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Steve Warburton: history, ambiguity, monuments

In advance of his new solo show at Melbourne’s Tacit gallery, Steve Warburton talks about ambiguity, metaphor and history…

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MONA in full effect, art life before social media, giant cheese wall, keep your stinking charity + more!
Good Friday Degustation: insiders outsiders, remembering the past, lizards in Sale, pulp Bowie, servo sunsets, and more!
Castlemainia: making regional arts festivals work

Art Life editor Andrew Frost likes to drive very long distances to see art. What he found in Castlemaine Victoria offers a few clues how regional arts events can reshape Australian art…

Nirin goodness, art policy badness, giant novelty cheques, living the art life, bush painter wisdom + more…
Museums, art fairs, nationalism, photogenic drawings, epicurean adventures + dead malls…

Fruit and meat don’t mix, except melon and prosciutto!

Resisting change, the DNA of colour, motel highlights, neural nets, and more…
Farewells, contemporary luxury, diseased roses, and other absurdities…
Venice BOGOF, Goffers, Crooked Cosmos, and the weather in your area…

Friday deguatstaion: an amuse-bouche before the weekend…?

Introducing Friday Degustation

Quilty reviews, things you can’t talk about, museums art and money, urban exploration in HK, walk thru Van Gogh, wombats, Damien Hirst’s masterpiece …