Arts news

Natsiaa 2021: the winners and finalists of Australia’s Indigenous art prize – in pictures

07-08-2021 22:00

Western Australian artist Timo Hogan has won the coveted National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art award for his work, Lake Baker 2020.Hogan’s spectacular painting pays homage to his father’s country and invites the onlooker to witness his knowledge and custodianship of this significant site.‘I am very happy to have won this award. It makes me feel strong inside. Painting is important for Anangu to tell their stories. The Art Centre is a good place for people to come a

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Watercolour glimpses of a Greek summer – in pictures

07-08-2021 18:00

When the British painter Alison Jones met her Ithacan husband, it felt like destiny. “I am obsessed with Greece, heroes and enchantresses, spells and metamorphoses,” she says. Her destiny has the added benefit of an annual holiday on Ithaca, at her husband’s family home. “I find the Greeks’ relaxed ways at the beach eye-opening – even grandmothers rock bikinis and oversize sunglasses. They take pleasure in their bodies in a way that I, as a northerner accustom

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Sea, sand and subversive art: can Bournemouth be reborn as a culture hub?

07-08-2021 16:08

As the vast Giant gallery opens in a former department store, the English seaside town hopes to rival Margate, Hastings …and even Santa MonicaWant culture that sails close to the wind? Well, Bournemouth might not have been the obvious place to head for. Until now. This weekend, the English seaside destination more often associated with sandcastles, retirement and the “Costa packet” villas of Sandbanks has become home to some of the most disconcerting and challenging artworks i

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Can Bournemouth be reborn as a culture hub?

07-08-2021 16:08

As the vast Giant gallery opens in a former department store, the English seaside town hopes to rival Margate, Hastings …and even Santa MonicaWant culture that sails close to the wind? Well, Bournemouth might not have been the obvious place to head for. Until now. This weekend, the English seaside destination more often associated with sandcastles, retirement and the “Costa packet” villas of Sandbanks has become home to some of the most disconcerting and challenging artworks i

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