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John Sangster: Australia and All That Jazz

Artist and musician Simon Hunt publishes one of the best music blogs around – Never Enough Rhodes – writing on jazz, obscure funk oddities and neglected gems of hybridised musical madness. One such forgotten masterpiece is the work of Australian jazz composer John Sangster whose Australia and All That Jazz mixes lite soundtrack – with field recordings. Here hunt explains the background to Sangster’s career and the strange birth of the album…

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Innovators

Innovators

Art Life , Reviews May 07, 2010

Our Melbourne Affairs Editor Din Heagney reckons Linden is one of the few decent inner southside galleries left in Melbourne these days. Inside he finds a range of astro-turf delights…

Sun Ming Cai

Sun Ming Cai

Exhibitions May 07, 2010

Chinese traditional ink painting workshop with the artist at Delmar Gallery on Saturday 22 May, 2pm

Peace of wall

Peace of wall

Exhibitions May 07, 2010

Chris Parkinson spent four years living and working in East Timor. Throughout this time, he documented the changing political and social climate in the country through the graffiti expressed on the country’s surfaces. His first book, Peace of Wall: Street Art from East Timor, showcases some of the images and stories from this documentation.

Style guide: how to write a news item on a record art sale

Punning Headline Here [Mention Sale Price eg: “Art record: Nude Picasso fetches $117m”]. The sale of [name of artist]’s [name of art work] for a [staggering/incredible/record] [sale price] at [name of auction house] on [date] has defied recent stock market

Wall work

Wall work

Exhibitions May 04, 2010

Two artists, five locations, one thousand bricks, five days. Michaela Gleave and Kate Mitchell: ‘Wall Work’ Presented as part of the 2010 Next Wave Festival, ‘Wall Work’ is a five-day performance in which Michaela Gleave and Kate Mitchell will build

Bad blood

Bad blood

Exhibitions May 04, 2010

Arthur McIntyre: Bad Blood 1960-2000 is a survey of the work of the previously unheralded Australian artist Arthur McIntyre (1945-2003). Spanning four decades, and comprised of loaned work from major collections and his estate, Bad Blood reveals Arthur McIntyre’s steadfast

It’s a big job! MCA gets the money

The Museum of Contemporary Art announces it has the cash, building work to begin in June subject to Council approval…

Divinity, death and nature

Divinity, Death and Nature European and Australian prints from the Flinders University Art Museum Collection 4 May – 27 June 2010 Curator Nic Brown, Flinders University Art Museum Divinity, Death and Nature: European and Australian prints from the Flinders University

How do I submit material to The Art Life?

You’re an artist and you’d like to promote your exhibition on The Art Life? Here’s how…