Art and Abart

Three women in red Oil on canvas 60.9 x 76.2 cm (24" x 30") Time to leave politics behind (sometimes it overwhelms even ar...

This morning I received an email from my Belgian friend Monika, a woman who has a long history of opposing wars. She has given permission f...

Untitled (Gallipoli Art Exhibition, Sydney, 2006) This year at the remembrance ceremony at the war memorial in Canberra the didgeridoo ...

I wonder how this young man will fare, returning from a war with experiences his people at home wont be able to understand.  Is he traumat...

When a storm hits with cyclonic winds and heavy rain it is the wind that is frightening. It is so loud . I have read about wind noise but th...

Is this the new norm in our climate-changed world? Ferocious winds and driving rain, that's the NSW Central Coast right now. Trees bein...

Thomas Rann plays Cello Beethoven and Shostakovich string quartets played with such verve and aplomb that you really sit up in your seat...

Louis Lortie plays preludes If you had told me I would be listening to 57 preludes one after the other,  I would have thought you were j...

Last night a concert of new works by Australian, Turkish and New Zealand composers was presented in the Paddington Church by soprano AyşeG...

The rain just about washed away Easter on the Central Coast and I imagine many campers left early. The rose didn't seem to mind though....

Homecoming Oil on Canvas 51 x 76 cm There has been a lot of talk about the Gallipoli campaign this year which is not surprising I supp...

 Opera in the Arboretum It was a picture postcard perfect day for the 10th anniversary of the Pearl Beach Opera in the Arboretum, someth...

ACO Gallipoli concert (from ACO website) The latest Australian Chamber Orchestra concert, Reflections on Gallipoli , depicts the horro...

Pieczonka as Senta (ROH website) The newest Royal Opera House Covent Garden version of   Der fliegende Holländer didn't get rave rev...

I am watching the BBC version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on DVD and reading the book at the same time - or actually after eac...

Malcolm Fraser via @ photosSMH  Vale Malcolm Fraser . "Life wasn't meant to be easy, but take courage child, for it can be...

So you think you can tell the difference between a computer and a human? Take the NY Times Quiz to see if you are right:

You'd never guess so many nuts and bolts are needed to make a table! What is it about making Ikea furniture that is so appealing? I...

This is a 'must watch' video. The piece is Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1, for those who are wondering... Conductor at Klara Pre-s...

Turkish music enthusiasts packed the Capitol Theater in Sydney last Wednesday to hear seven virtuosic 'Masters' of Turkish instru...