Poster Girls in Collingwood

 

Pictured top: Hanging with Marie Spartali Stillman in Smith Street, Collingwood in inner city Melbourne, my old stomping ground. I wonder what William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites would make of the setting? 

Many thanks to Paul Compton for this great shot. A cropped detail is below. 

Coming soon: PRE-RAPHAELITES DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS/IN THE COMPANY OF MORRIS

Pictured: a happy discovery in the elegant entrance alcove of the Art Gallery of Ballarat, ahead of the imminent exhibitions Pre-Raphaelites, Drawings and Watercolours from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and In the Company of Morris. 

On the poster, L-R: Marie Spartali Stillman, Cloister Lilies, 1891, watercolour and body colour, part of the former, and a detail from my triptych Three Women, 2021, synthetic polymer paint on linen, part of the latter.

The exhibitions open on 20 May and run to 6 August.

Credit for top photo: Shane Jones.