Everyone has had the experience – you got to a show to see some art and just when you think of something insightful, funny or witty to say, there’s no one there to say it to. You are alone. You

It took a lot for us to get to First Draft Gallery. We were hung over in a way so profound we had moved beyond mere language into a realm beyond thought and gesture. Then we switched on the TV

So then we crashed the van. It may have only been a minor scrape, but these things cost money and it left us feeling uncertain. We strode into First Draft confident that we’d have a nice little visit, not be

Sometimes it feels like the wheels just go round and round. Gitte Weise is shutting up shop and heading to Berlin. Patricia Piccinini has a five year old video work playing in the Contemporary Project Space at the Art Gallery

Fight their 30 year old battles 25% 14 Go bareback riding 18% 10 Produce all their late good work 15% 8 Pose as their partner 13% 7 Stretch a canvas and make toasties 11% 6 Think of a good excuse

Spring is in the air. Just yesterday we watched from the windows of the Art Life office as two galahs ‘loved’ one another, sort of like the art world, as it was all beaks, flying feathers and startled squawks. We

Corporate blogs – who needs ‘em? The ABC, apparently, and who would have ever thought that they have their own arts blog puningly titled Articulate? Like Fairfax [the publishing wing of the ABC], a blog or two adds a frisson

We like our art from Germany, inserted rectally and served with a plate of milk! I Like My Art Translated from German 32% [16] In suppository form 22% [11] Served with a plate of milk 18% [9] Dipped in honey

Imagine someone asked you to judge the Dobell Prize for Drawing. You sit in a chair with a cup of tea and, as the assistants bring the entries past one by one, it quickly becomes apparent that some artists know