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Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted
Never doubt the sincerity of an artist. Even when it seems like it might be a joke, a pisstake, some sort of ironic double play [indeed, especially when it seems so] there is nearly always a serious intent behind the
“You wouldn’t know it from wandering around the crowded art fair in Bologna a few weeks ago, or from seeing Larry Gagosian’s new gallery in Rome, where some of the moneyed, antiseptic air of the Chelsea of New York reaches
From Bonny Dot Cassidy The last six months have blessed Sydney with exhilarating exhibitions of contemporary Indigenous art including the recently (and too promptly) ended Kitty Kantilla retrospective, plus two current shows: the Lockhart women’s group mounting at Hogarth Galleries,
From Eve Sullivan… LIFE IS A LAUGH, the poster says. So oddly quaint, in its restraint, spelled out in faded red block capital letters. Propped up at one end of the station platform amidst scaffolding and construction materials, a stack
“The female nude has been a popular subject with artists for centuries, and has continued its dominance at this year’s Moran Prizes. At the State Library today, Sydney artist Fiona Lowry won the $100,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for
After kicking off the 2008 exhibition year at Artspace, Lily Hibberd‘s Bordertown installation recently opened at Melbourne’s Conical Inc where it will be on show until March 29. The Art Life spoke with Hibberd in Melbourne. Lily Hibberd, Bordertown, 2008.Installation
Interview with Anselm Kiefer, discussing his Aperiatur Terra exhibition at White Cube. From YouTube. If you’re viewing this post via email, click here to see video.
From NineMSN… Barton’s self portrait wins ArchibaldFriday Mar 7 13:08 AEDT Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton has won the Archibald Prize with a portrait she says celebrates the love she has for her two children. The 35-year-old artist won the
From Ian Houston Mister Darren Sylvester‘s exhibition of photographic prints, painting and sculpture at Sullivan & Strumpf [until Saturday] is a beguiling and seductive collection of art poised, like a plastic surgeon’s scalpel, over the skin of contemporary life. This