The evocative film charts Shen’s and his wife’s experience of life under the Mao regime – as well as communism’s influence on his work.
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A century ago, the French writer and poet André Breton penned his ‘Manifesto of Surrealism,’ launching an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.
Although Joaquín Sorolla is best known for his treatment of light in painting, he also cultivated social realism in his works.
Jeffrey Smart is admired for his carefully structured paintings of Tuscany and Rome. This National Gallery of Australia’s centenary celebration of his birth takes the viewer back to Adelaide.
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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