Arts

NOTHING prepares you for the impact of the Sistine Chapel. Entering from a small door to the right of the altar, the nave stretches before…

COULD a work of fiction have led to the death of an ancient language? Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is the greatest poet that ever lived, and…

HER not-so-secret power was the ability to turn anyone who looked directly at her into stone, but this was not always the case. The once…

CAKE decorating with fondant and sugar paste ranks as an artform. This is not a proud boast by a former President of the Queensland Cake…

SHE has a museum dedicated to her works which have sold for millions of dollars but she was buried in a pauper’s grave, largely forgotten,…

FEW know who he is, and none will give him up. Banksy is both admired and admonished, but this anonymous graffiti artist and art world…

by FELICITY SMITH WHAT were the Dark Ages, how did they get their name, and do we know what happened? The Dark Ages began with…

NONE of us develops in a vacuum, there is no such thing as self-taught – that’s mere wishful thinking. We are all subject to a…

MOST faithful of friends, dogs have been our constant companions for 40,000 years. Dogs are represented in every aspect of our eastern and western cultural…

AN ON stage performance of a radio play, a fresh look for the annual arts festival and building closer ties with other community organisations are…

RESEARCHING for any story leads to more information in the wastepaper bin than in print. It’s a fact of life for any storyteller. Most reputable…

MONA LISA to English speakers, La Jaconda to the French, La Gioconda to the Italians, this most recognisable of portraits from Western Art was started…