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Therese Ritchie, "If she were as priceless as a Warhol, you'd save her" limited 99 edi
© Therese Ritchie, "If she were as priceless as a work of art, you'd save her", 2020. Knine Productions proudly presents the second in...
by Koulla Roussos
Jul 27, 20205 min read


Exhibition review: ‘Burning hearts’, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
Art Monthly Australasia, Issue 324 Winter 2020 pp. 52-53 Arresting the touristic gaze: Therese Ritchie and the art of representation in a...
Review by Koulla Roussos
Jun 5, 20203 min read


Easter Saturday, 1974
In 1973, when I was 5 years old, my parents decided to leave Darwin and resettle with five children back to their island home. This move...
by Koulla Roussos
Apr 18, 20207 min read


On my father’s doubts about art
It’s been a month now since my father passed away. Since 26/11/19 I have had daily multiple instances akin to out of body experiences as...
by Koulla Roussos
Dec 26, 20195 min read


Liss Fenwick, Grim Purpose, DVA 30/8/19-13/9/19
The first thing one notices about Liss Fenwick’s Grim Purpose, is the imposing size of the photographic prints. From a distance the...
Review by Koulla Roussos
Sep 13, 20194 min read


Dragon slayer
Last night in the early hours, after I got home from the airport, I started to watch Part 1 of Fritz Lang’s 1924 “Die Nibelungen" . Here...
Koulla Roussos
Sep 4, 20193 min read


Painting ghosts-fleeting thoughts on an art work one year on
Travis Vella’s “To those that were missing” (2018) is a medium size oil on board, a representational work, depicting four female...
Koulla Roussos
Jun 2, 20194 min read


Rob Brown, The Plum Spanky, a solo exhibition of new works, Mayfair Gallery, 10 May 2019
Darwin has a strong cultural heartbeat. Its beginnings can be traced to creatives who have come and gone and to many who remain, their...
Koulla Roussos
May 16, 20193 min read


An afternoon walk, Feb 2019
It was a Sunday afternoon, I was lying on my couch, reading random extracts on line from the digitised diary of GW Goyder, the Surveyor...
Koulla Roussos
Feb 24, 201910 min read


Exhibition review: Talitha Kennedy, Palpable Voids, Mars Gallery 27 Septemb
Talitha Kennedy formed her distinctive style in Darwin. She cuts and she moulds and she stitches and she shapes into black leather the...
Koulla Roussos
Oct 8, 20181 min read


Glamorama Futurama
2018 marks 50 years since the first Futuro prototype designed by Finnish designer Matti Suuronen was unveiled at an international...
Koulla Roussos
May 30, 20181 min read


The Complexity of Contemporaneity
The complexity of contemporaneity: Franck Gohier at MAGNT Koulla Roussos, Darwin Published in Art Monthly, Issue 307, May 2018 ‘A...
Review by Koulla Roussos
May 22, 20183 min read


Post-Christmas insomnia image idling
So glad to be home. K Roussos, Homepic instagram #pic of the day, 26/12/17 Returning journey A labyrinth, a homemade jet lag jigsaw...
Koulla Roussos
Dec 26, 20171 min read


Art, Responsibility and Action
On my last day in Rome a few weeks ago I set off for the suburban outskirts to visit the Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz,...
Koulla Roussos
Dec 22, 20175 min read


A Day in Three Colours
Grey Today I visited for the first time ever abroad an Australian Embassy. It was a dark, grey and cold morning, the sky did not come to...
Koulla Roussos
Dec 12, 20176 min read


Alone with Pasolini in a Hotel Room in Rome
Is it sensible to spend a whole day inside the hotel room while on vacation in Rome? When I should be outside walking the streets,...
Koulla Roussos
Dec 6, 20177 min read


Utopie Radicali, Oltre L’Architettura Firenze 1966-1976, Palazzo Strozzi, 20/10/17-21/01/18
Today we left Florence but ensured we caught this formidable exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi- Utopie Radicali, Oltre L’Architettura...
Koulla Roussos
Dec 4, 20171 min read


The Lane Art Space Opening Media Release
MEDIA RELEASE FRIDAY 29/9/17 The inaugural opening of new exhibition space, activating a key lane way between NT House and TIO Center in...
Koulla Roussos
Sep 29, 20172 min read


The Lane Art Space
The aim of the Lane Art Space is to activate a a key thoroughfare between West Lane and Mitchell Street, via a series of curated...
Koulla Roussos
Sep 12, 20175 min read


Linda Joy, Stone Country, Paul Johnstone Gallery, 30 June 2017- 29 July 2017
Linda Joy, Stone Country, Paul Johnstone Gallery, 30 June 2017- 29 July 2017. Image credit: Koulla Roussos, 2017 One of the many issues...
Review by Koulla Roussos
Aug 7, 20175 min read
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