Joanna Mendelssohn
Archibald 2022 finalists: Sitters speak up to power as artists speak back to the canon
For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly...
On the elegance and wry observations of Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia’s favourite painters
Although I never met him, Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013) was my first art teacher. As ‘Phideas’ on ABC Radio’s Argonauts program he told...
‘The most refreshing Archibald exhibition I can remember’: The 2020 portrait prize finalists
The return of the Archibald Prize, albeit somewhat delayed, can be taken as a signal life in Sydney is returning to normal....