In Paddington and Darlinghurst 27 October

It was a full day starting with the ‘Captivate’ show at the National Art School where the exhibition is in different sections. The talk by Vivienne Webb took us through the part of the show about the prison (it’s 200 years since the walls began to be constructed) and into sections of the show that chronicle the art school’s life (it’s 100 years since it started to be conducted on the site).

Camera used to photograph prisoners in Darlinghurst Gaol

After the tour I did errands before returning to Paddington to see Richard Tipping’s show at Australian Galleries.

‘With God on Our Side’ is a small sculpture

I also popped into Arthouse Gallery to see Jo Bertini’s large canvases in bright colours.

‘Salt Creep Telling Stories’ is vivacious and skilfully made

Off to Defiance Gallery where the Paddington Art Prize winner was announced, it is an amazing show of landscape paintings and the proceedings were opened by Blak Douglas.

We went to see a show of work by Bernard Greaves at Darlinghurst Road Gallery but I didn’t think to taken a snapshot. The thick impasto of the works made Yianni think of Anh Do and I thought of Ben Quilty. We ended up six of us at a Thai restaurant where the food was delicious. A busy day.