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Walking into the Art Gallery of NSW was something of a surprise – there’s all this contemporary art in there! Then we remembered – Zones of Contact: 2006 Biennale of Sydney still has little while to go. Finishing up on
Too busy to waste time gazing at dozens of art work looking for thrills? We’re here to help – The Art Life’s 40 Minute B.O.S. Tour will guide you through selected highlights of this year’s Biennale of Sydney: Zones of
The word Biennale comes from the Italian meaning “an expensive art event held every two years”. Modeled on the Venice Biennale, The Biennale of Sydney began in 1973 and was held at the Opera House. Opened by Prime Minister Gough
Giving a speech is a dead art. In the 19th Century when public oratory had reached its peak audiences were often expected to listen for hours to long speeches that were often delivered under dreadful conditions – in the freezing
We were curious. Dr. Charles Merewhether is the director of The Biennale of Sydney 2006, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cross Cultural Research at the Australian National University, an author, a curator and frequent flyer. What is in store for this year’s multi-venue extravaganza?
That’s the BIG THEME of the 2004 Biennale that the curator Isabel Carlos has thought up and applied evenly to all the art. According to the Sydney Morning Herald art critic Peter Hill, Carlos changed her mind halfway through curating
There’s a lot of art in the Biennale. spread all over town in galleries, in parks and up trees – too much to get down in one go. So we’re going to follow the classic cake cutting procedure of plunging
It’s been a pretty hectic couple of days as The Art Life ascends the social ladder. We never thought we’d live to see the day we’d be at an opening chatting with comedian Mikey Robbins and seafood chef bloke Rick
We received our first bit of MCA/Biennale bumpf in the mail – a handsome little mail out with pictures of the art we will see in the shows and other extra exciting events. These events include the Biennale keynote lecture
Beating up on curators is like being a school bully. They are the weakest members of the art world with few friends, lots of enemies and hardly anyone who really understands what they do. The Art Life, as a rule,