Arriving mysteriously in our snail mail box was a flyer for the semi-mythical unMagazine. Available in both print and PDF formats, unMagazine is a new publication that may just keep Mathieu Gallois quiet for awhile – an art magazine with

As Martin Kippenberger might have said, there is no problem with art on Australian TV, we just buy their paint brushes. We have come to accept that the only things worth watching about art on the ABC are the odd

There’s nothing quite as pleasurable as walking into a show of painting that is exceptionally good. It feels like a horrible pressure has been lifted and we can see clearly, like the rain has gone… Such was the feeling when

So the Australian Centre for Photography has been around for 30 years? Wow, we actually remembering it opening! Send flowers, send cakes, send presents… To celebrate they are having an exhibition called Zeitgeist that showcases a bunch of artist/photographers chosen

We have been looking for signs of intelligent life in the world of blogs ever since launched The Art Life itself into the virtual world. We’ve scanned links and sent out probes and although we’ve found a few interesting specimens

Speaking of the Sydney Art Seen Society, they too have a web site and it chronicles their efforts in demanding (in a polite way) set fees for artists included in every public gallery exhibition in the country, $500 for an

What a big week it is. Tracey Moffatt is opening an exciting new show at Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Shaun Gladwell is in another big exciting show at The Australian Centre for Photography celebrating 20 years of art at the

About six months ago, perhaps longer, we were forwarded an email that had been written by the artist Mathieu Gallois and which had been cc’d to perhaps 30 or 40 people in the Sydney art scene. The gist of the

Jane writes in with a request: “I am a mature age fem Uni student[MLitt]/Writer/Poet seeking person/s to share rural acreage in central Queensland. Ph Jane 0749569141” Then Heidi has a thought: “Hi, I am a self taught oil artist and