Nicholas Thomas

Jul 17, 2024 | inkl.com | Nicholas Thomas

Whether or not Thomas would feel frustrated by the current show at the NGA is unclear, but he would surely be annoyed by some of the commentary circulating in the Australian media. It’s not that he’s unsympathetic to the ubiquitous discussion of Gauguin’s cancellable personality — his history of sexism, colonialism and paedophilia are worth debating in an era that is scrambling to figure out who deserves public recognition, and in what ways.

Mar 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Nicholas Thomas

In 1891, Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti on board the Vire and, according to one witness, stepped ashore wearing a cowboy hat and un grand air de profond dédain. He could ill afford such disdain: he had long desired to live and work among the local people in the tropics but they hooted with laughter at the sight of him. Particularly amused by his long salt-and-pepper hair, they followed him in the street, calling him ta’ata vahine (‘man-woman’).

Jun 5, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Nicholas Thomas

Issue Jun 05, 2023 By Tong Tung Yeng Full text also available in Chinese.

May 29, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Louis Ho |Nicholas Thomas

Issue May 29, 2023 By Louis Ho Full text also available in Chinese. Liu Kuo-sung: “Experimentation as Method”National Gallery SingaporeThat Taiwanese modernist Liu Kuo-sung has earned a place in the canon of avant-garde ink art, or shiyan shuimo, is a fact. He invented the eponymous Liu Kuo-sung paper, from the surface of which fibers are removed to create textural effects.

May 15, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Tiffany Luk |Janet Gough |Nicholas Thomas

Issue May 15, 2023 By Tiffany Luk Full text also available in Chinese. Churches have long been sites where rituals of life and death took place side by side.