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News and editorial for the Brenda May Gallery covering exhibitions and/or artist features. Please click on the links to view the full article.
High Court Challenge Looms Over Royalty SchemeAustralian Financial Review The cost of administering the resale royalty scheme could blow out beyond the standard 15 per cent of income if the federal government does not amend its proposed model. ...more |
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Inverted Drinking Glasses Tell a Detailed and Satisfying TaleCitySearch Sydney At first glance this exhibition looks like a row of upside-down fine glass vestibules, black, with the occasional flash of colour, in a stark white room characteristic of the Brenda May Gallery. ...more |
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Metro Picks - James GuppySydney Morning Herald (Metro), p.21 The surrealist painter celebrates the beauty of women of all ages and shapes in his solo exhibition Fay. ...more |
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Art Market - StockroomArt World Stockroom: Our selection of available works from galleries around Australia and New Zealand. ...more |
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BacklashThe Byron Shire Echo Guppy’s latest exhibition ‘Fay’ is on at the Brenda May Gallery in Sydney September 9 to October 4. ...more |
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Visual Art - Robert BoynesSydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), p.18 Boynes nails his canvases to the floor before he runs the silk screen over them, rubs them back with a scrubbing brush and gets the screen back out again. ...more |
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At Work and Home With Robert BoynesCapital: Culture, Art, Society, pp.52-57 When I visited him recently at his Macquarie home and studio where he has lived since 1982, he was rushing to finish work for Beaver Galleries' exhibition at the Melbourne Art Fair and for a solo show at Brenda May Gallery in Waterloo from July 15 to August 9 as part of the Biennale of Sydney's "Parallel Program." ...more |
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Journey Through Urban JungleCanberra Times (Panorama), p.22 When Robert Boynes retired as head of the Painting Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art in 2006, he decided he needed a larger home studio. Freed from the demands of teaching and administration, Boynes whose work is featured in major Australian and international galleries was now able to concentrate full-time on his own art. ...more |
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Metro PicksSydney Morning Herald (Metro) MEMENTO MORI
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Biennale of Sydney 2008 Parallel Exhibitions | Brenda May Gallery
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Open Gallery - Marc StandingSydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), p.18 Consumerism and terrorism collide in Teraphim, a powerful, brash exhibition of oil paintings and collages by Zimbabwe-born Standing. ...more |
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The private and public nature of disease: art as a transformative mediumCMAJ Making wounds was integral to the artist's investigation into conflict and ways of healing. ...more |
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Who Let The Dogs Out - Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery 'Companion, muse, myth and metaphor: the unique and enduring connection between human and dog-kind has inspired great artists and writers for centuries. Who let the dogs out affirms that Australian artists remain fascinated by the dog. Paintings, sculptures, ceramics and glass, video and works on paper, celebrate the diverse roles dogs play in the world of humans. From each of these responses, ‘the dog’ is confirmed as a subjective and potent symbol of many aspects of our own lives'.
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Walkabout #3 - Danks Street, Waterloo (2017)Time Out Sydney The standard recipe for urban gentrification works something like this. First, locate a suitable patch of industrial wasteland where the police sirens wail and broken glass litters the streets. Next, whip up some artistic buzz by opening a gallery to give the area a bit of bohemian cachet and cultural oomph. Sprinkle liberally with organic cafes and boutiques. Then simply pop in the oven and wait for the property prices to rocket. ...more |
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Brenda May Gallery - An Amazing LocationArt World Gallery Barry Keldoulis' former neighbour at Danks Street in Sydney, Brenda May Gallery, has expanded into the vacated GBK space. The extra room enables the gallery to exhibit and stock more sculptural work, a particular passion of director Brenda May. ...more |
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A body of work taking up arms - Sculptor Will Coles likes to take the art world by surprise, writes Elizabeth FortescueThe Daily Telegraph For those who have ever been to see the popular Sculpture By The Sea under a cover of darkness, they might have spotted one of Will Coles's cement television sets somewhere on the cliff-top between Bondi and Tamarama. ...more |
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A work of ‘ominous beauty’ wins inaugural Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art PrizeGold Coast City Art Gallery Guppy has not only received the $10,000 first prize but his work has also been separately acquired for the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection. ...more |
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Carla Priivald - Paintings & GraphicsArt Monthly - Artnotes Issue 201 The exhibition Carla Priivald - Painting & Graphics is on at Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, from 17 July to 11 August. ...more |