This is my third and final post about this year's Triennial at the NGV - my first and second are here and here. The exhibition is well worth a visit before it closes on the 7th of April 2024. We first visited in December 2023 and focussed on the ground floor exhibits which are described here. All the quotes below come from the notes accompanying … [Read more...] about Triennial 2024 (3)
Triennial 2024 (2)
This is my second post on the Triennial at the NGV. A first and third one are here and here. It finishes on the 7th of April 2024; I encourage you to visit at least once. We've been twice as I can only manage about an hour in a gallery! All the quotes below come from the accompanying notes. I loved a room full of paintings by Richard Lewer, a … [Read more...] about Triennial 2024 (2)
Triennial 2024 (1)
I've been to the NGV to see this twice, first on the 28th of December 2023 and again on the 18th of March 2024. About an hour both times. There's a lot to see including some silly stuff that mockers love to highlight; but most is really good. So much so; I'm doing multiple posts of which this is the first. Two more are here and here. I cover only a … [Read more...] about Triennial 2024 (1)
Books Read January – February 2024
After my productivity in January, I'm upset to discover I didn't blog at all in February! Too busy with gardening (new fence), coffee catch-ups, films and family. It's been go, go, go.... I'm happy to say that my reading this year has been much better than at the end of last year. Here are my thoughts on the books I've read so far. The Bee … [Read more...] about Books Read January – February 2024
Queensland Art Gallery
So, before I leave January 2024, a final blog about 2023 activities. While in Brisbane to see Opera Australia's Ring Cycle (described here) we visited the Queensland Art Gallery. These are some of the paintings that took my fancy. There were quite a few works by Indigenous artists including some very early ones from the 1940's I think, and some … [Read more...] about Queensland Art Gallery
Fairy Tales
While in Brisbane in December we visited this exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art. It's on until 28 April 2024. If you're in the vicinity I recommend you call in. We were there on the fifth of December 2023, before attending Siegfried in the evening. QPAC, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre is a terrific complex, making visiting these places … [Read more...] about Fairy Tales