by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 6 Nov, 2008 | News and Views
This is just a quick note to let my clients know that some great new works have come into stock. They include a beautiful drawing by John Olsen and a ‘Kelly’ painting by Sidney Nolan. Some rare Leunig etchings have also been added to the website. John...
by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 11 Aug, 2008 | News and Views
Michael Leunig has recently written a great article on his encounter with Arthur Boyd and his art. I can’t find a link to this article on the web so I have set it out below: A BRUSH WITH ARTHUR BOYD. A beautiful wake-up is one of life’s most perfectly...
by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 4 Aug, 2008 | News and Views
Michael Leunig has written a great article that includes his thoughts on the recent Bill Henson controversy. More importantly it outlines his own philosophy of making art. The article can be found at: http://www.theage.com.au/news/michael-leunig/art-from-the-heart...
by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 3 Jul, 2008 | News and Views
A friend commented to me that when he went to list his top five favourite Australian artists he noticed that they were all dead! Here is what I came up with with this criteria as a filter: 1. Sidney Nolan 2. Fred Williams 3. Arthur Boyd 4. Lloyd Rees 5. Margaret...
by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 2 Jun, 2008 | News and Views
There has been so much already written on the Bill Henson controversy that there is little point adding anything else into the mix. The only point I would like to make is how little nuance there seems to be on both sides of the debate. This is no doubt fueled by the...
by Justin Combs (Artloft) | 30 Oct, 2007 | News and Views
The Sidney Nolan retrospective starts in a few days at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Much of the focus on Nolan in recent news articles has been on how his work divides art lovers. Sebastian Smee wrote an interesting article in The Australian where he compared...
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