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Sharne Wolff talks with Alex Seton about marble and politics…
Sharne Wolff interviews Eric Bridgeman and discusses identity, photography and tips a winner…
Din Heagney talks to visiting US-artist Janet Echelman about her sculptural practice, one that has moved deep into techno-collaborative waters and right across the Pacific…
Brendan Fletcher debut feature film Mad Bastards has just opened in cinemas. He tells The Art Life’s Andrew Frost of the projects long gestation, the art of directing non-actors and the seven year journey to bring the story to the screen… And learn how to win one of four double passes to the film.
Din Heagney spoke to Carly Fischer before her opening night this week at Helen Gory Galerie in Prahran, and asked her about some of the ideas she has developed in her travels from Melbourne to Tokyo to Berlin and back again…
Westie street signs and tea towels reign in Jon Campbell’s new commission for the 2010 Melbourne Art Fair, writes Din Heagney…
Isobel Johnston talks with Richard Grayson about his recent work featured at Cockatoo Island, his directorship of the 2002 Biennale of Sydney and where sci-fi meets the Bible belt.
The Art Life’s Melbourne Affairs Editor, Din Heagney, caught up with the three founding directors of NOTFAIR — curator and writer Ashley Crawford, 2010 Archibald winner Sam Leach and fellow artist Tony Lloyd. Here is an extract from that interview…
The artistic director of this year’s Biennale of Sydney David Elliot has curated a show with a mouthful of a title – THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age. Andrew Frost spoke to Elliott about the practicalities of mounting a large and ambitious show and found that the director’s aims are both humble and direct.
Marcus Westbury’s Renew Newcastle has been one of the most successful grass-roots arts project of recent years turning dozens of unused shop fronts and other empty spaces into galleries and creative spaces. With new versions of the project launched in Adelaide and Townsville, the Newcastle project recently recorded its 50th launch of a new initiative.