Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 22 March. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Come with me on a tour of the twenty first Biennale of Sydney over the next two programs and visit the Art Gallery of NSW, Cockatoo Island and Artspace. I’ll be sharing some of my insights and there […]
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Arts Thursday 15 March 2018, presented by Bronwyn Rennex ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: I speak to Josephine Skinner and Megan Monte, Co-Directors of a new contemporary art space in Paddington called Cement Fondu. Cement Fondu will present a multi art form program of curated exhibitions, featuring visual arts, performance, dance and music by Australian […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 8 March. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Discover the world of women artists who daringly left Australia at a time when few women practiced art, yet alone travelled overseas to develop their artistic skills. Intrepid Women, an exhibition at the SH Ervin Gallery, presents the work of Australian women artists […]
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Arts Thursday 1 March, presented by Bronwyn Rennex ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: The lovely actor, singer, writer, voice artist Anni Finsterer discusses her role in Warwick Thornton’s ‘Sweet Country’ Sweet Country is a period western, set in the late 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier, where justice itself is put on trial. Inspired by real events, […]
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Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Thursday this week I speak to Isobel Parker Philip, Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales about the Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium. The exhibition celebrates one of the most renowned photographers of the 20th century, an artist who understood the medium’s ability to alter […]
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This Arts Thursday on 8 February with Maisy Stapleton introduces an artist and a philanthropist. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Every year, Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst presents an exhibition – Introducing – focussing on new, early career artists – “artists to keep an eye on”. This year three artists are […]
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On Arts Thursday today I speak to Melinda Doring, daughter of the amazing Dawn Swane – ballet dancer, makeup artist and founder of 3 arts makeup college in 1966. The college, where students learnt about makeup for film, television and theatre ran until a few years ago with Dawn at the helm and has created […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 11 January brings you a conversation with Lex Marinos, one of Australia’s best-known actors, as well as broadcaster, director, writer and arts advocate. Lex has just written The Jobbing Actor: Rules of Engagement, about the work and life of […]
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THE MAKING OF A PAINTER Meet Rachel Milne, a young artist who’s just had her second sell-out show at the King Street Gallery on William. Rachel’s painting captures details, moments and places in her life with the same energy that she exudes in her conversation. Daughter of an SAS Officer, she came to painting through […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton covers some major events in Sydney on Thursday 28 November from 10:30am till noon, as well as a special local performance. We meet again this year with Wesley Enoch the Director of the Sydney Festival who gives us the inside story on this year’s program of over 150 events, […]
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Tune in this Arts Thursday 16th November for three great conversations with Maisy Stapleton, showcasing the diversity of the arts in Sydney. First up is a chat with artist Tom Carment, whose exhibition New Paintings. Old Habits at the King Street Gallery on William takes a new look at still life, […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 2 November brings the world of the arts to Eastside. First of all, Singapore comes to Sydney. Singapore: Inside Out transports Singapore’s energetic creative life to Chippendale, in a cross disciplinary kaleidoscope of visual arts, music, food and fashion, as well as design and […]