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Nick Waterlow and daughter Chloe found dead

The Art Life joins with Australia’s art community in extending our deepest sympathies to Nick and Chloe Waterlow’s families and friends. Update, Wednesday November 11: “Martin Sharp and Sydney’s art world were in shock yesterday. He had had a long

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Expressway To Yr Skull

“Over the 100-year history of modern neuroscience, the way we think about the brain has evolved with the sophistication of the techniques available to study it. Improvements in microscope design and manufacture, together with the development of cell-staining techniques, afforded

Everything is like a TV show

“After just 20 minutes in a helicopter above the Manhattan skyline, autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire was ready to re-create a city that took hundreds of years to build. Wiltshire is drawing a 20-foot panoramic view of New York – all

Don’t ask me about my family, my childhood, my friends or my feelings. Ask me about the things I think.

“Whenever Ayn Rand met someone new—an acolyte who’d traveled cross-country to study at her feet, an editor hoping to publish her next novel—she would open the conversation with a line that seems destined to go down as one of history’s

Exercise in Intrigue

Exercise in Intrigue

News Oct 12, 2009

Chinese copies of Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of America’s first president were denounced by the artist, desired by collectors—and ended up in some important museums. It’s an international exercise in intrigue,” said Douglas Hyland, director of the New Britain Museum of

Time’s arrow

Time’s arrow

News Oct 12, 2009

“The Archibald-winning artist Fred Cress has made his plans for his funeral. ”I’ve got the grog for the wake,” he says, knowing he has only a few weeks of life left. The cancer that began seven years ago in his

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun

“There are over 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the US, or about 1 for every 23,000 Americans. But even market penetration this advanced doesn’t mean that McDonald’s is everywhere. Somewhere in South Dakota is the McFarthest Spot, the place in the

Too Hot for Mosman

Too Hot for Mosman

News Sep 25, 2009

“A long-forgotten 1960s censorship scandal about nudity in art has returned to the walls of the Mosman Art Gallery, whose director, Tony Geddes, is accused of censoring the work all over again to protect the sensibilities of the suburb’s ”conservative”

What not to do

What not to do

Art Life , News , Stuff Sep 23, 2009

“Hou Hanru’s 2007 Istanbul Biennial was a notoriously unwieldy affair. “Not Only Possible But Also Necessary: Optimism in a Time of Global War” assembled an unprecedented number of artists in multiple venues (two of them unreachable except via taxi), under

You aint seen me right?!!

“Cartrain, a 17-year-old graffiti artist embroiled in a feud with Damien Hirst, has been arrested after stealing pencils from the millionaire artist’s latest installation “Last year Cartrain was ordered by the Design and Artists Copyright Society to hand over collages