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…
Top Five Apocalyptic Visions. PS: It was nice knowing you.
Dear Powers-That-Be, It’s all very well to be told that the world is going to end tomorrow. But when planning for the Apocalypse, it would be…
Ai Ai Ai. Oh, Elton.
Sometimes it feels like the entire world has slipped down Alice’s rabbit hole. How is it that the Chinese authorities have no problem admitting an openly…
S[edition]. The verdict? Count me amongst the s[educed].
What do you get the artist who has everything? A website upon which he (Damien Hirst), she (Tracey Emin) or they (the Chapman Brothers) can blaze…
“Aren’t I Aboriginal enough for you?”
The title of this post recalls a comment by the brilliant artist, administrator and activist, Bronwyn Bancroft, at a conference I organised a while ago. When…
Dreaming of the future in Aboriginal art
For your delectation, below is the opening passage to an article I wrote for Australian Art Sales Digest, and a link to the full thing if…
The Art of Subterfuge
Could this be the moment we’ve all been anticipating? The art world equivalent of Toto drawing back the curtain to reveal the grey-haired little man pulling…
Jeff Koons’ balloon dog case blows.
And in other news, clowns the world over can breathe a collective sigh of relief – Jeff Koons has dropped the case in which he claimed…
Prince and Gagosian up the creek without a paddle, part 2
A small addenda to yesterday’s post about the finding against Richard Prince and Gagosian Gallery. Patrick Cariou, who successfully challenged Prince for infringing his rights as…
Art matters 