Bright Shapes and the True Names

Patrick McCaughey remains one of Australian art's most remarkable and charismatic figures. The Bright Shapes and the True Names is the story of his brilliant career-his emigration to Australia at the age of ten, his discovery of art in his late teens, his days as the dynamic and outspoken art critic for the Age and his glittering directorship of the National Gallery of Victoria. Together with memories of Fred Williams and other artists, the frenzied activity of the Whitlam government's Visual Arts Board, and an extraordinary account of the notorious theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman from the NGV, McCaughey offers a fascinating and enthusiastic insider's view of the Australian art world and its development over three decades.McCaughey, Patrick is the author of 'Bright Shapes and the True Names' with ISBN 9781877008719 and ISBN 1877008710.