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 […]
Genevieve Lacey is Australia’s pre-eminent recorder virtuoso. She chats to Paul about her upcoming online concert with harpist, Marshall McGuire, entitled Bower. The concert is inspired by the bower bird, and strives to create sanctuaries in these unusual times. Originally planned as a recording project (Bower CD recently released on ABC Classics), it has been […]
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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 […]
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Darlinghurst Theatre Company – I Want to Know What Love Is, 19 May 2021. Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) OMG. What did I just see? Submission # 329: “………they say you can’t hallucinate on ecstacy.” Well now I’m even more confused, because the 60 minute sexy, sad, funny, angry, rollercoaster ride I’ve just been […]
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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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Lina Tesoriero – The Waverly Library Galleries, 14-27 May 2021 Reviewed by Anthony Frater of Arts Wednesday Local Bondi artist Lina Tesoriero’s exhibition and sale entitled Musings, is on now at Waverley Library Galleries until 27 May. Lina has been included in a number of group shows, but this is her first solo show. The […]
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Claudel – Sydney Opera House, Saturday 1 May Reviewed by Paul Neeson From the opening set of drab painters’ drapes and simple paint-stained wooden furniture, Claudel didn’t promise a colour-filled vibrant theatre piece, but the story of French sculptor, Camille Claudel is one of immense sadness and unfulfilled promise. Maybe writer/director Wendy Beckett’s vision is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Jacob Pedrana – Bondi local artist Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It’s about colour, it’s about movement, metaphors, man and beast, it’s also about art and expressionist painting. Emerging expressionist painter and sculptor, Jacob Pedrana, hails from the Noosa hinterland in Queensland but has lived the last 15 years in Bondi. Lucky us because […]
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Artist Profile – Melissa Mladin Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It’s like we are looking into the dark internal spaces of someones brain, yes we have X-ray vision. It’s an evolution: evolution and change the aim, stasis the antithesis. An evolution that has taken visual artist and painter Melissa Mladin on an exploratory journey […]