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We try to apply an even level of ignorance to everything we see. It’s like being consistent but it doesn’t demand as much effort. We had gone last week to see Dani Marti’s show at Sherman Galleries but we’d missed
Relationships are somewhat strained in Paddington. The University Of NSW College Of Fine Arts (motto “The Biggest Little Campus In The World!”) has been battling local residents to develop part of its Selwyn Street campus into what activists are describing
Not a lot of people know that the Ivan Dougherty Gallery is named after the man who invented the semi colon in exhibition titles. It’s that kind of gallery – the exhibitions are curated to the extent that some art
A couple of weeks back we gave Dominique Angeloro a hard time for rewriting press releases in the guise of journalism in the pages of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Metro lift out. Sure, people like Victoria Hynes and Bruce James
Speaking of Sam Smith, as we were, we have to say that we admire his gumption. He wrote to us an invited us down to Room 35, the hire space gallery at Gitte Weise Gallery, to see his show Set
It’s getting to be that time again in Sydney when summer fades into autumn and the shadows are darker, the sun light in the afternoon more yellow and, no matter how much coffee and cake we consume, we can’t shake
We couldn’t think of a way in our coverage of the Sulman Prize last week to discuss the inclusion of a work by Virginia Coventry called Hover, a geometric abstract painting. It was interesting to see the painting because we
We don’t know why we think drinking a lot of beer is a good idea. We don’t know why drinking wine on top of beer is smart and clever and we haven’t the foggiest why we always think we can
There is a Wall of Shame in this year’s photo competition, three tedious and overdone photographs hung side by side that are a microcosm of the hip and conceptually obvious school of Australian Art Photography. On the left is Polixeni
The Wynne Prize for landscape painting has always been the poor cousin of the three competitions. Artists like Aida Tomescu have been raising the tone over the last decade or so and it’s good to see she’s there again. Peter