Chuck Close talks to Artwriter about his hit MCA exhibition in Sydney
Feb 10th
With the Chuck Close exhibition closing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia on March 1, I'm posting a full transcript of my interview with Close which took place on Skype. Close was in New York, and it was just before the exhibition, Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration, opened in late 2014. First, a little background. Chuck ...
Lucy Culliton survey exhibition at Mosman Art Gallery
Dec 15th
As the tens of thousands of people who enjoyed it already know, the recent Lucy Culliton survey show at Mosman Art Gallery was quite wonderful, and a great tribute to an artist whose contribution is already substantial but who will go on to do so much more. In September (2014), I was lucky enough to sit with ...
Elisabeth Cummings: on view at Shoalhaven City Arts Centre in Nowra until February 21, 2015
Dec 14th
Tom Carment on drawing, bushwalking and the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial
Dec 9th
Tom Carment is one of the 10 artists selected by curator Anne Ryan for the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW. I popped in on Carment at his home on a quaint and atmospheric laneway in inner Sydney. We were going to talk about drawing and bushwalking. Carment's new book, Seven Walks, ...
Surrender to Joshua Yeldham’s exhibition at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Sep 29th
Joshua Yeldham's mid-career survey exhibition, Surrender, which was opened by actor Richard Roxburgh at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum on September 19, 2014, gave me the opportunity to meet and interview this extraordinary artist. Yeldham creates much of his work on board his romantic old motor cruiser while it is moored on the lower reaches of ...
