Glass of wine optional… In a couple of weeks we move from pre-production of the Art Life TV show into full-blooded production. From March 12th we’ll be travelling around the country to stand in front of paintings, bas relief sculptures

Welcome to The Art Life in 2007, a blog about the contemporary art world. We kicked off in 2004 and we today mark the beginning of our fourth year with a few changes. For those of you who like the

Download and fill in to win! Rectangular Ghost @ Roslyn Oxley Gallery 10% 61 Del Kathryn Barton @ Kaliman Gallery 36% 216 Stars of Track & Field @ Campbelltown City Gallery 54% 324 601 votes total Congratulations to What and

The vote is in and we now have our Round 2 winners – the group show Stars of Track & Field at Campbelltown City Gallery and Del Kathryn Barton‘s show at Kaliman Gallery. They now join Rectangular Ghost in a

The vote for the first part of our quest to discover what was 2006’s best show came in quick and fast – especially since we encourage multiple votes. There were some strong contenders – Vicky Browne‘s show at Pelt, which

There’s less than a month to go until the begining of the holiday season. In our lead up to taking a break, we’re asking you to vote in our now annual poll of the best exhibitions for the year. It’s

To celebrate my [X] decades in the art biz I will Promptly go out of business 8 votesDiversify from painting and sculpture into video art 7 votesGet in a whole lot of new artists to smarten up my act 2

When I leave the art world I will Maintain a dignified silence 16% [11] Become a media pundit 1% [1] Write an amusing roman à clef 4% [3] Invest my money wisely in debentures 1% [1] Wait for a retrospective

Public Sculpture? Somewhere to hide my stash 5% [4] Good for shade in summer 6% [5] Something to lean against 7% [6] A shocking eyesore 9% [8] Criminally neglected 20% [17] X-cellent for sk8 18% [16] Will nicely meet bogus