Image: Wandjuk Marika Djan’kawu story c1963 (detail), natural pigments on bark, 161 × 51 cm, gift of Keith and Renée Free in memory of Tony Tuckson 1974 © Wandjuk Marika, licensed by Viscopy, Australia

Meenakshi hindu temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com

Image: Herbert Badham George Street, Sydney 1934 (detail), Laverty Collection, Sydney

Image: Kristin Headlam O Rose II 1996 © Kristin Headlam, 1996. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney

Image: Max Dupain Untitled (chisel and spiral shell) from the album Volume of 20 photographs by Max Dupain, not dated, gelatin silver photograph, 30 × 23.8 cm image/sheet, gift of Diana Dupain 2003

Image: Jens Hoffmann

Image: Susannah Fullerton

Image: Thea Proctor The seaside c1923 (detail), Cbus collection of Australian art 1991.37 © AGNSW

Image: Eric Wilson Abstract – the kitchen stove 1943 (detail)

Panel 5, middle of back wall (detail), Sui dynasty, 581–618, Shanxi Museum

Image: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Mars being disarmed by Venus and the three graces 1824 (detail), Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

Image: Bill Henson, from the series Paris Opera Project 1990/91, type C photograph, approx 123.5 × 124.5 cm, Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1993 © Bill Henson

Image: James Newitt Say it like you want it 2012 (detail), production still, image courtesy and © the artist

Image: Wandjuk Marika Djan’kawu story c1963 (detail), natural pigments on bark, 161 × 51 cm, gift of Keith and Renée Free in memory of Tony Tuckson 1974 © Wandjuk Marika, licensed by Viscopy, Australia

Image: Asian gallery

Image: Ralph Balson Painting no 17 1941 (detail), private collection

Image: Dorrit Black The acrobats 1927-1928 (detail)