Friday 09 July 2021

Update – Maintenance and Upgrade Works at the National Art School The NSW Government is committed to preserving NSW’s heritage. The Former Darlinghurst Gaol, as it is officially known, was heritage listed in February 2021 and the site will celebrate its 200th anniversary next year. The NSW Government is undertaking a series of repairs and maintenance works at the National Art School site. These …

Friday 09 July 2021

2SER speak with NAS alumni Daniel Bodey, a 2020 National Art School graduate who paints everyday scenes. Scenes you wouldn’t look twice at in real life, but something about the way he paints them makes you pay attention. Listen through the link below. Image: Daniel Bodey, Millk, oil on Canvas, 18 x 25 cm LISTEN

Friday 02 July 2021

On Friday 11 June, the National Art School opened John Olsen: Goya’s Dog. John Olsen: Goya’s Dog spans eight decades of the artist’s practice, from the 1950s, when he first visited Spain, to the present. This exhibition tracks the influences of these Spanish encounters on the artist’s sensibility, his palette, and how he views the landscape and the human condition. It delves into the introspecti…

Monday 21 June 2021

Article by John McDonald The public Olsen is a great performer but occasionally, alone in the studio at night, a different persona emerges. John Olsen: Goya’s Dog is an exhibition originally conceived by the late Bill Wright, and followed through by National Art School director Steven Alderton. The idea, as explained in a letter that Wright wrote to Olsen, was to look at the artist’s “introspec…

Thursday 17 June 2021

Image: John Olsen, Le Soleil, 1965, oil on hardboard, 307.3 x 233.7 cm, private collection, Sydney   Le Soleil is a large ceiling painting, about two by three metres, created by John Olsen in 1965 as a commission for a private owner. It was first exhibited at Clune Galleries in Sydney, 22 April⁠–⁠08 May in 1965. When it was installed on the ceiling of the owner’s family home, Olsen added some fi…