Review: Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that Changed Australia – Tom McIlroy (Hachette) This episode is described early in Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam ...

The painting was Jackson Pollock's "Blue Poles". 'Drunks did it' screamed the tabloid press. Journalists, politicians and cartoonists had a field day, while everybody, but everybody, across the ...

In 1956, only a handful of his paintings hung in museums; today, there are more than 30, and their prices have escalated some 1,500% (a major drip painting by Pollock now brings upwards of $100,000).

The National Gallery of Australia has been gifted a masterpiece painting described as the most significant acquisition for ...

This episode is described early in Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that Changed a Nation, a new book by journalist and first-time author Tom McIlroy. The colourful ...