Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 25 June, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the important touring exhibition, ‘Black Mist Burnt Country: Testing the Bomb, Maralinga and Australian Art.’ My interviews are with Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Director of the Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers bequest, and we’ll be canvassing Australia’s nuclear history […]
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It’s Archibald time again! Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 28 May, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the nexus between portraiture and identity in the work of two very different Australian artists: Jenny Sages and TextaQueen. Since 1989, Jenny Sages has been an Archibald finalist twenty times (People’s Choice in 2012), and […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 2 April, for a program that looks at feminist art practice from the 1970s in an installation and exhibition at the AGNSW. The first of my guest interviews are with Natalie Wilson, Curator of Australian art, and Kerrie Head, Object Conservator, who’ll shed light on ‘Arcadia: Landscape and Bodies‘, a […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 5 March, for a program that delves into the lesser known Sydney. My guest interviews today are with Vanessa Berry, author of the book “Mirror Sydney”, a marvellous, entrancing and acutely alert reverie on our city and its ever-changing urban landscape. “Mirror Sydney” is rich in observations and history, and […]
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 5 February, for a program concerning ideas about Race, Place and Identity. My guest interviews today are with Dr Hayley Megan French, co-curator of the exhibition “Landing Points: Race, Place and Identity”, which is currently on show at Penrith Regional Gallery, along with Tracey Moffatt’s seminal 1997 photographic series “Up […]
ArtiFacts Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 8 January, for a program about art, poetry and literature specifically focused on Sydney. Hear interviews with Damien Minton about an exhibition at his former eponymous gallery called Five Bells – a Visual Ode to Sydney. Taking cues from Kenneth Slessor’s poem – voted Australia’s best poem by ABC […]
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