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the influence
the influence January 29, 2022
For Angela Tiatia, the performance art of Latai Taumoepeau was revelatory.
the influence January 22, 2022
As the daughter of a painter, cinematographer Ari Wegner found inspiration from an early age in the portraiture of Lucian Freud.
the influence December 18, 2021
The Australian Ballet’s artistic director, David Hallberg, says French choreographer Jérôme Bel opened his eyes – and broke his heart.
the influence December 11, 2021
For artist Jonathan Jones, Aunty Esme Timbery’s striking shell works are a direct line to Aboriginal artmaking traditions at La Perouse.
the influence December 4, 2021
The deepest influence on ARIA-nominated Emma Donovan is the music of her grandparents, Micko and Aileen Donovan.
the influence November 27, 2021
Artist Shen Xin says the layering of desire, bondage and labour in Hito Steyerl’s video Lovely Andrea has deeply informed their understanding of image.
the influence November 20, 2021
Multidisciplinary artist Amrita Hepi pays homage to Adrian Piper’s groundbreaking short video Funk Lessons.
the influence November 13, 2021
A major inspiration behind Jacek Koman’s current role is the father-son love story in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
the influence November 6, 2021
Acclaimed war photographer Stephen Dupont traces his vocation back to the shock of first seeing Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son.
the influence October 30, 2021
When Joel Ma was a teenager, his mother took him to see William Yang’s one-man show Sadness, and it changed his life.
the influence October 23, 2021
For choreographer Jo Lloyd, the discomfort of Leos Carax’s film Holy Motors is part of its uneasy brilliance.
