Art that asks the hapless viewer to make a decision about the motivations of the artist is starting to wear us out. We were looking at John Spiteri’s new show at Kaliman Gallery and all we could think was, please,

Babies are like tradesmen – they do all their noisiest and most important work first thing in the morning. By 10am it has all gone quiet leaving parents reeling around, sleep deprived, smelling of spew and wondering where their lives

On Saturday the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story called Arts Stars that purported to expose the high placed taste makers in Sydney’s arts scene. We’re not sure if the SMH had really done their homework because their list comprised

In Wollongong people gradually fall from the sky. A little at first, then a lot. We were standing on the grass, eating our fish and chips, looking up at people parachuting down towards us, and we felt ourselves being drawn

In the 1980s Post Modernism arrived in the art world with a cool rush. Finally there was a salvation from the oppressive expressionism of Australian painting and the absurdly over prescribed dictatorship of the conceptualists. Post Modernism was a third

We had a conversation with Ugo Rondinone last year while he was having his show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. He had done some circular paintings as well as a video of Bader-Meinhof type people walking around and another

We had a conversation with Ugo Rondinone last year while he was having his show at the Museum of Contemporary Art. He had done some circular paintings as well as a video of Bader-Meinhof type people walking around and another

Join with us in a glass of champagne as we celebrate the arrival of the 10,000th visitor to The Art Life. We’re not sure when this will happen – probably on Wednesday or Thursday – but it’s true. We seem

The art market can be so cruel. The kids of Manly Village Public School have a biennial art auction where the children’s art is sold to raise money for the school. Last weekend the parents, students and teachers raised $23,000