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They come in with requests. They want to use the photocopier for free. Some of them want blank paper to write down their filthy secrets. Most of ‘em just sleep in the reading room. Yes, it’s your local library and
The eternal question – where are we? We’re in Brisbane to talk to Queensland University of Technology students about careers in art writing. It’s raining and its cold and the people in the big mall in the centre of town
The corpses continued to pile up in the Art Cemetery last week. Erik Jensen’s obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday Angry young artists get the brush-off – farewelled someone you could be forgiven for thinking might have been
Flags fluttered along Macquarie Street down to the Opera House, the brightly coloured banners read like a who’s who of contemporary art, Warhol, Freud, Sherman etc. They were also the names of artists whose works belong to the UBS collection
After 156 years of British rule Hong Kong reverted back to Chinese rule in 1997. It’s now officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). From an international centre of trade and commerce with a population largely uninterested in
The end must have really been something to see. Right on the edge of real radical political change, the period from ‘67 to ‘72 was a period of world wide dissent and ferment. Paris, sure, beneath the streets the beach
The recent exhibition of new work by Halinka Orszulok and Rachel Scott at MOP was shit hot. While not curated as a joint show, these concurrent exhibitions both utilised suburbia as a literal and metaphorical site for investigating what is
High Times Hard Times New York Painting 1967 –1975…
Radio National’s arts program Art Works recently asked The Art Life to contribute to their series of essays on paintings that have had an influence on writers. We didn’t have to think for very long to know exactly which painting
Del Kathryn Barton’sVasili Kaliman and contained familiar together within the Dreaming. Pros: Strikingly different, immaculately painted, spooky witchcraft! Cons: No one ever admits Archi voting is political, but it is… Percentage Chance of Win: 87% Cherry Hood’s Ben Quilty Pros: