Author: Paul Neeson

This week we speak to internationally and nationally acclaimed visual artist George Raftopoulos – a local artist from Paddington. Barbara Dowse wrote: “George Raftopoulos positions himself as part of an art-historical lineage.His works are a form of modern day myth- making, fables of modern life; a psycho-drama and collage of his thoughts, dreams and ideas […]

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Between 1801 and 1812 Lord Elgin, the then Ambassador to Turkey, dismantled ancient sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens and took them back to his estate in England. Professor Vrasidas Karalis, Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantus in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney talks to Anthony about the history of these priceless […]

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With the Bondi Festival  about to open and the Pavilion still a construction site, Festival co-director Phil Spencer is busy locking in alternate venues for this year’s performances. The iconic ice rink and ferris wheel will be situated close by to the Pavillion, affording aerial views of the renovations. With over 30 events on the […]

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Anthony talks to Candace Richards, Archeologist and Curator of the Nicholson Collection, which now features at the University of Sydney’s new museum, The Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University’s entire collection is now under one roof: The Art Collection , The  Macleay and Nicholson Collections. Candace  talks us through the Nicholson Collection beginning with objects […]

Read More… from 6thC BC mummy meets 21stC technology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Fuser Production is a new company and their debut work, Intact, is set to open in Redfern on Wednesday 26 May. Paul chats to founder, Cecile Playet, and co-deviser and performer, Steve Lu, about this contemporary dance work based on the story of a soldier returning from war. The work combines character, movement, music and story […]

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The tragic life of French sculptor, Camille Claudel is celebrated in a new production at the Sydney Opera House this month. Her prodigious talents went mostly unrecognised during her lifetime in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Paris. Renowned sculptor, Auguste Rodin became her teacher and lover. Her best known work is the […]

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Paul visited the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs new facilities at Pier 4/5 Walsh Bay to talk to Artistic Director, Brett Weymark and General Manager, Hannah Mason. The Walsh Bay Arts Precinct refurbishment is an ongoing project of the NSW State Government that is turning the area into a major tourist destination, positioned between Barangaroo and Circular […]

Read More… from Bondi artist, Jacob Pedrana & the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ new home in Walsh Bay