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Head, Man, Land

We went past a gallery on Liverpool Street just up the road from the super-swanky de de ce furniture shop. At least we thought it was a gallery – we couldn’t be sure because every other shop looks like a

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Man, Face, Mask

We left Liverpool Street Gallery with a few regrets, but we vowed to put this badness behind us and get down to Gallery 4A to see the Wang Jianwei show Giant Steps. We didn’t know much about Jianwei, but we

Man, Room, Paint

We started to feel, as we walked through the streets of Chinatown that our sugar high was well and truly over. We felt nervous and irritable and damn this sweaty then freezing weather – you’re too hot under your coat

Strapping On The Old Mailbag

A Jerry Williams of Sierra Leone has written to The Art Life and begins his letter thusly: “Cher Monsieur, “Je suis Mr JERRY WILLIAMS le fils de l’ancien chef PAUL WILLIAMS de la SIERA LEONNE . La source de votre

Dog Owners Protest Cat Winning Archibald

It can sometimes be a little distasteful to toot your own horn in public but what the hell… Back on March 30 while we were discussing the Craig Ruddy Archibald win, we thought of a problem that could arise for

Don’t Go Changing

The problem with abstract art is that it’s difficult for critics to build up a long running relationship with it. Once an artist has settled on their style and the audience has assimilated what it is they’re supposed to know

The Atkins Diet

Peter Atkins is an artist who has just finished the late early part of his middle career. He’s yet to go over the hump into middle-middle career where inspiration is something you have to work hard at, and he going

The Gratuitous Caprice

Melbourne is a bit of a conundrum for us; we like to know that there is another entire city in Australia that you can visit for long weekends or shopping trips or perhaps to go and see the odd exhibition

Only Six More Shopping Days

Yes, the Archibald Prize for Portraiture exhibition is nearly over and now we can go back to living our lives again – at least until the exciting Biennale of Sydney opens on June 4. The Archibald exhibition closes this Sunday

Artists With Berets

We had gone out to celebrate the arrival of our 1,500th visitor to The Art Life in style at The Pier Restaurant in Rushcutters Bay. Our meal was a delightful but demanding repast of fish related dishes, fine wines and