I bled for this show and what distinguishes this work from anything else I have created in the last twenty years is the diversity of media.
—Del Kathryn Barton
Exhibition Dates: 11 August – 10 September 2016
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Created in collaboration with Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance Was Born
faceted gemstones, glass, sequins, dupion silk, embroidery silk, resin, plastic, jade, ink, acrylic, freshwater pearls, onyx, amber, Swarovski crystals, cotton on French linen
250 x 300 cm
archival ink and acrylic on paper
81 x 62.5 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
81 x 60.5 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
82 x 61 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
81 x 63 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
62 x 42.5 cm; (framed); 56 x 36cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
81 x 63 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
80.5 x 62 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
archival ink and acrylic on paper
81 x 62.5 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
enamel, ink and gouache on paper
80.5 x 60 cm; (framed); 76 x 56cm (paper size)
Italian dupion silk, archival print on rag paper, acrylic
56.5 x 56.5 cm; (framed)
photomontage archival print on rag with acrylic paint
202 x 144 cm; (framed)
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + 2 A/Ps
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + 2 A/Ps
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
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acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + 1 A/P
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + 2 A/Ps
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag
96 x 70 cm; (framed) Image size: 90 x 64cm
Edition of 2 + AP 1
lapis lazuli, wooden figurine, wooden saints head, wooden salad bowl, acrylic paint
200 x 47 x 47 cm; (with plinth)
pearls, amber, wooden figurines, ails, caribeeners, timber, acrylic paint, oil paint, facetted gemstones, jade
198 x 55 x 55 cm; (with plinth & vitrine)
faceted gemstones, 19th century carved female figure dressed in classical Roman garb, 1940 carved fruit bowl, sun mask Burkina Faso, acrylic paint
210 x 50 x 50 cm; (with plinth)
Italian dupion silk, artist’s porcelain doll, uncut raw ruby, amber, wooden salad bowl, wooden figurines, glass, bronze, black onyx, faceted gemstones, oil paint, gouache paint, acrylic paint
191 x 50 x 50 cm; (with plinth & vitrine)
vintage wooden priest head, vintage wooden puppet body, wooden lazy susan salad bowl, vintage holy water ladle, nails, acrylic paint
65 x 38 x 38 cm; (with plinth)
traditional Indian salad bowl, faceted gemstones, vintage My Little Pony, dyed pearls, wooden figurines, gumnuts, hemp twine, shells, acrylic paint, antique anodized cast aluminium side table, silver facetted beads, plastic beads
190 x 50 x 50 cm; (with plinth & vitrine)
pearls, faceted gemstones, bronze, wooden figurines, hemp twine, nails, archival ink on rag paper, wooden hat stand
206 x 65 x 65 cm
wooden figurine, wooden saints head, wooden salad bowl.
200 x 45 x 45 cm; (with plinth)
wooden figurine, wooden saints head, wooden salad bowl, crystal, acrylic paint, matryoshka doll, gumnuts
179 x 47 x 47 cm; (with plinth & vitrine)
19th century Spanish processional madonna figurine, wooden saints heads, wooden figurines, bronze, amber, gemstones, jade, spary paint, oil paint, gouache paint, acrylic paint, vintage plastic figurines, archival ink on rag, cotton string, glass, oak stool
108 x 56 x 28 cm
Archibald prize winning artist Del Kathryn Barton’s detailed and vibrant paintings explore the symbolic language of femininity, interweaving references to traditional folklore and the cosmos. Barton’s practice is grounded in self-referentiality, drawing from a euphoric, emotional inner world.
Del Kathryn Barton The Highway is a Disco, 2015; synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper
Del Kathryn Barton inside another land #56, 2017; acrylic and archival pigment ink on rag; 96 x 70 cm (framed), image size: 90 x 64cm
Exhibition view, Del Kathryn Barton, The Highway is a Disco, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (17 November 2017 — 12 March 2018)
Exhibition view, Del Kathryn Barton, The Highway is a Disco, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (17 November 2017 — 12 March 2018)
Del Kathryn Barton and Romance Was Born i give my radiance to you, 2018-2019; faceted gemstones, glass, sequins, dupion silk, embroidery silk, resin, plastic, jade, ink, acrylic, freshwater pearls, onyx, amber, Swarovski crystals, cotton on French linen; 300 x 250 cm
Del Kathryn Barton i wanted to build a bed for all the tired beds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019
Del Kathryn Barton the highway is a disco
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2017-18
Del Kathryn Barton soft river yr girl
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Del Kathryn Barton angel dribble
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Del Kathryn Barton electro orchid
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014
Group Show, The Gold Award
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD, 2014
Del Kathryn Barton Dark Heart
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 2014
Del Kathryn Barton pressure to the need
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Del Kathryn Barton Archibald Prize
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2013
Group Show, Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2012
Del Kathryn Barton
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012
Del Kathryn Barton satellite fade-out
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011
DEL KATHRYN BARTON
Born 1972, Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
i wanted to build a bed for all the tired beds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
The Nightingale and the Rose, Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
sing blood, wings sing, Albertz Benda, New York
The Nightingale and the Rose, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
The Nightingale and the Rose, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
The Nightingale and the Rose, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, VIC
UNTITLED, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
Asia Now Paris Asian Art Fair, 9 Avenue Hoche, Paris
The Nightingale and The Rose, Swan Hill Regional, Victoria
soft river yr girl, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Del Kathryn Barton: r u a bunny?, Albertz Benda, New York
the highway is a disco, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
angel dribble, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
The highway is a disco, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore
Del Kathryn Barton, Giorgio Armani, Martin Place, Sydney
electro orchid, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
pressure to the need, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
The Nightingale and the Rose, Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales
The Nightingale and the Rose, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
new work, RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney
satellite fade-out, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
the stars eat your body, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
the whole of everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Del Kathryn Barton, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
please. Don't stop. Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
thankyou for loving me, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Girl, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Drawings and Objects, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Drawings from California, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Unreflective Immersions, Kudos Gallery, College Of Fine Arts (COFA), University of New South Wales, Sydney
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Arthaus Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Sydney Contemporary, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Names. Faces, Arndt Art Agency, Berlin
Counterparts, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
Queer as Folk Lore, National Art School, Sydney
Robyn Stacey: as still as life, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Victoria
Carnivalesque, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The King’s School Art Prize, The King’s School, Parramatta
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
Electro Orchid’ Romance Was Born Collection, Collaboration, Sydney
Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
Terra Incognita, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007 – 2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
‘‘Electro Orchid’, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Romance Was Born Collection, Collaboration, Sydney
‘Aura Aurora’, Romance Was Born Collection 02, Collaboration, Sydney
Land, Landscape and Utopia, ARNDT Gallery, Singapore
THE PUBLIC BODY .02, Artspace, Sydney
Collector’s Space; Art Month, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Mad Love, curated by Del Kathryn Barton, Arndt Art Agency (A3), Berlin
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Hong Kong International Art Fair, ARNDT Gallery,
Like-ness, Albertz Brenda, New York
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Jupiter Hall, Paddington Sydney
Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
Sydney Contemporary International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Art StageSingapore International Art Fair, ARDNT Gallery, Singapore/Berlin
Express Yourself: Romance was born for kids, National Gallery of Victoria
The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery
Dark Heart, 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (curated by Nick Mitzevich)
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Touring)
Art and Australia Collection: 2003-2013, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Australia: Contemporary Voices, The Fine Art Society, London.
Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Theatre of the World, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
Lightness and Gravity, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Wattle - Contemporary Australian Art, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Out Of The Comfort Zone, Customs House, Sydney
Basic Instinct, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Freehand, Recent Australian Drawings, Heide Museum Of Modern Art, Melbourne
Artist's Self Portraits, The University Of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Wilderness, Balnaves Contemporary Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Feminism Never Happened, Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane
The Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
The University of Queensland National Artist's Self-Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2009, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Victoria
to whom it may concern: the written word in contemporary art, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
IKEA Home Project, Carriage Works, Sydney
Red Exhibition, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
Newtown Diaries, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Wynne Prize for Landscape, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Figuration Now, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
NEW: Selected Recent Acquisitions 2007-2008, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Leading Lights, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, University of NSW, Sydney
Beastly, MOP projects, Sydney
neo-goth: back in black, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Melbourne Art Fair, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
Show Me Your World, Gitte Weise Galerie, Berlin
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Strange Beauty, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2006, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Girl Band, Deloitte Foundation, Sydney
Fantastic Voyage, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
National Works on Paper 2004, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Del Kathryn Barton, Cathy Blanchflower, Derek O'Connor, Monika Tichacek, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Octopus 4: More Real Than Life, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
After Dark, My Sweet, Kudos Gallery, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney
National Works on Paper 2002, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Half a World Away: Drawings from Glasgow, Sao Paulo and Sydney, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo, New York, USA
Circus, The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Michael Esson, Anxiety: The Drawn Figure, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, CoFA, University of NSW, Sydney
Context, Kudos Gallery, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Wattspace Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales
Dissonance 2001, Kudos Gallery, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Thinking Aloud: A Drawing Show, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
The World Music Festival - Carnivali 1999, collaboration with Tufa (Visual Component), The Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
New Ten in Transit, Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, New South Wales
Four on the Floor, Gallery 19, Sydney
The Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, New South Wales
The Helen Lempriere Traveling Art Scholarship, The Works Gallery, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney
The Traveling Blake Prize for Religious Art, Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, New South Wales; Hibiscus Gallery, Hobart
The Contemporary Collection, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Mitchell Library Gallery, Sydney
MOTION WORKS
RED, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), 12 December
RED, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown South Australia, 2 September – 2 October
RED, Fliker Fest, SYD, 12 January – 21 January
The Nightingale and The Rose, Swan Hill Regional, VIC, 1 December – 28 January
RED, Sydney Film Festival, 7 – 18 June
RED, MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival), 3 – 20 August
RED, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 January – 30 April
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and The Rose, ACMI Melbourne, 21 June 2016 - 18 September 2017
The Nightingale and The Rose, diff (Darwin International Film Festival), 15 – 25 September
The Nightingale and The Rose, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuugart Germany. 27 April - 1 March
The Nightingale and The Rose, Like-ness, Albertz Benda, New York
The Nightingale and The Rose, Flickerfest 25th International Short Film Festival 8 - 17 January
The Nightingale and The Rose, Like-ness, Albertz Benda, New York
The Nightingale and The Rose, Flickerfest 25th International Short Film Festival 8 - 17 January
The Nightingale and The Rose, Savannah Film Festival 24 - 31 October
The Nightingale and The Rose, AFF (Adelaide Film Festival) 15-25 October
The Nightingale and The Rose, Graphic Festival Sydney 11 October
The Nightingale and The Rose, London International Film Festival 7-8 October
The Nightingale and The Rose, Sydney Contemporary International Art Fair 10-13 September
The Nightingale and The Rose, MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) 30 July-16 August
The Nightingale and The Rose, 55th Krakow Film Festival 31 May - 7 June
The Nightingale and the Rose, The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum Film Festival. March
The Nightingale and the Rose, generation 14plus competition, 65th Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Feburary
`The Human Dress', Art Stage Singapore: Video Stage. January
'The Human Dress', Dark Heart, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art. March - May.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jane Albert, ‘DOUBLE ACT’, Features, Vogue, October, p. 218-221
Edward Urrutia, 'Portrait of an Artist', Vogue Culture, Vogue, June, p. 93
Sarah Darmody, 'A New Monograph Celebrating One of Australia's Most Captivating Female Artists', The Design Files, 20 May, https://thedesignfiles.net/2019/05/inprint-minimonographs-delkathrynbarton-australian-artists/
Paul Ryan, ‘The Art That Made Me’, Look, May-June, p.30
Sarah Darmody, ‘Art of Motherhood’, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 11-12 May, p. 1, 8-9
Sarah Darmody, ‘From the miracle of motherhood, an ode to Del Kathryn Barton’, The Age, 9 May https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/from-the-miracle-of-motherhood-an-ode-to-del-kathryn-barton-20190502-p51jei.html
Natalie King, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’, Thames & Hudson
Gary Heery, ‘Collaborative Portraits’, p.78-79
Maria Stoljar 'Ep 67: Del Kathryn Barton', Talking with Painters, 14 April https://www.talkingwithpainters.com/2019/04/14/ep-67-del-kathryn barton/
Elle Murrell. ‘7 Women Shaking Up The Australian Art Scene’, The Design Files, 15 January, https://thedesignfiles.net/2019/01/women
trailblazing-australian-art-scene/
Gina Fairlet. ‘The Big List: what made an impact in the visual arts in 2018’, Visual Arts Hub, 20 December, https://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/visual-arts/gina-fairley/the-big-list-what-made-an-impact-in-the-visual-arts-in-2018-257051
Eliza Jordan, ‘Don’t Miss This at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2018’, Whitewall, 6 December, https://www.whitewall.art/art/five-unmissable-booths-at-untitled-art-miami-beach-2018
John Saxby, ‘The art that made me’, Look, Nov-Dec, p.21-23
Peter Fish, ‘Sotheby’s well ahead after mid-year auctions’, The Australian Financial Review, 5 September, https://www.afr.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/art/sothebys-well-ahead-after-midyear-auctions-20180904-h14xh7
Peter Fish, ‘Barton, Boyd and Whiteley leadway as August sales kick off’, Australian Financial Review, 8 August, https://www.afr.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/art/barton-boyd-and-whiteley-lead-way-as-august-sales-kick-off-20180807-h13o8u
Justin Paton, ‘Carnivalesque character’, Look, Jul-Aug, p. 16
ABC Television, ‘Everyone’s a Critic’, Episode 1, Aired 28 June
Michaela Boland, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’s prices put her in Australia’s top 10 living artists’, ABC News, 18 June http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-16/del-kathryn-barton-most-sought-after-australian-female-artist/9875182
Brook Turner, ‘I will change everything’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/i-will-change-everything-the-assured-ambition-of-new-nga-director-nick-mitzevich-20180605-p4zjij.html
Peter Fish, ‘High hopes Barton’s Nightingale will sing’, The Australian Financial Review, p.12, 7 June
Natalie Mell, ‘Ten Years of Style’, Instyle, p. 98-99, May
Kieran Finnane, ‘Breadth and depth in Alice Prize – show and winner’, Alice Springs News, April http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2018/04/30/breadth-and-depth-in-alice-prize-show-and-winner/
ABC Drive Alice Springs, radio interview, March
Kim Triesbee, ‘Del Kathryn Barton; Let the monsters hug their lights’, Beautiful Bizarre, p. 96-105, March
Chloe Mandryk, ‘Del Kathryn Barton; The Highway is a Disco’, Art Almanac, p. 22-23, February
‘$600,000 in Development Funding for 23 Projects’, Screen Australia, Media Release 22 February, https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2018/02-22-600000-development-funding-for-23-projects
Gina Fairley, ‘Review: Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco at NGV Australia’, ArtsHub, 21 February, http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/visual-arts/gina-fairley/review-del-kathryn-barton-the-highway-is-a-disco-at-ngv-australia-255249
John McDonald, ‘Fears and fantasies’, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, p.10-11, 20-21 January
John McDonald, ‘Review: Del Kathryn Barton, The Highway is a Disco at the NGV’, Brisbane Times, 19 January, https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/review-del-kathryn-barton-the-highway-is-a-disco-at-the-ngv-20180116-h0iujz.html
‘Del Kathryn Barton; the highway is a disco’, video clip, NGV Multimedia Channel, National Gallery of Victoria, 2017 https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/del-kathryn-barton/
Pip Wallis, ‘Del Kathryn Barton: the highway is a disco’, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/multimedia/del-kathryn-barton/
Juliet Helmke, The depths of womanhood, and all the painstaking, glittering, and strange truths therein’, Modern Painters, Blouin Art Info, June/July, 2017, pp.78-85
Naomi Tosic, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’, National Gallery of Victoria Magazine, p.26-29, November-December
Georgina Safe, ‘Woman of the year’, Harper’s Bazaar, p.98-109, December
Briony Wright, ‘for del Kathryn barton, art is a lifeline’, i-D, 23 November, https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/3kv94w/for-del-kathryn-barton-art-is-a-lifeline
Elizabeth Fortescue, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’s major new exhibition honours the mother who never got to see it’, The Daily Telegraph, 20 November, https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/art/del-kathryn-bartons-major-new-exhibition-honours-the-mother-who-never-got-to-see-it-ng-4ff68bdd8ca7da2b36dff7b943a2bf3e
Miriam Cosic, ‘Living Colour’, The Saturday Paper, p.18-19, 18-24 November
Anita Pisch, ‘Del Kathryn Barton explores powerful female sexuality but reproduces the male gaze’, The Conversation’ 20 November, http://theconversation.com/del-kathryn-barton-explores-powerful-female-sexuality-but-reproduces-the-male-gaze-87746
Ros Brennan, ‘The Highway is a Disco: Del Kathryn Barton’s largest exhibition ever’, Buro 24/7, http://www.buro247.com.au/culture-lifestyle/arts/the-highway-is-a-disco-del-kathryn-barton-s-larges.html
‘Del Kathryn Barton – NGV Exhibition’, Blog, 10 Magazine, 17 November, https://www.10magazine.com.au/blog/del-kathryn-barton-ngv-exhibition/
‘The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine’, ABC Radio Melbourne, 16 November, http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/9143538
Anna Byrne, ‘Barton’s Brush with Romance’, Herald Sun Melbourne, 17 November, http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/melbourne/artist-del-kathryn-barton-inspires-ngv-exhibition-romance-was-born-collection/news-story/92bb422fdd8112e27b5bbbe221902000
Stephanie Convery, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’s fertile universe’, The Guardian, 17 November https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/17/into-the-pleasure-zone-del-kathryn-barton-show-is-a-jungly-fertile-universe
Matthew Drummond, ‘Memories are made of this’, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, p.22, November
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Ashleigh Wilson, ‘The Creator’, Review, The Weekend Australian, p.12-13, 4-5 November
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Hannah Francis, ‘Del Kathryn Barton scales up for biggest solo exhibition to date’, Brisbane Times, 3 November, https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/del-kathryn-barton-scales-up-for-biggest-solo-exhibition-to-date-20171103-gzeb3f.html
Hannah Francis, ‘Del Kathryn Barton scales up for biggest solo exhibition to date’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/melbourne-arts/del-kathryn-barton-scales-up-for-biggest-solo-exhibition-to-date-20171103-gzeb3f
Del Kathryn Barton, ‘Graphic Account’, Vogue Australia, p. 189-193, November
Jane Albert, ‘Two Of Us’, Good Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 8, 21 October
Jennifer Ma, Mad Love for Australian Art: An Exhibition Review, Azucar Magazine and Art Gallery, 11 July http://www.azucarmag.com/mad-love-australian-art-exhibition-review/
Laura Cabiscol, Del Kathryn Barton, from Australia to Berlin, Metal Magazine http://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/del-kathryn-barton-from-australia-to-berlin
‘Mad Love at Arndt Art Agency in Berlin’, UNSW Sydney Art & Design Global https://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/whats-on/events/mad-love-arndt-art-agency-berlin
Mimi Wong, ‘Albertz Benda Del Kathryn Barton R U A BUNNY?’, ArtAsiaPacific, p. 148-149, Sep/Oct
Naomi Tosic, ‘The DNA of DKB’, Ten Magazine, p. 260 – 279, Autumn/Winter 17
John McDonald, ‘Risky Business: The line between art and pornography is tested in an exhibition that deliberately courts controversy’, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 10-11, 19-20 August
John McDonald, ‘Walk on the wild side’, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 12, 22-23 July
Michael Cathcart & Sarah Kanowski, ‘Mad Love: Australian art in Berlin’, Books and Arts, ABC Radio National, 19 July, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/mad-love:-australian-art-in-berlin/8677134
Ralph Arida, ‘Painting the town Red with Del Kathryn Barton, Plastik Magazine, p. 172-181, Volume 30, Spring 2017
‘Del Kathryn Barton’s ‘The Highway is a Disco’ at NGV, Melbourne’, Blouin Art Info, 5 July, http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2321883/del-kathryn-bartons-the-highway-is-a-disco-at-ngv-melbourne
Varia Karipoff, ‘Light and Energy’, Art Guide Australia, p. 82 – 85, July/August 2017
Margaret Carrigan, ‘Embracing Femininity in Florid and Fierce Portraits’, Hyperallergic, 5 July, https://hyperallergic.com/388897/embracing-femininity-in-florid-and-fierce-portraits/
Saskia Randle, ’12 Exhibitions To See in New York This Summer’, Galerie Magazine, 26 June http://www.galeriemagazine.com/12-exhibitions-see-new-york-summer/
Juliet Helmke, ‘Dazzling Facets; Del Kathryn Barton plumbs the depths of womanhood and all the painstaking, glittering, and strange truths therein’, Modern Painters, p. 79-85, June/July
Imogen Eveson, ‘Spiders, Bunnies and Armani Suits: Del Kathryn Barton Hits New York’, Broadsheet, 20 June, https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/art-and-design/article/spiders-bunnies-and-armani-suits-del-kathryn-barton-hits-new-york-victoria
Gabriella Coslovich, ‘Ja bitte’, The Australian Financial Review Magazine’, p. 22, June
Matthias Arndt, Tiffany Wood, ‘Mad Love’, Exhibition Catalogue Booklet, ARNDT Gallery, June 2017
Gary Pini, ’11 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week’, Paper, 01 June, http://www.papermag.com/11-must-see-art-shows-opening-this-week-2428013840.html
Sammy Preston, ‘Del Kathryn Barton; Mother, Daughter, Dancer’, Vault, p. 28-33, April
Gloria Satta, ‘Guardatemi, sono un’Opera d’Arte’, Grazia Italia, p. 62–64, 27 April
Caroline Winter, Cate Blanchett is 'fierce, sexy and scary' as redback spider in Del Kathryn Barton's 'genre-busting' RED, ABC News, 27 January, 2017
Meredith Booth, Cate Blanchett, Del Kathryn Barton collaborate on RED, The Australian, 31 January 2017
Francesca Wallace, A Del Kathryn Barton short film starring Cate Blanchett is coming to Adelaid, Vogue 22 September 2016
Glynis Traill-Nash, Australian Fashion Week: close encounter with electrifying beauty, The Australian, 19 May 2017
Imogen Eveson, ‘Spiders, Bunnies and Armani Suits: Del Kathryn Barton Hits New York’, Broadsheet, 20 June, https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/art-and-design/article/spiders-bunnies-and-armani-suits-del-kathryn-barton-hits-new-york
Gabriella Coslovich, ‘Ja bitte’, The Australian Financial Review Magazine’, p. 22, June
Gary Pini, ’11 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week’, Paper, 01 June, http://www.papermag.com/11-must-see-art-shows-opening-this-week-2428013840.html
Sammy Preston, ‘Del Kathryn Barton; Mother, Daughter, Dancer’, Vault, p. 28-33, April
Gloria Satta, ‘Guardatemi, sono un’Opera d’Arte’, Grazia Italia, p. 62–64, 27 April
2017
Melanie Cooper, ‘del Kathryn barton’s RED’, Fine Print, Issue #10, http://www.fineprintmagazine.com/current - /del-catherine-barton-red/
2017
Penny Debelle, ‘Adelaide Festival review 2017: Red’, The Advertiser, 17 February, http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/adelaide-festival/adelaide-festival-review-2017-red/news-story/f9431797ceeb89105b6f132c629e775e
John Neylon, ‘Girl Eats Boy: Cate Blanchett’s Arachnid Turn in Experimental Film RED’, The Adelaide Review, p. Front Cover & p. 36-37, March
Meredith Booth, ‘The power of a mating ritual’, The Australian, p. 14, 31 January
Jane Howard, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’s Spiders and Female Rage’, Broadsheet, 31 January, https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/art-and-design/del-kathryn-bartons-spiders-and-female-rage
Heather L. Robinson, ‘Sex, Death and del kathryn barton’, The Conversation, 27 January, http://theconversation.com/sex-death-and-del-kathryn-barton-71979
Caroline Winter, ‘The Redback spider’s mating ritual like never before’, The World Today, ABC Radio, 27 January, http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2016/s4610234.htm
Caroline Winter, ‘Cate Blanchett is ‘fierce, sexy and scary’ as redback spider in del Kathryn Barton’s ‘genre-busting’ RED’, ABC News, 27 January http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-27/cate-blanchett-portrays-female-power-of-redback-spider/8214314
Steve Dow, ‘Del Kathryn Barton moves into live-action film with RED’, Art Guide Australia, 26 January http://artguide.com.au/del-kathryn-barton-moves-into-live-action-film-with-red
Myffy Rigby, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 January, http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/del-kathryn-barton/index.html
Myffy Rigby, ‘The whimsical cosmos of Del Kathryn Barton’, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. Front Cover, 1, 52, 21-22 January
Myffy Rigby, ‘Del Kathryn Barton’s shimmering art celebrates Australia Day’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 January, http://www.smh.com.au/national/del-kathryn-bartons-shimmering-art-celebrates-australia-day-20170117-gtt1of.html
Andrew Stephens, Del Kathryn Barton's The Nightingale and the Rose comes to ACMI, Sydney Morning Herald
Suzie Keen, ‘Surreality Bites in Del Kathryn Barton’s Red’, In Daily, 22 December, https://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/adelaide-festival/2016/12/22/surreality-bites-in-del-kathryn-bartons-red/
Garry Maddox, ‘Getting Equal’, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 14, 15-16 October
Francesca Wallace, ‘A Del Kathryn Barton short film starring Cate Blanchett is coming to Adelaide’, Vogue Living, 22 September, http://www.vogue.com.au/vogue+living/arts/a+del+kathryn+barton+short+film+starring+cate+blanchett+is+coming+to+adelaide,40495
Kent Johnson, ‘The Esoteric and Erotic Art of Del Kathryn Barton’, Street Fashion Sydney, 23 August, http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/the-esoteric-erotic-art-of-del-kathryn.html?m=1
Nick Galvin; Winner’s Circle, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, p. Front Cover + p. 8-9, 9–10 July
Andrew Stephens; This one’s from the heart, Spectrum, The Saturday Age, Melbourne, p.16, 18th June
ACMI Presents “Del Kathryn Barton’, Where Magazine, Melbourne, p.6, June
Yanni Florence; The Stars Eat Your body, Pataphysics Magazine, p.135 - 141
Emily Ritchie, 'Screen Australia's Gender Matters fund 45 female-led projects, The Australian (online), July 13, 2016
Del Kathryn Barton, 'angel dribble', Art Almanac, 2 August 2016.
Andrew Taylor, 'Spectrum Now 2016 - The inspiration behind Del Kathryn Barton's Cosmic Crime', Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2016
Myffy Rigby, 'Spectrum Now ambassador and artist Del Kathryn Barton on how art saved her life', Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 February 2016
Andrew Taylor, 'Archibald Prize winner Del Kathryn Barton downs paintbrushes to sit for portrait', Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 2015
Andrew Taylor, 'Del Kathryn Barton, Geoffrey Rush, Mia Wasikowska and Sarah Blasko unite for Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose,' Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 2015
Joel Meares, 'Wilde's Oscar?', The Sydney morning Herald, p. 30, Thursday March 26th
'Del Kathryn Barton selected for the Berlinale', Frieze Magazine No. 169, March
Maya Kerthyasa; Party Arrangements: Entertainment, Australian Gourmet Traveller, p107-108,November
Michael Young; Disco Darling, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 96, Nov/Dec 2015 p.68-69
Archibald Legends, The Australian Women's Weekly, p. 90-91, September
Places of the Heart, QSpirit, QANTAS Magazine, p.45, July
Andrew Taylor; Archibald about-face:portrait of the artist as subject, News: The Sydney Morning Herald, p.2-3, Wednesday July 1st
Elissa Blake; Redback's spider's `brutale,poetic' sec life revealed', News: The Sydney Morning Herald, p.10-11, Thursday June 11th
'Nightingale and the Rose', Broadsheet; Entertainment, 17 April
http://www.broadsheet/sydney/entertainment/article/nightingale-and-rose#gallery-1
Andrew Taylor, 'The Nightingale and The Stars, Romance and the Rose', The Sydney Morning Herald:
Spectrum, p.Front Cover + p.8-9 March 21-22
Rachel Power, 'Motherhood and Creativity: The divided heart', p.57-68
Women of Style: Sydney Fashionistas in their own right, The Daily Telegraph, January
Jessica Prince-Montague, Meet the class of 2015, Marie Claire Australia, January 2015, Issue 233. P.30-31
Andrew Stephens, 'Steeped in bush magic', The Age Spectrum (Guest Edited by Romance Was Born), October 11, 2014, pp 14-15
Bhakthi Puvanenthiran, “Young and old express themselves in NGV”, The Age, October 17 2014
Del Kathryn Barton, 'Fashion meets art', Vogue Australia, March 2014, pp208-215
Calum Wilson Austin, “Artists lend a hand for Mental Health Week”, The Australian, September 23 2014
Annie Murney, Del Kathryn Barton-'electro orchid', Concrete Playground, November 2014 http://sydney.concreteplayground.com.au/event/263988/del-kathryn-barton-electro-orchid-.htm
Peter Fish; Buyers wired up for Oliver, Barton, Salesroom, The Australian Financial Review, December 4th. P.33.
10 Favourite Things, Vogue Living Australia, Issue Nov/December. P. 208
Nick Galvin; Moments in the sun, Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 29-30th, p.11
Eva Galambos; 'Interview with industry influencer', Parlour X Blog, September 23rd
Katarina Kroslakova; 'Face Off', Life & Leisure LUXURY, Financial Review, September Issue 29. p.32
“The Nightingale and The Rose”, Dumbo Feather, Third Quarter 2014, Issue 40. P.114-114
Tanya Buchanan; MENU Face to face, Belle reader dinner, Belle Magazine, Issue February/March. p.163-168
Steve Dow, 'Beauty within a 'brutal' structure', SMH, January 4, 2013, pp. 9
Michaela Boland, 'Barton scores an Archibald double as she weaves her magic with Hugo', The Weekend Australian, 23-24 March, p. 7
Andrew Taylor, 'Archibald proves to be just as nice the second time around', SMH, 23-24 March, p. 5
Claire Stewart, 'Barton wins an Archie again', AFR, 23-24 March, pp 3
Jackie Frank; 'Frankly Speaking' Marie Claire, June Issue, p.46-48
'Madison Mentors' [arts & entertainment], Madison Magazine, June Issue. p.55
Big Magazine Issue 4. 'Cover Carp' pp.12-15
Alexandra Spring; 'Shifting Focus', Vogue Australia, May Issue, p.118
Elizabeth Fortescue; 'Wherefore Art Thou', The Daily Telegraph Best Weekend, March 16-19, pp.4-5
Dee Jefferson, 'Del Kathryn Barton; au naturale', Time Out Sydney, October 2013, pp 46
Del Kathryn Barton, 'Observation Point', Portrait, Feb/May 2012, p. 3
Jill Stowell, 'Wildean tale re-imagined', Newcastle Herald, 22 December, 2012, p. 14
Susie Burge, 'Wilde at heart', Harper's Bazaar, December 2012, pp. 126-127
Annemarie Keily; 'Mother Tongue', Vogue Living, Nov/Dec, p.66
Noelle Faulkner; 'Flights of Fancy', Harpers Bazaar, December, pp.125-127
Articulate, Art Gallery of South Australia, Spring Issue, p.1
Chris Urankar, 'Table for Six', Instyle, August, p.178
Marie Claire, 'We Do' July, issue 203, p.50
Armarni Nimerawi; 'Lifting the blindfold on censorship', Capture, May/June, p.42
Elissa Blake; 'After the Archibalds', The Sydney Magazine, issue 108 April, p.34
Paola Di Trocchio; 'Clothing, space, art…', Art Monthly Australia, issue 249, May, p.48
'dawn', Art Park Journal , issue 3 March, p.1
Frost, A; 'The A to Z of Contemporary Art', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 3-4 March, p.6
Friedmann, J; 'Del Kathryn Barton Is An Artist', Dumbo Feather, issue 30, pp.104-129
Frost, A; 'Time and Space, Space and Time', Art Monthly Australia, issue 247, pp.26-27
Observation Point : Del Kathryn Barton', Portrait, Feb/May , p.3
Hooton, A; 'The Mother Load', Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, January 28, p.13
Taylor, A; 'Fairytale of the sleep-deprived', Sun-Herald, July 17, p.31
Keenan, C; 'Future Of Australian Collection …', SMH, June 4-5, p.13
The Weekend Australian, Inquirer, April 9-10, p.4
Bowers, S; 'Give Them A Break', SMH, Spectrum, Febuary 19-20, p.8
Craven, O; 'Out Of The Comfort Zone' Artist Profile, issue 14, p.24
'50 of Australia's most collectable artists 2011', Australian Art Collector, issue 55, January-March, p.191
Dobbin, W; 'Shock of the old and new', The Sun-Herald, Travel section, Sun, January 9, p.8
Nelson, R; 'Exploring Drawing's possibilities', The Age, Wed, January 19, p.14
Hawley, J; 'The Art Of Christmas', Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, December 3, p.13
Elle Freak; 'New To The Collection', Articulate, AGSA, Summer 2011-12, p.32
'Flash: Parlour Games'; Harpers Bazaar, September, p.376
Jo McKay; 'The X Factor', Instyle, September, p.250
The Big Issue, no. 388, 30 Aug-12 Sept, p.19
Hynes, V; NSWRAP, Australian Art Collector, Issue 57, Jul-Sept, p.243
Susie Burge; 'Fairy Queen', Harpers Bazaar, may, p.92
Nick O'Malley; 'Why this photo cost….', SMH, Wednesday January 5, p.1
Ewington, J; Big Maman - The Curious Case Of Louise Bourgeois And Australia, Art & Australia, Special Sculpture Issue, Vol 48, #2, pp.326-333
Triguboff, E; The Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award: Looking back to the future, Art & Australia, Vol 47, #3, Autumn 2010, pp.422-423
Michael, L; Freehand: Recent Australian Drawing, , Heide Museum Of Modern Art, pp.4,5,10,11
Littley, S; Multiplicities, Self Portraits From The Collection, UQ Art Museum
Tunnicliffe, W; Look, Art Gallery Society Of New South Wales, Sept, pp.12-13
Strickland, K; 'Saleroom-The Art Gallery of NSW gets its first Del', The Australian Financial Review, Thurs 16 Sept, p.47
'Pleased to meet you', Kid's Wear, Autumn/Winter 2010/11, Vol.31, pp.126-127
Zuanetti, J; 'Del Kathryn Barton', Fallen, issue 5, pp.44-47
Wilson, E; My Country Childhood, Country Style, May, pp. 32-34
'Generations shaping Australia' Madison, Issue 64, June, p.97
McKay, J; 'Women Of Style Awards' Instyle Australia, Annual Style Issue, June, p.131
'The Art Of Design', Marie Claire Australia, Issue 178, June pp.24-34
Wilderness, Balnaves Contemporary: Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; exhib. cat.
'50 of Australia's Most Collectable Artist's' 2010, Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, January-March, p.206
'60 Alumni over 60 years', UNSWorld, December, Issue 11, p.20
Burge, S; 'Exhibition Home', Grazia, 30 November, Issue 68, pp.84-89
Dabscheck, L; 'The Dark Side', Sydney Morning Herald, the (Sydney) magazine, 28 August, pp.60-65
Saunders, A; 'Simply Red', Marie Clare, no.166, p.28
Strickland, K; 'Bendigo buys a Barton', Australian Financial Review, 11 June, p.47
Thompson, N; 'Negotiating art and its public: Optimism at the GOMA', Art Monthly Australia, May #219, pp.30-31
Kiely, A; 'Thread alert', Vogue Living Australia, March/April, pp.65-66
Gawronski, A; 'the titillators', Broadsheet, Volume 38.1, March, pp.34-37
McDonald, J; 'When losers are winners', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 14 - 15 March, pp.16-17
McDonald, J; 'The colour of democracy', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 7-8 March, pp.18-19
Press, C; 'Figuratively speaking', Scene, Must See, March, Vogue Australia, pp.112-113
Frost, A; 'Lets wake up and get adventurous with the Archibald', Sydney Morning Herald
'New Selected recent acquisitions 2007 - 2008', UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, p.91
Makin, J; 'Figuration Now', Gallery Snapshot, Herald Sun Extra, p.7
Flynn, M: 'Figuration Now', catalogue essay, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
'50 of Australia's most collectible artists', Australian Art Collector, Iss.47, Jan - Mar, p.195
Kubler, A; 'Shiny happy people', Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane', Art World, Issue 7, Feb/Mar, p.152
Strickland, K; 'Hot artists of 2008, smart money', Financial Review Weekend Edition, Dec 30 2008 - Jan 4, 2009, p.46
Crawford, A; ‘Karen Woodbury Gallery’, Around the galleries, A2, The Age, 13 December, p.26
Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, Edited by Art & Australia, pp.156-159
McDonald, J; ‘Natural order of farce restored’, The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 March
Page, M; ‘Del Kathryn Barton Sanguine’, Contemporary Australia: Optimism, pp.47
Mathews, H; ‘Show Me Your World’, catalogue essay, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Bush, S & Hill, P; ‘Hot in Melbourne’, Review of Exhibitions, Art World UK, issue 7, Oct/Nov
Schlte-Fishedick, V; ‘Show Me Your World’, Art & Australia, vol. 46, No.1, p.140
NEW: Selected Recent Acquisitions 2007-2008 Catalogue, UQ Art Museum, pp..90-91
Crawford, A; ‘Karen Woodbury Gallery’, Around the galleries, A2, The Age, 13 December, p.26
Turner, T; ‘Public cash snub for explicit artists’, The Courier-Mail, 15-16 November, p.3
Houghton, D; ‘Inside the X-room’, The Courier-Mail, 15-16 November, .56 & 65
Houghton, D; ‘Adults-only viewing for hot gallery show’, The Courier-Mail, 14 November, front page
Coslovich, G; ‘Rising price of a blank canvas’, Metro Arts & Culture, The Age, 25 August, p.16
Birmingham, L; ‘Australia’s Art Market Draws New Collectors After Minerals Boom’, Bloomberg.com, 17 August, <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=muse&sid=a67fzKvekbYs>
Merten, M; ‘The Artist: Del Kathryn Barton, Women we love’, Bazaar viewpoint, Harper’s Bazaar Australia, September, p.65
‘Larger than life Barton in Melbourne, Artist Milestones’, This Art Week, Australian Art Collector, 8 July, p.1
Perkin, C; ‘Art lovers exposure fight outside’, The Nation, The Australian, 3 July, p.7
Moss, E; ‘Del Kathryn Barton: The Whole Of Everything’, Incubate, COFA, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Winter, pp.7-10
Coslovich, G; ‘Stealing a kind of beauty’, Features, A2, The Age, 31 May, pp.12-13
Higson, R; ‘The Face: Del Kathryn Barton’, Review, The Weekend Australian, 3 May, p.3
‘The Archibald Art Prize’, Feature, Joel Australia Report, p.14
Press, C; ‘A Fine Romance’, Vogue Australia, May, pp. 107-110
Barton, D; ‘Del Kathryn Barton on Philip Guston’, Inspiration, Art World, Issue 2, April/May, p. 178
Del Kathryn Barton, Sunday Arts Television program, produced by Andrew Holland, ABC, 30 March
Nelson, R; ‘Poetry in a crown of thorns’, Visual Arts, Metro Reviews, The Age, 19 March, p.22
Backhouse, M; ‘Del Kathryn Barton: the whole of everything’, Art around the galleries, A2, The Age, 15 March, p.10
Strickland, K; ‘Barton goes public’, Saleroom, The Australian Financial Review, 13 March, p.51
McDonald, J; ‘Trustees satisfy with choice more cozy than crazy’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8-9 March, p.3
Schwartzkoff, L; ‘A mother load of happiness’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8-9 March, p.3
Smee, S; ‘Mother’s art of the heart wins Archibald’, The Australian, 8 March
Fortescue, E; ‘Kinship wins Archibald, What love looks like’, The Daily Telegraph, 8 March
Strickland, K; ‘Archibald winner will keep work in the family’, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, March 8-9, p.5
Conway, D; ‘You’ll appreciate Archibald when you’re older, darlings’, News, The Age, 8 March, p.8
Moore, R; ‘Running with the wolves’, Sightlines Critical Guide, Arts & Culture, The Age, 7 March, p.17
Sebastian Smee, ‘Return to paint’, The Australian, 1 March 2008
Ashley Crawford, ‘Del Kathryn Barton – 50 Most Collectable Artists,’ Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, January - March 2008, pp.111
Press, C; Vogue loves: ‘Del Kathryn Barton’, Scene: What’s on where, Vogue Australia, April, p.112
Backhouse, M; ‘Del Kathryn Barton’, Box Office, The Age Melbourne Magazine, Issue#41, March, p.116
‘Selected Exhibitions; Ten shows worth seeing during February and March’, Art World, Issue 1, February/March, p.32
‘Oyster Vision talks to Elke Kramer, Kate Hurst, Matt Weston & Del Kathryn Barton’, <www.oystervision.tv>
Smee, S; ‘Group hug pushes Archibald buttons’, The Nation, The Australian, 29 February, p.7
Colless, E; ‘Eden and after’, catalogue essay, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Gardner, A; ‘del kathryn barton, a paradox of ecstasies’, Art & Australia, Art Feature, Vol. 45 Autumn No.3, pp.424-433
Ward, E; 'Del Kathryn Barton', Sesame, Issue 5, www.sesamemedia.com
Smee, S; 'Against the grain', The Weekend Australian, Review, 15-16 December, pp.4-5
Ingram, T; 'Eye on estimates helps to fill in the blanks', Saleroom, The Australian Financial Review, 2 August, p.50
Schwartzkoff, L; 'Walking on air: water-bound artist wins Dobell Prize', News, The Age, 24 August, p.6
2007 Archibald Prize, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, p.2
'41. Del Kathryn Barton', Hot 100, Sunday Magazine, Sunday Herald Sun, 22 July, p.32
Smee, S; 'Famous Faces', The Weekend Australian, Enquirer, 24-25 Feb, p.21
McDonald, J; 'In a Good Year for Bad Painting', Judges Play it Safe, Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Edition, 3-4 Mar, p.3
McDonald, J; 'A Brush with Mediocrity', Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 10-11 Mar, pp..16-17
Illustration, Art Almanac, Archibald Prize 2007: Art Gallery of New South Wales, back cover advertisement, April
Higgins, J; 'Innovators 2 Exhibition: Strange Beauty', Australian Art Collector, Previews, p.308
Davies, K; 'Young at Art', The Australian, Wish Magazine, Mar, pp.44-50
Fortescue, E; 'A talent in real demand', Features, The Daily Telegraph, 13 Feb, p.42
Frost, A; 'Cover Artist: 50 most Collectable Artists 2007', Australian Art Collector, Jan-Mar, pp.98-103
Backhouse, M; 'In galleries, it's show time', A2, The Age, 20 Jan, pp.15-16
Stein, J; 'ANZ Emerging Artists Program: Rob McHaffie', Art and Australia, Art Program, Vol. 44, #2, Summer, p.320
Strickland, K; 'Emerging Australian Artists: ones to watch', Australian Financial Review, 22 Dec, p.40
Colless, E; 'del kathryn barton's heavy petting', Australian Art Collector, Oct-Nov, pp..126-136
Backhouse, M; 'Cultivating the art of collecting', Metro, The Age, 31 Jul, p.14
Nelson, R; 'Unexpected encounters', Metro, The Age, 2 Aug, p.19
Backhouse, M; 'Melbourne Art Fair 2006', The Age Melbourne Magazine, Aug, p.85
Munro, K; 'Open Gallery', Sydney Morning Herald, 14-15 Oct, p.16
Pryor, L; 'Moving on up', Sydney Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, issue #35, Mar, pp..54-61
Frost, A; '50 Most Collectable Artists 2006', Australian Art Collector, Jan-Mar, p.90
Backhouse, M; 'Surreal Twists', Around the Galleries, The Age, 17 Sep, p.7
Barker, C; 'One to Watch', Vogue Arts, Australian Vogue, Feb, p.86
Bearman, N; 'Inner Child', Vive Magazine, Feb-Mar, pp.50-53
Bounds, J; 'Children of the Revolution', Follow Magazine, Oct, pp.212-215
Grigg, M; 'Marvelous and Miscellaneous', Expose, The Sunday Age, 21 Aug, p.20
Reid, M; 'The Art Oracle', The Age Melbourne Magazine, 1 Oct, p.3
King, N; 'Compulsive Beauty-Del Kathryn Barton's composite portraits', exhibition catalogue, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Angeloro, D; 'All Things Nice', Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19-25 Nov, p.26
Armstrong, C; 'ANZ Emerging Artists Program', Art and Australia, Vol 42, No. 1, Spring, p.160
Hill, P; 'Favorite Things', Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4-5 Dec, p.19
Hill, P; 'The Glittering Prize', Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13-14 Nov, p.18
McKenzie, R; 'This is Australia', Sesame Magazine, No.2, Spring/Summer
Del Kathryn Barton, Cathy Blanchflower, Derek O'Connor, Monika Tichacek, exhibition catalogue , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Barker, C; 'Basic Instinct: Meet Del Kathryn Barton's Menagerie', Oyster Magazine, #43, Dec-Jan
Hill, P; 'Golden Life', Review of Octopus 4, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16-17 Aug, pp.12-13
King, N; 'Octopus 4: More Real than Life', Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, online review www.accaonline.org.au/accamag
Strahan, L; 'True and New', The Age, 24 July, p.8
James, B & Leach, F; 'The Deep End', feature on Octopus 4, interview with Alexie Glass, ABC Radio National, 13 Aug.
Foster, E; 'Del Kathryn Barton: Drawings and Objects', A Public of Individuals, vol.1, #3, Nov.-Dec.
Rees, S; 'Half a World Away: Drawings from Glasgow, Sao Paulo and Sydney', exhibition catalogue, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Buffalo, New York, USA
Hill, P; 'Anxiety: The Drawn Figure', exhibition catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Sydney
James, B; 'As far as nudes go Eve beats Rita by a smile', The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Sep.
Loxley, A; 'The drama of drawing from three different angles', The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 Aug.
Sexton, J; 'She who must be displayed', The Weekend Australian, 30 June
Skilbeck, R; 'Heavy Petting', Black+White Magazine, Feb.
Figuet, M; 'Six Sexy in the City', Thomas Erber & Jalouse Magazine, Issue #32, France, Aug.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art and Australia, Sydney
Artbank
BHP Billiton Collection, Melbourne
Esk Collection, Launceston
RACV Collection, Victoria
The Flinders Collection, Melbourne
The Acacia Collection, Melbourne
The International School of Tourism, New South Wales
The University of Sydney Union Collection, Sydney
The Students Association, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
UBS, Sydney
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton
GOMA, Brisbane
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
The Archibald Prize (Finalist) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Alice Prize (finalist), Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (finalist), Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, VIC
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (finalist), Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
Best Short Animation (Winner) 6th AACTA Awards, Australia
Screen Australia Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories Feature Film Funding
Best direction in an animation (Winner), Australian Directors Guild, Australia
Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film- MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival)
AFTRS Creative Fellowship Grant
Generation 14plus competition (Nominated), 65th Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Screen Australia Short Animation Production Funding
The Archibald Prize (Winner) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Wynne Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Dobell Drawing Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Archibald Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Traveling Blake Prize for Religious Art (finalist), Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, New South Wales; Hibiscus Gallery, Hobart
The Sulman Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Blake Prize for Religious Art (finalist), Mitchell Library Gallery, Sydney
