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Newsletter 261
Saturday, November 17th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,This week’s announcement that Lisa Havilah will be the new CEO of the Powerhouse Museum brings another twist to this painful saga. We already know the decision to move the Powerhouse from its site in Ultimo to Parramatta – a dstance of 25 kms at a cost of not less than $1.5 billion – is […]
Newsletter 260
Saturday, November 10th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,First a bit of housekeeping. I’ve had it pointed out that many people are getting notices saying “this site may be hacked”, when accessing the home page. The site is not hacked (at present!) so don’t be put off by these warnings. There are also new hiccups that are interfering with access, so if you can’t […]
Newsletter 259
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,This weekend I’m writing about Sculpture by the Sea, which is coming to a close at Bondi. This annual event has become a de facto arts festival in Sydney, attracting the kind of audiences that most art museums can only fantasise about. It’s never a perfect show – some years a little stronger, others a […]
Newsletter 258
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,Nick Serota was in Sydney this week, courtesy of John Kaldor, to deliver an address on art education. The former director of the Tate galleries, now head of the Arts Council, is an object lesson in leanness and austerity. There is an absolute focus with everything he says and does, with no wastage. One would […]
Newsletter 257
Saturday, October 20th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,Apologies for the lateness of this week’s newsletter and posting. I’ve been in Bangkok for the city’s first-ever Biennale and – aside from an insanely busy schedule – I didn’t have a reliable Internet connection. In addition, the mail box associated with the site filled up for the umpteenth time and couldn’t be emptied. So […]
Newsletter 256
Saturday, October 13th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,This newsletter is being written on a bus, speeding through the night from Busan to Gwangju. It may not sound glamorous but the Korean bus network is super efficient and ridiculously inexpensive. Note to self: next time in Korea, give the trains a miss and take only buses. I’m here to see three Biennales, and […]
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Saturday, October 6th, 2018 Art Essays, Newsletter,I’m not raving about anything this week, which doesn’t mean there are no subjects worth taking on, only that I’m short of time and energy. I’m back in Sydney but the current art column is set in Austria, more particularly in Graz, a city of extraordinary contradictions. The Steirischer Herbst(Styrian Autumn) festival has been going […]