City People Notebook.
Will Eisner Studios
It’s the 100th anniversary of the birth of graphic novel pioneer Will Eisner.
Visions of the future, from the early 20th century.
Umberto Boccioni: Dynamism of a Cyclist
A transcript from a segment of The Anthill podcast about the futuristic visions of Filippo Marinetti.
La Palma, 2014 © Wolfgang Tillmans
Exploring the role and limits of photography is a task that appears all the more relevant in the era of fake news.
An exhibition installation view of Adman: Warhol Before Pop at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
ll artworks from The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc/ARS
Andy Warhol not only drew brands, he became one. A new exhibition in Sydney sheds light on his early career in advertising.
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. John Constable, 1830-1.
Tate
Why a mysteriously placed rainbow made perfect symbolic sense – and how weather experts knew the exact date that it appeared.
The Museum of Water at Cottesloe Beach, WA documents displays sample of water collected by donors.
Rebecca Mansell
The Museum of Water invites people to bring samples of water significant to them.
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Warhol has become one of the most well known artists in the world, but his work still has secrets to reveal.
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In the face of planetary problems such as climate change, does national citizenship lose its meaning?
University of Sheffield
Science cannot ensure a sustainable future for the world’s population on its own. Artists are needed as well.
‘Maus’ and ‘Watchmen’ are two of the most well-known graphic novels.
Ken Whytock/flickr
The graphic novel has become a literary phenomenon, but the name doesn’t adequately describe the medium’s flexibility, diversity and potential.
A still image from Orbital Venus.
Shaun Gladwell
An Australian virtual reality work premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week takes the viewer on a wild ride through space.
Berger considered how through history and visual representation the male gaze has constrained women.
John Berger's Ways of Seeing
The Marxist philosopher, art critic and novelist popularised complex ideas and helped bring art into the mainstream.
Third-year archaeology student Dominic Coe replicates a painting of rhino based on the original image in France’s Grotte Chauvet.
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In an ideal world, students might visit original cave sites to see ancient paintings in their natural setting. This isn’t possible, so the idea of an artificial cave set-up at a university was born.
John Sebastian performing at Woodstock © Henry Diltz Corbis
The V&A’s current exhibition, Revolution, highlights that all is not rosy from the vantage point of 2016.
Anne and Gordon Samstag dancing at home, Naples, Florida, USA, c1986.
Photograph courtesy of Mrs Florence (Robbie) McBryde.
Many leading Australian artists have benefitted from a Samstag scholarship. But who were the Samstags and what motivated them to create this legacy?
The election of a reality TV star as president crosses a new frontier.
Lucas Jackson/Reuters
No longer a smoke-and-mirrors spectacle enjoyed on a grand scale, entertainment is now indivisible from our daily life. From cricket matches to blockbuster shows, amusement is the name of the game.
Students ponder the meaning of Jinamoom by Peggy Griffiths at the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Jodie Hutchinson/Ian Potter Museum
Can empathy be taught to students in the healthcare professions? A groundbreaking project is using visual art to ensure they pay attention to the whole person, not just the disease.
Umberto Boccioni’s Charge of the Lancers.
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War got the futurists noticed and earned them new respect.
Helen Marten © Tate
Helen Marten, this year’s winner, has revealed a sense of something progressive and pioneering.
Detail from Shenae & Jade, 2005, Petrina Hicks.
Courtesy of the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY + dianne tanzer gallery, Melbourne and Michael Reid, Sydney
A new exhibition exploring the relationship between birds and humans is variously gaudy, delightful and disturbing. We sent two ecologists along to review the show.