When the brochure for the Sydney Festival was pushed under the office door we realised with a sense of dread that the end-of-year-season is nearly here. Big finale exhibitions, group shows, fund raisers and exhibitions by Indigenous artists are all
Sometimes it’s good to be shown something. Instead of artists demonstrating how clever, how erudite, how flippin’ learned they are, it’s good see some skills laid out end to end. The King Street Gallery is a place you can go
No sooner had we posted the item below about the winners of the Samstag and wondered if Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro would have to share an award, Ross Wolfe, head guy at the scholarship, wrote in: Dear Art Life,
Dissident Voices Special Event6.30pm Friday 11 November 2005 In association with the exhibition Interesting Times: Focus on contemporary Australian art, the MCA presents a unique twilight event by 3 of Australia’s most radical writers/performers Ania Walwicz, Amanda Stewart & Ruark
It’s that time of year again when the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship is announced. It’s a sweet deal – each artist receives twelve months living allowance of US$30,000 (approximately $40,000 in Aussie dollars) as well as
Isn’t always the way – things you expected would have changed are exactly the same, but there’s a whole bunch of little things that are completely different. The Art Life office, shuttered and silent this last month, is again open
It all seems to happen at once. The Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park London opened on Friday October 21 and closed on Monday October 24. There were 160 art galleries from all over the world with the work of
The Roman summer was marked by burning cars. As the season became hotter and the skies cleared, a person or persons unknown randomly set parked cars ablaze across the city. The sound of fire engines racing through the capital’s congested
We asked readers last week for nominations for their favourite film about or by an artist. The reward for effort [and don’t we all need a little rewarding now and again?] was a ticket to see a movie by an