Category: Art
'Gerard Havekes was outrageously big in every way – he was a mighty, creative force. A big, tall man, who commanded attention by his very presence, a man who embraced life with gusto. Wherever he went he would inevitably, naturally dominate the space, ruling over his domain at home or in his work ...Show more
Category: Photography
Once known as Woolloomooloo Hill, Kings Cross was home to Sydney's nineteenth century elite who built grand mansions along the ridge to enjoy sea breezes, a wonderful view and access to the city.
Category: Art
A versatile, multi-talented artist, with a natural ability for drawing, Peter Kingston (b. 1943) was inspired from an early age by films and comics to create quirky cartoons and illustrations, later contributing to the infamous Oz magazine of the 1960s, and becoming part of Martin Sharp's Yellow House c ...Show more
Category: Photography
The 2011 post code of Sydney's inner east offers a fascinating history of high life, low life and, sometimes very low life. All five precincts are alive with history and surprising stories. Ride the scenic roller-coaster over the forgotten White City at Rushcutters Bay; see the naughty boys waving their ...Show more
Category: Art
Though ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke every week for decades to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life and loves. The result is this a unique, electrifying biography, shot through with Freud's own words. In Youth, the fir ...Show more
Category: Photography
Australia is drenched in a light that is different from anywhere else in the world. A light so distinctive, we know it can only be of one place. Imagined as a celebration of the particular beauty of Australian light, this generous publication roams the country, from rugged coastline to arid outback, to ...Show more
Category: Art | Series: Mini Monographs 3
Continuing our series of monographs on Australian female artists, selected with series editor Natalie King, is Nell. Nell is a Sydney-based artist with a practice that spans performance, installation, video, painting and sculpture. The book comprises of 96 pages of the artist's favourite works - designe ...Show more
Category: Art
This vivid and revealing account of thirty-five years of art and history revolves around the locus of the internationally renowned Anna Schwartz Gallery and its eponymous founder. Beginning in St Kilda with United Artists, visionary gallerist Anna Schwartz relocated to City Gallery at 45 Flinders Lane b ...Show more
Category: Photography
A landmark biography of a singular and important Australian photographer, Olive Cotton, by an award-winning writer - beautifully written and deeply moving. Olive Cotton was one of Australia's pioneering modernist photographers, whose significant talent was recognised as equal to her first husband, the f ...Show more
Category: Art | Series: Mini Monographs
Emily Kame Kngwarreye is the fourth tiles in our series of monographs on Australian female artists, with an introduction by award-winning author and essayist Colm Tóibín. Born early in the 20th century Kngwarreye began her 'art' making via batik in the latter part of the 1970s and was an i ...Show more
Category: Art
Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are considered icons of twentieth-century art. Both are known for their idiosyncratic imagery, radical viewpoints and complex socio-political commentary, and both employed signs, symbols and words to explore ideas around race, sexuality, spirituality and other aspec ...Show more
Category: Art | Series: Biography Ser.
It is hard for us to imagine the oppressed lives of single women in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a few Australian women took a leap into the unknown and carved careers for themselves in Paris. They studied, painted, and haunted galleries and salons. They had a little fun too, at social g ...Show more
