Linda Morris

3 days ago | smh.com.au | Linda Morris

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3 days ago | smh.com.au | Linda Morris

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A notable surrealist photographer and painter in her own right, Dora Maar is best remembered for her eight-year relationship with Pablo Picasso. Often regarded as a muse to Picasso’s genius, Maar modelled for many of the artist’s anguished “weeping women” portraits, painted while he created his anti-fascist masterpiece, Guernica.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Linda Morris

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1 week ago | smh.com.au | Linda Morris

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There are three golden rules of the Australian Incognito Art Show, the lucky dip art fair that raises funds for artists with disabilities by selling affordable artworks signed by some of the nation’s most celebrated artists. It’s first in, best dressed, buyers are limited to three artworks each, and each of the works is priced at $100, co-founder David Liston says.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Linda Morris

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Once upon a child’s playground, Lego was those annoying plastic bricks that would endlessly entertain preschoolers. Today, it is a recognised artistic medium, fascinating for adults and children alike, seeding a TV show and a new Australian Museum exhibition.