09-05-2017 05:29 via theguardian.com

Wendy Whiteley on art, gentrification and Brett: 'I felt a bit Whiteleyed-out'

A visually splashy documentary on two-time Archibald winner Brett Whiteley works, says his wife, because it lets Brett speak for himselfCountless words have been expended over the years exploring the genius of Brett Whiteley. In the 1960s the artist, who would arguably go on to lead the avant-garde movement in Australia, mulled over the meaning of that word himself: genius. He asked the noted poet and art critic Robert Gray what he thought it meant in the context of a great painter. Gray’s
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