The sale last night of the Fosters collection by Sotheby’s does little to disprove the notion that if you’re after sentimental Australiana, you’d better be prepared to fork out the big bucks. With a brace of works by blue chip

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Sometimes we have to take our knocks. A reader took us to task for our short piece last week on the latest Christie’s Contemporary sale: Since when does Art Life fall for the laziest trick in the journalistic lexicon and

The Art Life is taking a short break as we fly to Perth this week to take part in PICA’s HATCHED05 Symposium. We’ll be joining Un Magazine’s Lily Hibberd to speak on the topic Why Write About Art? The next

Someone last year asked us what we thought was good art writing. We’re always mouthing off about what we think is bad but, come on, if you’re all so goddamn smart, what’s good? Well, what we want is an art

The latest issue of First Draft’s magazine Runway is out and it’s themed “escape”. At six dollars it’s cheaper than a round of drinks après opening and just as fun. Among the contributors is a very fine piece by Ella

Christie’s Contemporary Art sale on May 24 is the latest in the company’s on going efforts to foster a market for Australian contemporary art. With a modest 135 lots, the selection of works goes for quality over quantity. Also notable

Gary Carsley, artist, is a Capricorn. The light side of the typical Capricorn personality is manifested by a well developed sense of humour, a will to create a sense of order out of the world and the wise management of

When we went to see the latest show by Todd Hunter at GrantPirrie, we had to remind ourselves once more that he did not play bass with 70s Oz rock legends Dragon. That was a different Todd Hunter and while