John McDonald, 1 June 2023 There is a painting by Philip Guston called The Line (1978), in which a red, veiny hand descends from the clouds, and draws a line with a stick of charcoal held between two fingers. God is drawing a line and daring us to step over it. Full...
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN - 17 May 2023 Drawing is, in the broadest sense and if we include everything from cave painting to designs painted or carved on weapons and tools, a universal practice. Like language itself, which may have evolved around the same time, making...
By Nick Galvin One morning eight years ago, Jane Grealy was standing in her backyard looking vaguely over the fence into her neighbour’s lush garden, contemplating what the future might hold. She’d just recovered from a debilitating illness and knew she didn’t want to...
‘Whether it be a scrawled map, a line in the sand, the scratch of a burnt stick across a cave wall or a digital record of the movement of a stylus, that simple evidence of an intentional touch is fundamental to what drawing is. This compulsion to leave a mark is a...
The Dobell Drawing Prize is an unparalleled celebration of drawing technique and innovation. This National Art School touring exhibition showcases 43 of the 64 finalists from the 2021 Prize and includes Euan Macleod’s winning work, chosen by guest judge and acclaimed...
Where better than to punch out the parameters of drawing in our times than an art school? The National Art School takes the lead in establishing a centre for experimentation and engagement. By Gina Fairley, Saturday 7 November 2020 This week, the National Art School...
Opening on 4 November, the centre, which is part of the city's National Art School, is modelled on the the Drawing Centre in New York and London’s Drawing Room By Elizabeth Fortescue, 28 October 2020 The National Art School in Sydney’s inner suburb of Darlinghurst...
By Matthew Westwood, Arts Correspondent. The spirit of William Dobell was at large last night when a photographic artist won the prestigious Dobell Prize for Drawing - near the site of a celebrated court case in which Dobell was accused of bending the rules in the...
One of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for drawing is to be revived after it was discontinued six years ago. The National Art School will become the new home of the Dobell Drawing Prize when it is reinstituted from March 2019 during a 10-week ”mini festival” dedicated to the art form.
The National Art School today announced the revival of the Dobell Drawing Prize. The new biennial Prize will be presented at NAS Gallery from March 2019, alongside a new drawing symposium that explores the importance of drawing in all its diversity. The Prize is a...
Recorded live at National Art School inside the exhibition. Interview with Paula Latos-Valier, Art Director of the Foundation. The interviewer is Maisy Stapleton. Broadcast on Thursday 26 September 2013 on Eastside Radio 89.7FM, Sydney.