FeatureChloé: how a 19th-century French nude ended up in a Melbourne pub – and became an icon for Australian soldiersChloé, the French nude by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, is an Australian cultural icon.The Conversation
PreviewSteve Lopes responds to identity in landscapesThe son of Italian migrants, Steve Lopes explores how cultural and psychological identity can evolve and expand in an Australian environment, with its “intensity of colour and light”, as he puts it. His latest show is at Orange Regional Gallery.Barnaby Smith
PreviewRichard Blackwell’s collision of the digital and ‘real life’Richard Blackwell’s latest exhibition at Flinders Lane Gallery explores the places where the real and unreal intersect in our increasingly digitised world.Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
FeatureIt is time for Australia to establish a national Ministry for CultureThe pandemic has been a wake-up call. Now, more than ever, the arts are a part of our daily lives. They are not something only “the elite” enjoy; they are an expression of the human condition.The Conversation
