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Cloud Canyons is probably one of David Medalla’s most well known works, a seminal piece in kinetic sculpture…
Too much history? Not enough? Rory Dufficy contemplates the inclusion – and exclusion – of particular historical works in this year’s Biennale of Sydney… The much criticized decision by Biennale curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to include works from the backrooms of
The Art Life‘s special on The Biennale of Sydney goes to air on ABC1 on Tuesday July 22 at 10pm. We feature a number of interviews but due to the constraints of the documentary’s 27 minute duration those conversations have
From Ian Houston… Adrian Piper, Black Box/ White Box The idea of the political in art is at once inevitable and tedious. The risk of proselytizing, the banal, the tautological and the difficulties of a cynical audience familiar with many
Last weekend, one of our neighbours, the happy island city-state of Singapore, finished hosting its very first Biennale. Eschewing the all-expenses-paid-for press junkets and glitzy launch parties of early September, we chose instead to cover the final days of the
The word Biennale comes from the Italian meaning “an expensive art event held every two years”. Modeled on the Venice Biennale, The Biennale of Sydney began in 1973 and was held at the Opera House. Opened by Prime Minister Gough
We were curious. Dr. Charles Merewhether is the director of The Biennale of Sydney 2006, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cross Cultural Research at the Australian National University, an author, a curator and frequent flyer. What is in store for this year’s multi-venue extravaganza?