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Art Life Omen Bet: Sculptor

From The Sydney Morning Herald‘s Melbourne Cup form guide Incredibly, the Melbourne Cup features a horse called Sculptor at number 17. Look no further than this fine equine specimen for your Melbourne Cup omen bet. With long odds of around

A Year in The Art Life…

We’re super excited to announce the premiere screening of our new made-for-TV special A Year in The Art Life. Screening at 10pm on Tuesday November 13th at 10pm on your ABC, the show features a run down of both the

Andy Warhol’s Silver Screen

Andy Warhol, TDK, from YouTube[ Click here to view]

Monument to Something

PRESS RELEASE: PAM AITKEN Opening Wednesday 21 Nov, 6 – 8pm.Thursday 22 Nov to Saturday 15 Dec, 1 – 6pmAt Factory 49, 49 Shepherd St, Marrickville 2204 Variation on a still point 19, 2007.pencil on paper 14.5 x 20.5 cm

Cult of The New

Cult of The New

Art Life , Op-ed Oct 31, 2007

On Saturday October 13, The Art Life were lucky enough to be guests of ARC – Art, Design & Craft Biennial 2007. We were invited to speak on a panel discussion called The Cult of The New. Here is an

2007 Beyond Thunderdome

It’s that time of year again, end-of-year best-of’s and meaningless lists… And we love ’em. The Art Life was recently asked to contribute to a glossy magazine ranking celebrities in the art world. Unfortunately, our nominations didn’t make the cut,

Seeing Is Disbelieving

Ian Houston writes from Sydney… Neo Rauch’s Mazernacht. I have seen the future of painting and his name is Neo Rauch. The Art Gallery of NSW has recently hung two works by the East German painter Neo Rauch, Gebot and

March of The Penguins

Dear Art Life, For your information and to clarify some apparent misunderstandings appearing on the thread discussion in regard to the Shaun Gladwell project at Artspace, Sherman Galleries did not ‘put up the money to stage what must have been

Decor Warriors

Decor Warriors

Art Life , Op-ed Oct 14, 2007

The National Gallery of Australia and its presentation of The Aboriginal Memorial have a long and chequered history. Originally conceived by Djon Mundine at the time of the Bicentennial as a memorial to 200 years of the victims of white