Talk about suffering for art. Fabric maker John Kaldor had to break a golden rule when he took on the role of commissioner for the Australian exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Having declared before the last Biennale that he and

If you could only give one piece of advice to a young artist what would it be? “Start at the top and work your way down” – Marc Alperstein. “Just keep going, it’s not the best who wins, it’s the

GrantPirrie’s current show Brainstorms: momentary psychological disturbances is a peculiar animal. It’s another in the trend for curated shows in commercial galleries that feature artists not “with” the gallery but selected by a curator – in this case GP’s Clare

Emails and comments to The Art Life have been running hot lately – wild accusations, flames and abuse along with some suggestions, questions, notifications of events and exhibitions. Before we get to the contentious stuff, Lisa Havilah, the director, Campbelltown

14 June 2005 Media Release Ricky Swallow wins hearts at Venice More than 15,000 international art curators and critics have seen the exquisite works of Ricky Swallow in the first four days of the Venice Biennale. A record 5,000 people

The road outside Gitte Weise Galleries [Sydney/Berlin] is a parking nightmare and with the slabs of newly laid bitumen, random cones and bollards, if you end up at Gitte Weise Galleries it’s because you really meant to be there. We

People who live in Sydney have a secret envy of Melbourne. It’s a place where sub cultures get taken seriously, where vast, glittering art palaces are funded by the public purse and art magazines are given away free to any

Could we really have thought that there are just too many people doing the photography-video thing? Could we have really gone all fogey and started blaming the medium for the lack of interest we find in work in galleries? Pretty