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Month: April 2017

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017

Renaissance Rose

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
$10 adults, until June 1

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual competition to promote the ‘very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers.’ Continue reading →

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April 21, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Viewing mind-altering art (Guernica, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain)

Mona Lisa, Louvre Museum, Paris

Alain de Botton in The Art of Travel (Penguin, 2003) has a chapter on mind-altering art. He uses the example of Vincent van Gogh’s time in Provence to show how great art can help us come to see things differently. Continue reading →

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April 5, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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