Great Mentor Stands Alone

The Pissarro exhibition is a fitting tribute to a colossal talent, writes JOHN McDONALD. Camille Pissarro: the First Impressionist Art Gallery of NSW, until February 19; National Gallery of Victoria, March 4 to May 28

Impressionist Draws A-door-able Crowd

AT Thursday's dinner at the Art Gallery of NSW, guests, including Luca and Anita Belgiorno-Nettis, the extremely private Antoinette "Popsy" Albert, Frank Sartor, John Schaeffer and Bettina Dalton, Lady (Nancy) Fairfax and two living, breathing Pissarros, Joachim and Lionel, previewed Camille Pissarro: The First Impressionist, which officially opened yesterday (See In The Frame: Page 29). (Some guests were delayed having attended the European Australian Business Council drinks for Lord Patten of ...

Pissarro Makes Quite An Impression

THERE was awe and delight on the faces of the crowd yesterday as the Art Gallery of NSW unveiled its summer blockbuster exhibition on the life and works of French impressionist Camille Pissarro.

First Impressionists Last Longest, Art Gallery Discovers

When 19th-century impressionist Camille Pissarro returned to Paris after the Franco-Prussian war, he discovered that German soldiers had made a boardwalk out of 300 of his paintings.

Quirky, Seamy Slice Of Life

INSIDE DEEP THROAT Rated: R With: Linda Lovelace, Hugh Hefner, Camille Paglia, Norman Mailer. Critic's warning: Explicit sex scenes, references, language. Critic's rating: 8/10