“Full Throttle” at the National Gallery in Canberra brings together 60 artists and 200 works to explore Australia’s obsession with cars.
Everybody has a car story says Nick Mitzevich, the director of the National Gallery in Canberra. “The car is such a connector. It’s not about just moving us … it’s a receptacle for playing out human experiences.”
And with that observation, Mitzevich promises a major automotive-themed summer art exhibition that will take attendees “on a journey through all aspects of the human experience”.
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Clarice Beckett painted the life and scenery of her coastal home in Victoria until her death in 1935. Selling almost nothing while she was alive, she is now recognised as one of the country's pioneering tonal and abstract artists.
How did Warrnambool Art Gallery lure in-demand British artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley to south-west Victoria? Its director told her she could do whatever she wanted.
