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Topic: Collection

Cut to the chaise

Inspired by Sean Layh’s Packing Room Prize-winning portrait, John Saxby bed-hops through art history in time for the Archibald Prize 2026 regional tour.

10 min read

Exhibitions•Collection
Painting of a man lying bare chested and looking unwell on a bed in a dimly lit room

The art that made me: Harrie Fasher

Harrie Fasher on Inge King, Norma Redpath, Anselm Kiefer and Pukumani grave posts 1958

8 min read

The art that made me•Collection•Artist interview
Person in beanie and warm clothes smiles warmly in an industrial garage space
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Anatomy of an artwork: Grace Crowley

With startling contemporary appeal, Grace Crowley's sophisticated abstract paintings were ahead of their time, writes Lucie Reeves-Smith.

10 min read

Collection
Colourful abstract painting with vertical streaks (from left to right) of yellow, purple, pink, green and blue colours. There are a few thin blue scribbled marks that form on top of the colourful layers.
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Out in the elements

A new addition to the Art Gallery’s collection reveals the fresh invention of German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, writes Nicholas Chambers.

5 min read

Collection
Rough sketch of three woman amongst the waves of the ocean.
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