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Read • Drowned Mercedes
The exhibition ‘Michael Zavros: The Favourite’ featured the ambitious new sculpture Drowned Mercedes 2023 (illustrated), for which Michael Zavros has filled the cabin of a … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Horses, centaurs & the mystique of the cowboy
Michael Zavros was an Australian national showjumper as a teenager, so thoroughbreads are in his blood. During the Royal Queensland Show — which locals have affectionately … -
Read • Michael Zavros: The symbolic subject
In recent years, still life has been a pillar of Michael Zavros’s painting practice. Before you peek at the artwork titles below, look closely … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Acropolis now
Over the past 25 years Michael Zavros has developed a singular vision of contemporary culture, navigating the undercurrents of desire that shape so much of … -
Read • Michael Zavros: Depictions of luxury & beauty
Australian artist Michael Zavros has made a significant impact on the Australian art world through the artist’s multi-decade practice. He has created depictions … -
Watch • Michael Zavros discusses his mural 'Acropolis Now' 2023
Hear from artist Michael Zavros as he creates the massive mural 'Acropolis Now' 2023 as part of 'The Favourite' exhibition (24 Jun – 2 Oct 2023 … -
Read • Bold, contemporary, challenging and exquisite
Two irresistible exhibitions have opened side-by-side at the Gallery of Modern Art and are poised to deliver one extraordinary experience featuring more than … -
Read • Michael Zavros: The favourite
Whether realised through the meticulously rendered paintings for which he is best known or through digital photography, video, performance or sculpture, Michael Zavros’s body … -
Read • See two irresistible exhibitions: eX de Medici & Michael Zavros
Preparations are underway for our winter program of two irresistible exhibitions ‘eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness’ and ‘Michael Zavros: The Favourite’, presented side by side … -
Read • The Archibald Prize: A Century of portraits
With the 2023 Archibald Prize recently announced, we delve into Australia’s oldest portrait award hosted by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Since … -
Read • QAGOMA Foundation: Integral to the story of our Collection
As the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) celebrates 125 years since its establishment on 29 March 2020, we look at the role … -
Read • We all call Queensland home
By telling the story of Australian Art, we can observe the changing nature of portraiture — the shift from democratic modes such as the nineteenth-century … -
Read • Chris Saines talks painting with Michael Zavros
“There is a cocktail of conceits here, drawing, as Zavros does, on the history of art, on fashion, the selfie generation and more.” Chris … -
Read • Bad dad: An interview with Michael Zavros
Queensland artist Michael Zavros’s painting, Bad dad 2013 was the subject of the 2016 QAGOMA Foundation Appeal. Peter McKay spoke with the artist about … -
Read • From the Director: Our new direction
We were delighted to close APT8 with an attendance of almost 605 000 — the most visited APT since APT5 in 2006, which coincided with the … -
Read • Foundation Appeal launched for Michael Zavros ‘Self-Portrait’
At an exclusive launch at the Gallery of Modern Art, this striking self-portrait Bad dad 2013 by Michael Zavros was announced as the focus … -
Read • Everything, beautiful or not, is fleeting.
In 2011, curator Robert Leonard, summed up Michael Zavros’s art practice in an erudite article for the journal ‘Art & Australia’. It is often said … -
Read • A Private Collection — Artist’s Choice: Michael Zavros
Brisbane-based painter, sculptor and video artist Michael Zavros uses perfection as the overarching theme in his work, evident in his faultless renderings of images …