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Celebrating Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The quest of the artist lies at the heart of this collection. It includes...
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These film and sound portraits of famous Australian artists show the interconnected world of art in Australia.
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Beth Taylor talks to artist Rachel Coad about the upcoming 'Art of Sound' exhibition in Margaret River, WA.
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A brush pushes dots against an all black canvas. Trevor Nickolls tells us about the influences that shape his work. Nickolls refers to the Western machinery and Indigenous cosmology known as the...
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Emily Kame Kngwarreye (approximately 1910–1996) was an Anmatyerre artist and elder. She is one of Australia's most important contemporary artists.
She began painting when she was 79 years old having...
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British art historian Sir Kenneth Clark presents a speech in honour of Sidney Nolan at his Retrospective exhibition opening at the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, 1973. Clark announces Nolan as 'a...
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Artist William Dobell is seen here in the studio with fellow artist Margaret Olley and his 1948 Archibald winning portrait painting of her. Dobell explains his reason for painting Olley in Edwardian...
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Sidney Nolan speaks in detail about the paintings from his famous Ned Kelly series (1946–1947) on show at his Retrospective at The Royal Dublin Society, Dublin in 1973. He provides background stories...
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Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was interviewed by Robin Hughes for the Australian Biography series when she was 82 years old. Originally from New Zealand, Gascoigne spent much of her adult like in the...
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Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Directed by Tim Burstall. Acclaimed Australian artists Clifton Pugh, William Dargie, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Jon Molvig and Andrew Sibley discuss...