Kennedy's Freudian fillip

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Brian Kennedy, the director of the National Gallery of Australia, is in negotiations to acquire British artist Lucian Freud's painting "After Cezanne." It was published in The Australian in April 2001, that the 1999 painting would be acquired for approximately $A8 million, making it the most expensive painting ever bought by a public art gallery in Australia.

Australia, Officials and employees, Art museums, Art, Freud, Lucian, National Gallery of Australia

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Exile from main street: Endoscopy, electricity and estrangement drive the thought-provoking art of Mona Hatoum

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'Over My Dead Body', an exhibition on Mona Hatoum's art is at the MCA, Sydney from March 23 to May 29, 2005. Hatoum's commitment to art is refreshing, and undoubtedly one key to her success.

United States, Exhibitions, Art, Modern, Modern art, Modernism (Art), Hatoum, Mona

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Head and shoulders above

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The winner of the 2001 Archibald Prize for portraiture in New South Wales, Australia, was artist Nicholas Harding for his painting of actor John Bell as Shakespeare's King Lear.

Portrayals, Competitions, Portraits, Archibald prize, King Lear (Play)

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