Copyright or wrong?
I’m sure I’ve used that headline before. Actually, I know I have. But it’s too good to resist. Besides which – it was two years ago,…
Simon says? He’ll be on the art-side, looking in.
Ah, the Arts portfolio. Our problem child. Now left floundering, rudderless*, after Minister Simon Crean’s self-immolation this afternoon. Was it something we said? * Why did…
Priscilla, Queen of the Desart
A little quiet on the Western Front this week, I’m afraid, as I prepare for my keynote at Desart’s annual conference in Alice Springs next week.…
Creative Australia?
Because I’m disinclined to let you off with the ‘executive summary’, here’s a link to a pdf of the Gillard government’s new cultural policy in its entirety. While I’m…
Would you like a little culture with that?
Cue drum roll….. The day has dawned. Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean, will unveil the Labor government’s National Cultural Policy at the National Press…
And the ballroom dancers went around… and around… and around again. A lesson in reading auction figures.
Hello, old friend. Nice to see you again. It’s good to know some things never change. As regular as clockwork… John Brack’s Backs and Fronts is back on…
A Warhol for Every Wall
In what can best be described as the modern art-world equivalent of a garage sale, Christie’s is currently running an online auction of work by Andy…
“Fair Crack of the Whip, Sport!”
Interesting opinion piece in The Age today by Australian artist Ben Quilty (link… here). In response to the recent raft of sporting-world scandals, he raises the question of why it…
The White stuff.
What makes us human? We do something like this just for the sake of it, and love it… just because. Last night, 300,000 Melburnians flooded into…
Hey now, hey now, my bunting’s back! You can take it to the bank(sy)
Alternatively, just take the Banksy. Either way, I think someone’s been taking some creative licence with the disappearing Banksy that has just reappeared on an auctioneer’s…
Art matters 