Tuesday, November 3 Nov 3, 2009
The direct legacy is felt to this day in one of the nation's cultural crown jewels, the Australian Ballet, but in its time Ballets Russes also inspired musicians and emerging artists such as Jeffrey Smart and Sidney Nolan. Full of beautiful images, including some amazing early film footage, the narrative is anchored by scenes from the recent revival of one of the troupe's early works, The Firebird. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kelly in list of top 100 Irish-Australians Aug 12, 2009
The list also includes artist Sidney Nolan, Errol Flynn and boxer Les Darcy. Mr Cantwell is ready to be challenged for his choices. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Martin Flanagan Sport, at its best for me, is drama, a way of seeing into people. It's also folklore. Read more Jul 25, 2009
Sidney Nolan, the man who started painting the iconic Ned Kelly series of paintings while a deserter from the army, grew up in St Kilda. Nolan's painting The Footballer, which hangs in the Ian Potter Gallery, is said to be based on former St Kilda full-back and charismatic Test cricketer, Keith Miller. (The Age, Australia)
A half-century buying spree Jun 20, 2009
Of the 200 artworks in "his" collection - including paintings by Paul Cezanne, Sidney Nolan and Fred Williams - Craig Brush's favourite is a 4000-year-old Greek statue by an anonymous artist ... Naturally, there's a high proportion of Australian paintings among the society's purchases - among them Charles Conder's An Impressionist (1889), George Lambert's Holiday In Essex (1910) and Sidney Nolan's Self Portrait (1943). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Show of the week: Mask And Memory Jun 2, 2009
Sidney Nolan: Mask and Memory ... Mask And Memory: Sidney Nolan, ABC1, 9 ... Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) was one of the giants of Australian art, coming of age during the tentative flowering of Australian modernism in the 1930s and '40s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Oils may not be oils of masters Mar 1, 2009
" NSW Police are still taking statements from hundreds of investors nationally who were caught up in the scheme. The complaints have unearthed allegations of forgeries and multiple ownership of works by Tom Roberts, Sir Sidney Nolan, Norman Lindsay and a long-time friend of Mr Coles, d'Arcy Doyle. Doyle's widow, Jennefer, flew to Sydney on Wednesday to inspect 90 seized paintings and drawings carrying her late husband's signature. "They're all d'Arcy W. Doyles, no doubt about it," she said,... (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
