In a coup for Melbourne, more than 150 works by legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso will be exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria next year…. Among the works to travel to the National Gallery are the sculpture Head of a Bull (1942) and the paintings Portrait of Dora Maar (1937), Man with a Straw Hat and An Icecream Cone (1938) and Head and Shoulders of a Woman with a Striped Hat (1939). Mr Bracks said yesterday that the first of the gallery’s Winter Masterpieces series, 2004’s The Impressionists, was Australia’s most successful art exhibition, with more than 380,000 visitors at an average of 3728 a day and had been estimated to have generated $25.7 million for the state’s economy.

Wired News: Vintage Video Games Go Highbrow Some people are debating the worth of vintage games for art subjects but i submit that it is an original treatment and one that will resonate well with children and geeks alike. the artworks are good and interesting and vintage toys have been a long standing subject so it makes sense as we move into the future that the theme of toys is updated to reflect “newer” pastimes…. I have been asked when I am painting again, I am cooking up some ideas in my head but currently the pain is too much to work through – I am hopeful for soon though!

I went to the Affordable Art Show with mom yesterday, not only did we have some great conversations on the way and way back where we talked candidly, she was most supportive and I feel better for everything we talked about…. I was highly impressed by a series of concert images (exhibited by Bus) which had an amazing energy, the use of color and the individual tiny portraits that all had character…. But anyway, the wierdest thing of all was that mom and I would look at a piece and she would ask about the techniques involved, the imagery and why she liked a piece.

Believe it or not, but the Eddie Maguire one was really great, I guess because you could barely see his face…. I remember Years ago they hosted major installations, paintings and one really amazing historical toy exhibition…. I guess I am a little sad, the MGA is the premiere gallery in the SE suburbs and it is limiting itself to only photographic works?

There is an exhibition on at the Highway Gallery in Mount Waverley starting on the first of April. It’s called ‘figuratively Speaking’ and is based on the human figure…. I have been thinking of exploring sexuality but that might be a little forward for Mount Waverley (considering I went to school there…)