Resale Right… or wrong?
It’s the story that just won’t go away. An article I penned for the Fairfax papers, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, appears in print today. In it, I…
Yes, art still matters…
… it’s just that I haven’t had a great deal of spare time to write about it. Art, that is. Or not here, at least. I…
Hey now, hey now, my bunting’s back. Again.
So it appears Banksy’s troublesome wall mural will appear at auction yet again, having been withdrawn from sale in the US earlier in the year…
Have you been missing me?
Sincere apologies. It’s been very, very busy. In a good way. My inactivity is unforgivable. As a small offering to compensate for my absence, here’s a…
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.…
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…
Are the days of the artrepreneur numbered?
Interesting question arrived in my inbox today via Michael Mocksim. “You think the Frank Dunphy style era is over?” Frank Dunphy, of course, was Damien Hirst’s…
What a pisser! Lazy post. Sorry.
More to come on more things. Soon. I promise. In the meantime, here’s a link to an article I wrote for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Expertise Goes…
… And the fug of irony hung thick in the air.
No rest for the wicked. The last few days have passed in a veritable whirr as I tried to weave whatever magic I still have…
High-risk occupations: Tightrope walker. Stunt driver. Art valuer.
During the course of a discussion over a lovely long lunch at Cicciolina in St Kilda yesterday with one of my favourite art-world people, it occurred…
Art matters 