Affordable Art Fairs – bridging the gap between desire and affordability
A global phenomenon, the Affordable Art Fair seeks to democratise collecting art and has announced Brisbane as its next destination.
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A global phenomenon, the Affordable Art Fair seeks to democratise collecting art and has announced Brisbane as its next destination.
There will be an arty theme in the Taupō district over King's Birthday weekend.
A work called "Red" handed by multimedia artist Emma Hercus won this year's $20,000 National Contemporary Art Awards. The collage on MDF of an abstract masked figure with upraised hands, was chosen from more than three hundred entries. All the finalists' works are on show at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato. It's an event that's often hit the headlines since it started more than 20 years ago. The media are notoriously sceptical of "modern art" and occasionally struggle to get their head around the winning work! Lynn Freeman spoke to Emma and to the j...