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So it appears Banksy’s troublesome wall mural will appear at auction yet again, having been withdrawn from sale in the US earlier in the year…
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,…
“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…
When too many cooks don’t necessarily spoil the broth…
Quick post today with a link to a great article by a board member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dr Luther Brady, in which he…
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…
Portrait of Dorian Gray?
Oh dear. No doubt about it. Portrait painting is an utterly thankless task. William Dobell found this out the hard way when his controversial painting of…
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…
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