The results of our poll before last are in and we are… The Land of The Bears, a kingdom ruled with an iron paw. We’re also a little bit like the Weimar Republic which we think of as being a

Anyone who reads The Art Life regularly knows that we have a keen interest in movies by and about artists. It’s perhaps for that reason we’ve been approached by Palace Cinemas with an offer of 50 double passes for Art

The last time we were in England we arrived at Heathrow and took a train into London. Passengers could watch a video presentation about rail services in the UK and the soundtrack immediately caught our attention – Squarepusher’s My Red

Emma White’s Paper Trail at Phatspace “Please come and see my show Paper Trail at Phatspace. The show runs until Oct 22 (the gallery is open Wed-Sat until 6pm). Everything will be correctly spelled. “ Brett Moffatt’s A Charade at

The Art Life is taking a short break and will return with an update on October 13. [For those of you who were teenagers in the 1970s, that’s Rocktober 13]. Please note it in your diaries.

There are few things more terrifying than going to an exhibition of a commercial photographer’s “personal” work. Invariably the show will be beautifully shot and immaculately presented but unfortunately it usually also means the photographs are missing something. What that

The Performance Space is up to part three of their four part series of exhibitions of installation works for 2005, Who’s Afraid Of The Avant Garde? Tony Schwensen’s installation works in March were Part One. We must have fallen asleep

Last night saw the premiere of the ABC’s hotly anticipated new arts show Vulture, hosted by TV’s mister nice guy Richard Fidler. It’s one of the final fruits of Sandra Levy’s grand re-imagining of what the national broadcaster could offer

We were curious to know what became of Mary Lou Pavlovic‘s sky writing project previewed here last week when the AFL Grand Final was clouded over. Pavlovic released the following statement earlier today: STATEMENT TO PRESS Melbourne artist Mary Lou