https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/en-auCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comSun, 12 Feb 2017 23:39:00 +0100 Such are the Fences built by African-American father Troy Maxson as played proficiently by Denzel Washington in the film Fences, which proves that nurture will win out over nature, especially when a family is subjected to prolonged daily verbal abuse that is never red]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/fences-spiteful-meanness-abuse-in-many-forms-words-hurt/Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/fences-spiteful-meanness-abuse-in-many-forms-words-hurt/ After a night of clicketty clack clicketty clack and the rhythmic motion of the train’s constant movement I was woken at 5:30 am with a comforting cup of tea.
Route of the Indian Pacific, across Australia
The train was soon to arrive in Broken Hill, known as the Silver City, Australia’s longest-lived mining city. Two legendary O]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/art-amp-travel-across-3-states-ndash-rose-niland-a-summer-journey/Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/art-amp-travel-across-3-states-ndash-rose-niland-a-summer-journey/ Painted in 1902 it reveals the public face, rather than the private life of a man we are invited to ponder. History tells us that his lordship was an Edwardian aristocrat, a landowner, soldier, sportsman and a courtier. There are many indicators in this portrait that tell us a t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/ties-ndash-telling-tales-of-men-amp-modish-life-at-the-top/Sat, 11 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/ties-ndash-telling-tales-of-men-amp-modish-life-at-the-top/ Jules Cheret (1836-1932), Poster of Loie Fuller dancing, Folies Bergere, 1893
The Culture Concept Circle w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/the-dancer-la-danseuse-soko-illuminating-as-loie-fuller/Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/the-dancer-la-danseuse-soko-illuminating-as-loie-fuller/ Named for a short opera by French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Les Arts Florissants has played a pioneering role in the revival of playing and appreciating Baroque repertoire around the world now]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/les-arts-florissants-monteverdi-madrigals-sydney-exclusive/Wed, 08 Feb 2017 21:01:30 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/les-arts-florissants-monteverdi-madrigals-sydney-exclusive/ American Congress created the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915 and its Virginia lab at Langley Field established in 1917, gradually became an important hub for creative ideas, helping to fuel the aviation boom of the early twentieth century.
The real facts behind those integral to winning the race that put the first American]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/hidden-figures-proving-racism-amp-prejudice-must-be-overcome/Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/hidden-figures-proving-racism-amp-prejudice-must-be-overcome/ Fans of photography – the still image are advised to book a trip to Melbourne, Australia, pronto!
Melbourne is the place to be in March, with the opening of the NGV Festival of Photography. The festival will include an expansive series of contemporary photography exhibitions, featur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/ngv-festival-of-photography-a-plethora-of-picture-makers/Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/ngv-festival-of-photography-a-plethora-of-picture-makers/ A design style from the past, as well as of the present if successful in its aesthetic, favours a colour that has usually conformed to the ‘rule of taste’ of its time. Governed by fashionabl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/pantone-colour-of-the-year-2017-greening-lifes-landscape/Sun, 05 Feb 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/pantone-colour-of-the-year-2017-greening-lifes-landscape/ The coming of Winter is, once again, something to look forward to in Melbourne, with the announcement that ‘Van Gogh and the Seasons’ will be exh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/van-gogh-and-the-seasons-ngv-melbourne-winter-masterpieces/Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/van-gogh-and-the-seasons-ngv-melbourne-winter-masterpieces/ Instead of reassuring his audience by minimizing the dangers, Kennedy warned citizens of the long, difficult struggle ahead and about the dangers of complacency and isolationism in a modern world.
A gift of an acre of land at Runnymede in England handed to the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/republic-vs-democracy-are-star-wars-closer-than-we-think/Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/republic-vs-democracy-are-star-wars-closer-than-we-think/ It is one of the greatest decorative arts collections in Australia, which is stylishly presented for public viewing by The David Roche Foundation (TDRF).Located on Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, access is only made available by booking a private tour Online.Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/kings-queens-amp-courtiers-ndash-a-new-exhibition-at-tdrf-adelaide/Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/kings-queens-amp-courtiers-ndash-a-new-exhibition-at-tdrf-adelaide/ WIN! WIN! WIN!ONE X TEN Double Passes*Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2017
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The Festival commences in Sydney on March 7th, Melbourne March 8, Canberra March 9 and in Perth March 15, Brisbane March 16, Adelaide and Hobart on March 30 and regionally in NSW at Parramatta April 6 and Casula April 8, 2017.
Brimming with highlights, the 2017 event will present 45 films, unv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/alliance-francaise-french-film-festival-2017-giveaway/Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:00:49 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/alliance-francaise-french-film-festival-2017-giveaway/ The AF French Film Festival starts in Sydney on March 7th, in Melbourne on March 8, Canberra March 9, Perth March 15, Brisbane March 16 and in Adelaide and Hobart March 30, it will also have a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/af-french-film-festival-celebrating-a-good-year-in-film/Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/af-french-film-festival-celebrating-a-good-year-in-film/ Less than an hour from Melbourne by car lie the Dandenong Ranges, a beautiful area of low mountain ranges with a unique variety of picturesque towns and villages, homesteads and gardens to visit, the perfect destination for a day out from Melbourne City.
The first time I visited the Dandenongs, I quickly declared that it was ‘my favourite place in the whole of Australia’. This feeling has not changed. Every time I return my opini]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/a-day-trip-to-the-dandenongs-belindas-perfect-day-out/Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/a-day-trip-to-the-dandenongs-belindas-perfect-day-out/ Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Actor and nominated for an Academy Award in the same category, Casey Affleck plays Lee Chandler, a 40-year old janitor working and living in the basement apartment of a group of traditional historic apartment blocks in Boston when we first meet him, in the Academy Award nominated independent film by writer-director Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea.
Lee Chandler suffers constant abuse f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/manchester-by-the-sea-reluctant-guardian-reflecting-on-loss/Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/manchester-by-the-sea-reluctant-guardian-reflecting-on-loss/ Sovereignty is the current exhibition at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne, and centres on the contemporary art of the First Nations Peoples of South East Australia. Curated by Paola Bella, a Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara woman, and ACCA’s Max Deveny – (his first as Artistic Director at the gallery), the exhibition brings together over 30 artists celebrating the continuing vitality of First Nations’ communities]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/sovereignty-at-the-acca-a-vital-australian-exhibition/Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/sovereignty-at-the-acca-a-vital-australian-exhibition/ Discussing my favourite movies released in Australia in 2016, I should point out that they don’t necessarily fit into international award seasons. I thought it best to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/my-favourite-movies-2016-a-reflection-by-carolyn-mcdowall/Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/my-favourite-movies-2016-a-reflection-by-carolyn-mcdowall/ A first release for 2017 in Australia, to say the least Moonlight is emotionally complex and challenging, helping us to understand difference.
A movie in three parts entitled “Little,” “Chiron,” and “Black”, the attitudes and prejudices Moonlig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/moonlight-ndash-a-raw-emotional-amp-agonizing-award-winning-movie/Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/moonlight-ndash-a-raw-emotional-amp-agonizing-award-winning-movie/ The perfect exhibition to escape this year’s sweltering Australian summer will open at the State Library of New South Wales on 18 February 2017. Under the Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker is a new exhibition prese]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/under-the-sun-reimagining-max-dupains-sunbaker-nsw-library/Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/under-the-sun-reimagining-max-dupains-sunbaker-nsw-library/ To start their season in 2017, the Sydney based group The Marais Project will present their founder and leader Jennifer Erikkson playing both acoustic and electric viola da gambas.
They are to be paired for a stellar concert, providing Sydneysiders with the perfect Sunday summer afternoon outing that of joyous music, accompanied by a delicious high tea on January 29, 2017.
For this concert, which is part of The Independent Theatre, North Sydney’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/the-marais-project-2017-it-takes-two-a-viol-spectacular/Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/antique/the-marais-project-2017-it-takes-two-a-viol-spectacular/