Is Sidney Nolan still relevant?

Through a wave of refocused attention on the Australian modernist icon, there is much to be said on Nolan’s legacy in today’s context.

A modern master, Australian icon, British treasure – is there anything more we could know about Sidney Nolan?

Less than 50km away, TarraWarra Museum of Art explores another aspect of Nolan, almost as a counterpart to the Heide exhibition, with Sidney Nolan: Myth Rider.

Curator Melissa Keys shared that Cross’ engagement offers the opportunity for visitors to reinterpret Nolan in the critical contemporary context. ‘It’s a work that taps into Heide’s significance as a locus of Australian modernism … it’s part of an ongoing body of work in which he both imaginatively, and critically, explores Nolan’s legacy,’ said Keys.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_