Laura Jones | Art of Music Charity
May 2018Laura Jones has created a work for the "Art of Music" charity which is held at the Art Gallery of NSW. The charity raises money for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. To read more about the charity click here.
Beyond the Veil
www.artweek.comEmerald Gruin
13 May 2018
Olsen Gruin is pleased to present Beyond the Veil, a group exhibition of Central Desert Paintings curated by the President of the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia, Adam Knight. The anticipated show features select works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Evelyn Pultara, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, Gayla Pwerle, Polly Ngale, and the Women’s Collaborative comprising Beverly Cameron; Kathy Marinkga, Imitjala Curley, and Tjangili George, and will be on view from May 16 – July 8, 2018.
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
Beyond The Veil curated by Adam Knight
Beyond the Veil x Adam Knight
the360mag.com7 May 2018
Olsen Gruin is pleased to present Beyond the Veil, a group exhibition of
Western Desert Paintings curated by the President of the Aboriginal Art
Association of Australia, Adam Knight.
The anticipated show features
select works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Evelyn Pultara, Gabriella Possum
Nungurrayi, Gayla Pwerle, Polly Ngale, and the Women's Collaborative
comprising Beverly Cameron; Kathy Marinkga, Imitjala Curley, and
Tjangili George, and will be on view from May 16 - July 8, 2018.
_view online (external link)
George Byrne | The Guardian
The GuardianNell Frizzell
Thursday 26th April 2018
Nell Frizzell interviews George Byrne in this months issue of The Guardian. George speaks of a moment whilst on a road trip from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
"At a time of Islamophobia in the western world, it was a moment of connection,"
To read the full article please click here .
Claudia Damichi | Domain Prestige
Australian Financial ReviewMay 5, 2018
An interview with Claudia Damichi features in Domain Prestige in The AFR this week. "The work jams strong palettes up against each other. It jumps out at you, but the longer you stay with these works, the more they give." For more details on Claudia Damichi's upcoming show, please click here.
Freya Herring
May/June 2018
Through the touch of this gifted Sydney artist, some of lifes most ordinary elements become extraordinary works of art.
_continue reading
Space Dahlias
Vogue LivingMay/June 2018
Laura Jones's painting has been featured in this months issue of Vogue Living.
Artwork details:
Space Dahlias 2018
oil on linen
122 x 102cm
Did Damien Hirst Rip Off Aboriginal Australian Artists's Work?
Frieze.comApril 3, 2018
Australian artists and dealers claim ‘uncanny’ similarities between Hirst’s ‘Veil Paintings’ and landscapes of the late Emily Kame Kngwarrey.
Damien Hirst’s ‘Veil Paintings’ works – recently on show at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles (ranging from USD$500,000 to $1.7 million) – have come under fire for their similarity to the work of female Aboriginal artists, including Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who died in 1996.
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
SHARING COUNTRY curated by Adam Knight
Harry Roberts
April 2018
A brush with nature lead Julian Meagher to widen his world view as seen in his luminous new work.
_continue reading
Butt Naked Salon
November 2017At the end of November of 2017 Alan Jones performed an evocation of a bohemian art salon that merges music, live drawing and painting. He painted the walls of Yellow House while the Sydney Art Quartet performed Schubert, Sculthorpe & Finzi with Musings from Tim Olsen.
Liquitex Australia has released a clip on their youtube summarising the event.
_view online (external link)Related exhibition
ALAN JONES BUTT NAKED SALON II
Is Damien Hirst's Latest Series a Ripoff of an Aboriginal Australian Artist? See the Works Side-by-Side
Artnet.comSarah Cascone
March 30, 2018
Damien Hirst's new work looks a lot like the paintings of famed Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
SHARING COUNTRY curated by Adam Knight
Damien Hirst Denies Ripping Off Female Aboriginal Artists Was "Unaware" of Their Work
ObserverDaniel Grant
March 29, 2018
Lots of art looks (and sounds and reads) like other art, which is why fine artists and musicians and authors periodically lob accusations of “stealing” at one another.
View works by Kathy Maringka "Tali Ngura - Sandhill Country " and "Tjulpuntjulpunpa " featured in the Olsen Gruin 2017 exhibition "Sharing Country ".
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
SHARING COUNTRY curated by Adam Knight
Stephen Ormandy Only Dancing
SURFACE MAGAZINE Weekend Cheat SheetSurface Editors
March 5
Stephen Ormandy “Only Dancing”
Olsen Gruin
OPENS: March 7
The Lower East Side gallery presents a collection of new abstract oil on linen paintings and resin sculptures by Australian artist Stephen Ormandy, co-founder/creative designer of Dinosaur Designs.
Related exhibition
Stephen Ormandy Only Dancing
The Fitzpartick-Leland House
Paul Davies talks about The Fitzpatrick-Leland House.
Mak Centre for Art and Architecture 2017.
Related exhibition
Paul Davies
ANNA-WILLI HIGHFIELD | OLSEN GRUIN
http://www.dartmagazine.com/Christopher Hart Chambers
February 2018
Christopher Hart Chambers reviews Anna-Willi Highfield‘s exhibition Spirit Faces at Olsen Gruin Gallery in New York City.
Up front by the gallery's storefront window on the Orchange Street strip on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which is now perhaps the premier location for current fine art, stands a construction of sheet brass shards, with straight, think brass rods projecting outwards in all directions, extending like rays of light or exclamation points.
_Click here to download PDFRelated exhibition
Anna-Wili Highfield Spirit Faces
Spirit Faces: Anna-Wili Highfield's First Show at Olsen Gruin Gallery NYC
Yellowtrace (www.yellowtrace.com.au)19 February 2018
After a 10-plus year hiatus, Australian artist Anna-Wili Highfield has
returned with a collection of mixed media sculptures. Titled ‘Spirit
Faces’, the sculptures are currently being shown at Olsen Gallery’s New
York City outpost, Olsen Gruin.
The show is Anna’s first fully
conceived body of work in over a decade and follows on from the
gallery’s calendar of other strong shows representing some pretty
excellent Australian artists: Stephen Ormandy, George Byrne, Leila
Jeffreys, and the super cool TV Moore.
_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
Anna-Wili Highfield Spirit Faces
ZOE YOUNG
In/OutArtent & Pyke
February 2018
Zoe Young has been featured on IN/OUT by Arent & Pyke after her very successful show at Olsen's Annexe gallery.
_view online (external link)
Julian Meagher | Inlet Outlet
https://gallery.begavalley.nsw.gov.auFebruary 2018
In April 2017 Bega Valley Regional Gallery welcomed prominent Sydney artist Julian Meagher as inaugural artist in residence. A pilot project for a long term partnership between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the BVRG, the residency offered the opportunity for visual artists to draw from the unique natural environment of the local region, whilst connecting with regional communities and expanding their practice outside of metropolitan studios.
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
Julian Meagher Inlet/Outlet
Anna-Wili Highfield: Spirit Faces at Olsen Gruin Gallery
Arts Summary - A Visual JournalFebruary 1, 2018
"Olsen Gruin is pleased to present Spirit Faces, an installational exhibition of new sculptures by Australian artist Anna-Wili Highfield (b. 1980, Sydney). Highfield's first fully conceived body of work in a decade, Spirit Faces gathers a celebratory mélange of animals, body parts, and self-portraits. Virtuosic and playful, Highfield's mixed media sculptures reach new heights of exuberance and material imagination.
_continue reading_view online (external link)
Related exhibition
Anna-Wili Highfield Spirit Faces