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Beyond The Edge

Some months back we posted an image by Ross Racine. After the artist got in touch to ask us to let readers know that he has new work available on his web site, we asked if he’d agree to a

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New Work Friday #40

This series of thirteen hand sewn pennants metaphorically represent the artist’s aspiration for a material recognition of their work.

This just in

This just in

Art Life Feb 05, 2010

Just as we posted our roundup of comments from our call for suggestions for influential shows [see below], we received an email from a reader we shall do the favour of calling Sgt. Schultz. Although not exactly what you’d call

And the winner is…

Our call for suggestions for influential and important exhibitions brought in some interesting suggestions. The call was in two parts – you could either vote in the poll at the right of the Art Life home page, or, if you

Art Month’s Shout Out to Emerging Artists

Art Month kicks off in Sydney in March and features exhibitions in more than 50 galleries including public museums, commerical spaces, ARIs and auction houses. Art Month will also be staging a series of lectures, tours, workshops and symposiums. The

Crowdsourcing influential exhibitions [with bonus sweetner]

We’re in the early stages of research for series three of The Art Life and we’re wondering what in your opinion have been the more influential and important exhibitions in Australia since the late 1960s? You can vote for the

Trouble At Mill

Trouble At Mill

Art Life Jan 11, 2010

After the fractious campaign to secure an independent future for the National Art School, the appointment of Professor Anita Taylor as the art school director seemed to outsiders like a sober and sensible choice. For those expecting business-as-usual, however, Professor

The mind and the times

Reg Mombassa is probably one of the most well known and influential artists in the country – and a dab hand a slow blues solo too. Now Murray Waldren has written a very long book about him.

“It’s Art As You’ve Never Seen It Before…”

Tino La Bamba‘s quest to ride a motorised dragster from Sydney to Lismore was an astonishing success but it is only now that the startling details of his adventure are becoming known. La Bamba, who may be somehow related to

Media and murder

Professor Joanna Mendelssohn was among those first contacted by members of the media in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe Heuston. In this article on the ethics of news reporting – originally commissioned