A selection of fascinating and idiosyncratic artist material in the Library’s collection tells new stories of the way artists live, create art and promote their work.
Maurice Cullen and other Canadian artists returning home from Europe were inspired by winter, local landscape and quality of light. Light on snow became one of the defining subjects of Canadian Impressionism.
Renowned for her photographs, films, writings and photobooks, Moyra Davey imbues her work with personal narration and memory alongside text and influences of literary figures.
In the exhibition Àbadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu continuel, Indigenous languages play a part in encouraging the revival and resurgence of cultural traditions and knowledge.
Considered a visionary ahead of his time, William Blake is best known for his illuminated books that combined imagery and text in a highly personal form.
Through her installation and performance, artist Maria Hupfield invites us to contemplate "radical solidarity" with Indigenous peoples as a first step in correcting the practices that erase their histories on...
The evolution of Japan in the 20th century is mirrored in the images of Japanese photographers who captured the stories and contrasts of a transforming society.
European artists were giving shape to beasts that populate collective imagination long before "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones" came along.
