Royal academy

Wizards of Oz

5 October 2013 9:00 am

Astonishingly, the last major survey show of Australian art in this country was mounted more than half-a-century ago. Then it…

‘Fire’s On’, 1891, by Arthur Streeton, a member of the Heidelberg School, named after a village outside Melbourne

Under the radar

31 August 2013 9:00 am

A major exhibition of Australian art is about to open at the Royal Academy. Barry Humphries believes visitors will be surprised

What a painter: ‘El Paseo’, c.1938, by Edward Burra

Political power

17 August 2013 9:00 am

Revolution shook Mexico between 1910 and 1920, but radical political change was not mirrored in the art of the period.…

Wilful expression

27 July 2013 9:00 am

‘Lounge suit’ is normally a reliable signifier of supine gentility. But there it was on the invitation to Richard Rogers’s…