respected artists and galleries as well as the opportunity to discover new, emerging talent.
Fair director Barry Keldoulis talks about the physical return of one of the most celebrated events on Australia’s cultural calendar.
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from the Australian Arts Channel.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Curated by Tate UK and drawn from their prestigious collection, the LIGHT exhibition at ACMI explores the influence of light, shade and darkness across the world of art, imagery and cinema with works by Joseph Mallord, William Turner (including his epic painting The Deluge exhibited for the first time in Australia), Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Joseph Albers, Tacita Dean, Liliane Lijn, James Turrell, Yayoi Kusama and Olafur Eliasso.
Kerryn Greenberg, former Head of International Collection Exhibitions, Tate, discusses the process of gathering some of the world’s most valuable artworks into this touring exhibition, the significance of these works for local audiences and the remarkable Tate collection more broadly.
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals, and the Australian Arts Channel.
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Marco Fusinato’s DESASTRES, curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor is an experimental noise project that synchronises sound with images on a large screen and takes the form of a durational solo performance as installation.
Fusinato performs live in the Australian pavilion for the duration of the Venice Biennale using an electric guitar as a signal generator into mass amplification, to improvise slabs of noise, saturated feedback and discordant intensities that trigger a deluge of images.
The resulting all-consuming experience is open for the audience to interpret and make sense of. There is a link to vision from the pavilion available at www.desastresdesastres.com
A transcript of this interview is available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: This edition contains coarse language that some listeners might find confronting.