As Steve Martin so eloquently put it, some people have a way with words while other people… not have way. Artists, however, can do anything they set their minds to – paint pictures, make movies, start a band, write a

The people who are supposed to “have way” with art writing – the professionals – sometimes get a bit confused too, and perhaps none more confused than Peter Hill. Oh no, you’re saying, not the beleaguered SMH art critic again,

The magic of the internet! State of The Arts editor Caroline Meagher emailed this response from Matthew Collings to our recent comments that he was turning into an old fogery. Imagine our surprise when Collings responded to our article… Although

If Robert MacPherson is Exile on Main Street then… Brett Whiteley is Pub With No Beer 30% Tim Maguire is Tie A Yellow Ribbon 15% Ricky Swallow is Pablo Picasso 10% Ann Wallace is In Dreams 10% TV Moore is

The Art Life is taking a short break. We’ll be back with a full update on November 3rd, and perhaps a shorter update before then too. You never know. In the meantime, please enjoy our new links in the Sorted

What is it about taking an artist’s signature and turning it into a brand that’s so utterly dodgy? At Tim Olsen Gallery, the latest John Olsen show features the maestro’s signature featured on a wall in the gallery window. One

We have for some time been trying to work out how to include a review of Disc Gallery on The Art Life. The problem so far has been that the exhibitions there have been pretty bad – first time photographers

Day Street has to be the most inaccessible street in Sydney right now. With the cross city tunnel tearing up the tarmac and plastic bollards all over the place, not to mention all the one way streets and road closures,