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Vote Early, Vote Often

What are the arts policies of the major political parties? Going by the results of our recent poll, the majority of the readers of The Art Life don’t base their vote on policies that will directly affect them. Maybe our

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Art World Thunderdome Part Deux

There can only be one! The Art Life‘s end-of-year death match is a contest to see who’s the most important, influential and possibly the most beautiful in our art world. We never expected round two – Most Influential Artist-run Gallery

John Stringer Memorial Site

As we noted below in a re-posting from The West Australian, the widely respected and admired curator John Stringer passed away unexpectedly last week. The Kerry Stokes Collection has posted a memorial website to commemorate his life and work.

Sanity Clause 2007

DECK THE WALLS @MOPChristmasFund Raiser 13.12.2007All WelcomeAll works A4 & under2D or 3D @ $50 any medium For our Deck Christmas fundraiser what we would like you to do is drop in a work to the gallery any day that

Instant Haiku Review

A world without waterNothing here now but saltrusting memories of us. The sun is settingthe winter of a tired old mangoodbye John Winston Howard Fuzzy prime ministersMakes you want to hug themMakes you want to cry

Vale John Stringer

From The West Australian: Leading curator Stringer dies 14th November 2007, 7:00 WST/ The West Australian John Stringer, one of Perth’s leading artistic lights and the curator of billionaire Kerry Stokes’ vast art collection, has died at the age of

“Five Stars – Simply The Greatest TV Art Show Ever Made!” – Sunday Life Magazine

A Year In The Art Life, ABC TV, Tuesday November 13th at 10pm.

Renny Good Man

Renny Good Man

Art Life Nov 12, 2007

Renny Kodgers sings Nobody Does It Better. From YouTube and Renny Kodgers

Art World Thunderdome Part One

The voting was intense – hours were wasted, friends were recruited, reputations were put on the line. In the end, our poll for The Most Influential Commercial Contemporary Art Gallery in Sydney was one of the most heavily contested ever

There’s still time…

… to vote in our “most influential commercial contemporary art gallery” poll. Current voting puts Gallery Barry Keldoulis in an almost unbeatable lead with 79 votes, Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery second with 65 votes and at the tail end of