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Newsletter 299
Monday, August 12th, 2019 Newsletter,My run of extreme work has continued unabated this week, with one unintended consequence – namely the sorry fact that I missed filing the art column by a couple of hours. I was unaware of the draconian deadlines that now apply for the chronically short-staffed weekend supplement. On a four & a half hour flight […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2019 Newsletter,Sorry for the delayed posting this week but every so often deadlines and commitments get on top and my normal routines are thrown into mild chaos. This week I was writing pretty much non-stop, then had to fly to Melbourne for an in-conversation with Bill Henson at Monash Gallery of Art on Thursday night. It […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2019 Newsletter,Gladys’s gang has never been notable for transparency or accountability, but with re-election this tendency looks set to descend to a whole new level. In response to a detailed Parliamentary Inquiry into Museums and Galleries that was more than two-and-a half years in the making, Arts Minister, Don Harwin, wrote off the six recommendations in […]
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Monday, July 22nd, 2019 Newsletter,It’s been a long time since I was able to do a commercial gallery exhibition for the Saturday art column but the Herald’s recent policy of doubling up weekly reviews meant that a gap appeared in my calendar! There was no shortage of reviewable material but I settled on Tracey Moffatt and Kartika Kain at […]
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Monday, July 15th, 2019 Newsletter,The week began in Arnhem Land where I went to see what the Art Gallery of South Australia has in store for the next installment of Tarnarnthi in October. The most memorable part of the trip was a three hour drive down a dusty, bumpy road to an indigenous community in the midst of a week-long […]
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Monday, July 8th, 2019 Newsletter,In Queensland last weekend for the Margaret Olley and Ben Quilty shows at the Gallery of Modern Art I was struck by the size and enthusiasm of the crowds. GOMA has some of the best and most adventurous shows in the country, but rarely do they attract audiences of this magnitude. It’s a testimony to […]
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 Newsletter,Apologies for the lateness of this newsletter but it’s been another one of those weeks when there’s been too much to do in too brief a time. The main distraction was my third Australian cinema lecture at the Union, Universities and Schools Club, this one on the depiction of indigenous people. These talks have necessitated […]
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Monday, June 24th, 2019 Newsletter,This week’s workload is hardly less crazy than last week’s, but it feels a bit better. Perhaps it’s because the Sydney Film Festival has wound-up, meaning that I don’t feel the temptation to go watching movies rather than sit in front of the laptop, churning out words. As it is, I’m having a film festival […]
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Monday, June 17th, 2019 Newsletter,I’ll be succinct this week as I haven’t got the time to ramble on. Having accepted the invitation to deliver three lectures on Australian cinema this month, at the Union, University and Schools Club, I’ve been immersed in watching Australian movies, scribbling notes making connections… there’s no end to it. It’s fun, but it’s exceptionally […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2019 Newsletter,This impossible month just keeps getting busier. This week I’m filing not one but two art columns, because the Sydney Morning Herald has suddenly got excited about the visual arts. I’m assured it’s only a passing phase but the immediate result of this enthusiasm was a request for a review of the National Gallery of Australia’s […]