Sasha Grishin

Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra, who works internationally as an art historian and art critic

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My latest art blog, GAB 80, https://t.co/rBgitjQL0z with how not to curate an exhibition from personal experience.

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My most recent art blog – GAB 79 – deals with a remarkable event that I witnessed in Melbourne this week, when over 300 people, at least half of whom were artists, turned up to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Australian Galleries
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After 50 years of hiding in the NGA stacks, Arthur Boyd’s glorious St Francis tapestries have been brought together in a glorious exhibition in Canberra https://t.co/pe5nx3SgBT

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All of the glittering magic of Cartier in about 400 objects fresh from the V&A opens at the NGV https://t.co/rmfzXKvSfW

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It is a humbling honour to have been invited to judge the $40,000 Percival Portrait Painting Prize in Townsville this weekend. There is an impressive list of 52 Finalists.
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The superb Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country exhibition finally opens at the National Gallery of Australia. Why was it delayed by three years? https://t.co/c0FzMYcm8C

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What have John Brack and Noel McKenna have in common? According to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra they are fellow travellers. https://t.co/dlnCjGf8ph

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It has been a humbling honour to have been invited to curate the Leonard Brown: ‘Painting the Celestial’ retrospective. On at the Ipswich Art Gallery 28 March – 14 June 2026

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A new exhibition at Megalo in Canberra, The Hurst Business, presents the work of Omar Musa https://t.co/Qdx3c0fHNR

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Michael Vale is a quirky and unusual artist I came across a major survey exhibition of his art at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. My review of it will appear in the April issue of the Art Almanac. It is on until May 31 and is well worth a visit. https://t.co/NFy3PVD0xj

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A feast for printmakers. Canberra is being treated to a fabulous exhibition of monotypes by Andrew Totman https://t.co/rCGg7SFFck

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It is a humbling honour to be invited to deliver the inaugural lecture in the inaugural lecture program at Ngununggula - Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Bowral at Retford Park, 1 Art Gallery Lane. I will be speaking on ‘Fred Williams in Mittagong’ on Friday 6 February at 1pm

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I am very privileged to have been invited to curate the major retrospective of Leonard Brown’s art – Leonard Brown: Painting the Celestial at the Ipswich Art Gallery, Opens March 28, 2026
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Thinking of judging an art prize? I share some of my thoughts on the matter. https://t.co/DFwvDLXSM6

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She’s got the look - Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo come to the NGV for the summer with a spectacular exhibition https://t.co/fPOn4090UB

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The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial has just opened at the National Gallery of Australia. Fewer artists, a smaller footprint, but a huge punch. https://t.co/AR6etCjEuq

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On my gallery crawl around Melbourne, I came across a superb exhibition by the veteran artist, Peter Neilson. Not only technically exquisite, but hard hitting and at times profound. Australian Galleries, 35 Derby Street, Collingwood, closes December 6, open daily 10-6pm

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Kaylene Whiskey enjoys something of a cult following in Australian art. The National Portrait Gallery is holding the largest and most extensive exhibition of her art to date: https://t.co/SEEBlLZ2D2

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The Australian artist, Kirrily Hammond, has lived in Copenhagen for about seven years and has arrived at a form of misty Nordic noir in her haunting paintings. https://t.co/pMo6Pduz4A

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Salvatore Zofrea’s opening was crowded, very crowded – family, artists, art lovers, diplomats and politicians. In case you weren’t there: https://t.co/aCuBC7z7s3
Show on until 25 October