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To conclude our round up of reader polls asking what was the best of the best of 07, the Best exhibition of 2007 poll was a hotly contested vote-a-thon. In the end it came down to a race between two
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“The Gallery of Modern Art, a new building at Brisbane’s South Bank dedicated to post-1970 art, opened a whole year ago, generating a buzz not seen in Brisbane since Charles Kingsford Smith touched down after crossing the Pacific. Since the
…which brings us suddenly and unexpectedly to the end of the year. 2007 will be, for us, the year that The Art Life made its debut on TV. It was an emotionally tumultuous process, from big ups to low, low
Ian Houston reports from parts unknown… After their kind invitation to visit the egalitarian suburb of Woolahara, The Art Life team have upped the ante somewhat and decided to send me to “The Rocks”, home of “the personality gallery”. I’m
Artist takes a soft approach to the divine [Sydney Morning Herald] “Few people would describe the Pope or the Scientology founder, L.Ron Hubbard, as cute and cuddly. However, in his exhibition Cupco Is God, the artist Luke Temby has turned
The latest poll results for the most influential artist of all time has thrown up some surprising results. As of today, it’s a dead heat between Lloyd Rees, Brett Whiteley, Mike Parr and Mark Titmarsh, with Daniel Mudie Cunningham and
Art Life contributor Ian Houston reports from our second art strip – Queen Street, Paddington – an assignment he took up with gusto… Welcome readers. Today finds us in the heart of the Wentworth electorate, a blue ribbon Liberal seat,
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helicopter Symphony, from YouTube “Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of 20th century musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert audiences, has died at the age of 79. Endlessly prolific, whether in fashion or out of
Secret letters unravel Kahlo legend [Guardian arts and architecture blog] “It’s part of Frida Kahlo‘s considerable legend that she had a brief but passionate love affair with Trotsky shortly after his arrival in Mexico from Russia, where Stalin had ousted