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Therese Ritchie, "If she were as priceless as a Warhol, you'd save her" limited 99 edi

by Koulla Roussos

Jul 27, 20205 min read

Therese Ritchie, "If she were as priceless as a Warhol, you'd save her" limited 99 edi

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Exhibition review: ‘Burning hearts’, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)

Review by Koulla Roussos

Jun 4, 20203 min read

Exhibition review: ‘Burning hearts’, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)

Art Monthly Australasia, Issue 324 Winter 2020 pp. 52-53 Arresting the touristic gaze: Therese Ritchie and the art of representation in a...

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by Koulla Roussos

Apr 18, 20207 min read

Easter Saturday, 1974

In 1973, when I was 5 years old, my parents decided to leave Darwin and resettle with five children back to their island home. This move...

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by Koulla Roussos

Dec 26, 20195 min read

On my father’s doubts about art

It’s been a month now since my father passed away. Since 26/11/19 I have had daily multiple instances akin to out of body experiences as...

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Liss Fenwick, Grim Purpose, DVA 30/8/19-13/9/19

Review by Koulla Roussos

Sep 13, 20194 min read

Liss Fenwick, Grim Purpose, DVA 30/8/19-13/9/19

The first thing one notices about Liss Fenwick’s Grim Purpose, is the imposing size of the photographic prints. From a distance the...

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Koulla Roussos

Sep 4, 20193 min read

Dragon slayer

Last night in the early hours, after I got home from the airport, I started to watch Part 1 of Fritz Lang’s 1924 “Die Nibelungen" . Here...

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Painting ghosts-fleeting thoughts on an art work one year on

Koulla Roussos

Jun 2, 20194 min read

Painting ghosts-fleeting thoughts on an art work one year on

Travis Vella’s “To those that were missing” (2018) is a medium size oil on board, a representational work, depicting four female...

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Rob Brown, The Plum Spanky, a solo exhibition of new works, Mayfair Gallery, 10 May 2019

Koulla Roussos

May 16, 20193 min read

Rob Brown, The Plum Spanky, a solo exhibition of new works, Mayfair Gallery, 10 May 2019

Darwin has a strong cultural heartbeat. Its beginnings can be traced to creatives who have come and gone and to many who remain, their...

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Koulla Roussos

Feb 24, 201910 min read

An afternoon walk, Feb 2019

It was a Sunday afternoon, I was lying on my couch, reading random extracts on line from the digitised diary of GW Goyder, the Surveyor...

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Exhibition review: Talitha Kennedy, Palpable Voids, Mars Gallery 27 Septemb

Koulla Roussos

Oct 8, 20181 min read

Exhibition review: Talitha Kennedy, Palpable Voids, Mars Gallery 27 Septemb

Talitha Kennedy formed her distinctive style in Darwin. She cuts and she moulds and she stitches and she shapes into black leather the...

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Koulla Roussos

May 29, 20181 min read

Glamorama Futurama

2018 marks 50 years since the first Futuro prototype designed by Finnish designer Matti Suuronen was unveiled at an international...

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Review by Koulla Roussos

May 22, 20183 min read

The Complexity of Contemporaneity

The complexity of contemporaneity: Franck Gohier at MAGNT Koulla Roussos, Darwin Published in Art Monthly, Issue 307, May 2018 ‘A...

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Koulla Roussos

Dec 25, 20171 min read

Post-Christmas insomnia image idling

So glad to be home. K Roussos, Homepic instagram #pic of the day, 26/12/17 Returning journey A labyrinth, a homemade jet lag jigsaw...

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Koulla Roussos

Dec 22, 20175 min read

Art, Responsibility and Action

On my last day in Rome a few weeks ago I set off for the suburban outskirts to visit the Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz,...

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Koulla Roussos

Dec 12, 20176 min read

A Day in Three Colours

Grey Today I visited for the first time ever abroad an Australian Embassy. It was a dark, grey and cold morning, the sky did not come to...

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Alone with Pasolini in a Hotel Room in Rome

Koulla Roussos

Dec 5, 20177 min read

Alone with Pasolini in a Hotel Room in Rome

Is it sensible to spend a whole day inside the hotel room while on vacation in Rome? When I should be outside walking the streets,...

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Utopie Radicali, Oltre L’Architettura Firenze 1966-1976, Palazzo Strozzi, 20/10/17-21/01/18

Koulla Roussos

Dec 3, 20171 min read

Utopie Radicali, Oltre L’Architettura Firenze 1966-1976, Palazzo Strozzi, 20/10/17-21/01/18

Today we left Florence but ensured we caught this formidable exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi- Utopie Radicali, Oltre L’Architettura...

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The Lane Art Space Opening Media Release

Koulla Roussos

Sep 28, 20172 min read

The Lane Art Space Opening Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE FRIDAY 29/9/17 The inaugural opening of new exhibition space, activating a key lane way between NT House and TIO Center in...

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Koulla Roussos

Sep 12, 20175 min read

The Lane Art Space

The aim of the Lane Art Space is to activate a a key thoroughfare between West Lane and Mitchell Street, via a series of curated...

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Linda Joy, Stone Country, Paul Johnstone Gallery, 30 June 2017- 29 July 2017

Review by Koulla Roussos

Aug 6, 20175 min read

Linda Joy, Stone Country, Paul Johnstone Gallery, 30 June 2017- 29 July 2017

Linda Joy, Stone Country, Paul Johnstone Gallery, 30 June 2017- 29 July 2017. Image credit: Koulla Roussos, 2017 One of the many issues...

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