European Masterpieces: from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This travelling exhibition graced the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane recently. Here are a few photos, arranged in time sequence. It is an impressive collection, and well worth a visit.

Paradise by Giovanni di Paolo, Italy, 1445

The Lamentation Petrus Christus, The Netherlands, c.1450

A Hunting Scene by Piero di Cosimo, Italy 1494

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Gerard David, The Netherlands c.1512

The Three Ages of Humans by Dosso Dossi, Italy c.1515

'The Three Ages of Humans' (detail)

The Judgment of Paris by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Germany, c.1528

Venus and Adonis by Titian, Italy c.1550

The Musicians by Caravaggio, Italy 1597

Woman Playing a Guitar by Simon Vouet, France, c.1618

The Fortune-Teller by Georges de La Tour, France, c.1630s

Don Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares by Velazquez, Spain, c.1636

The Death of Cleopatra by Guido Cagnacci, Italy c.1645

Sunrise by Claude Lorrain, France, c.1646

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with their Tutor and Coachman by Aelbert Cuyp, The Netherlands c.1652

Merry Company on a Terrace (detail) by Jan Steen, The Netherlands, c.1670

Paying the Hostess by Pieter de Hooch, The Netherlands, c.1670

Woodland Road by Meyndert Hobbema, The Netherlands, c.1670

Mezzetin by Antoine Watteau, France, c.1718

The Toilette of Venus by Francois Boucher, France, 1751

'The Toilette of Venus' (detail)

Broken Eggs by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, France 1756

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco by Francesco Guardi, Italy c.1765

'Venice from the Bacino di San Marco' (detail)

The Two Sisters (detail) by Jean Honoré Fragonard, France, c.1769

Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, England, 1787

Comtesse de la Châtre by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, France, 1789

Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (died 1868) by Marie Denise Villers, France, 1801

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute by William Turner, England, c.1835

The Third-Class Carriage by Honore Daumier, France, c.1862

The Fishing Boat by Gustave Courbet, France, 1865

The Young Bather by Gustave Courbet, France, 1866

By the Seashore by Auguste Renoir, France, 1883

A Young Girl with Daisies by Auguste Renoir, France, 1889

Gardanne by Paul Cezanne, France, 1885

Dancers, Pink and Green by Edgar Degas, France, c.1890

Water Lilies by Claude Monet, France, 1916–19

Some videos with talks about the exhibition can be found here.

Swell sculpture festival

Every year the Gold Coast stages a sculpture festival on the beach and dunes at Currumbin. It's usually best to try and take photos of it around sunrise, before the crowds arrive and complicate the view.

Here are a few of the sculptures from this year.

'Whale Playground' by Sam Gowing

'Sun Spirit' by Frank Miles

'Bullshark (What Lies Within)' by Robert Guenther

'Reflection' by Phillip Piperides

'Drowning in Plastic' by Gail Dawson

'Passing Through' by Rae Saheli

'Monolith' by Clayton Blake

'M-thirtysix' by James Parrett

'Industrial Wildflowers' by Carolyn Donovan

'Damien Hirst looking for sharks' by Danger Dave

'Cast' by Lincoln Austin with Currumbin SLSC

'Standing Wave 2' by John Nesirky

'Bin Chicken' by Kirsten Baade

'#Lifetime' by Hooman Jaffar, Taylah Jardine, and Owen Thompson

Paddle race outside the surf

Morning meditation in the dunes