Review: Idris Murphy – Vibrations of the Primal

King Street Gallery on William Exhibition and sale 26 August – 20 September 2025 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It always a long awaited treat when a new collection of paintings from Idris Murphy come to market. Idris Murphy was born in Sydney in 1949 and graduated from Sydney’s National Art School in 1971. […]

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Review: Yolŋu Power: The Art of Yirrkala

21 June – 6 October 2025 Art Gallery of New South Wales Naala Badu building Lower level 2  Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Just when you thought you’d seen it all in relation to an indigenous fine art exhibition, along comes the AGNSW with Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala. From the 1940s to […]

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Review: Parlingarri  Amintiya  Ningani  Awungarra: Old & New at Jilamara Arts

UNSW Gallery until 10 August Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) On now at the UNSW Galleries is an exhibition that gives the viewer a unique opportunity to see some indigenous fine works of art rarely seen in such a complete and comprehensive way under the one roof, particularly in this case, works from an […]

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Review: Magritte

26 OCTOBER 2024 – 9 FEBRUARY 2025 AGNSW Naala Nura (South Building) Lower level 2 Review by: Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Every now and again a blockbuster exhibition comes along and lives up to the hype. Magritte, on now at the AGNSW is an extraordinary exhibition. A comprehensive retrospective showcasing many of the artists most […]

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Review: Gauguin’s World: Tona Iho, Tona Ao

National Gallery of Australia 29 June – 7 October 2024 Review by Anthony Frater. Arts Wednesday. They say every picture tells a story and this exhibition tells us why. If you haven’t had a chance to get down to the National Gallery in Canberra to see the Paul Gauguin exhibition, better hurry because there are […]

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