Tag: David Walsh
Wim Delvoye
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 Art Essays, International Art, Sydney Morning Herald Column,Adolf Loos, the outspoken Austrian designer and critic, argued: “the modern person who tattoos himself is either a criminal or a degenerate.” Loos was writing in 1929, and one can only wonder what he would make of the present day vogue for tattoos that cover an arm and half a torso. He would probably see […]
The 2011 Archibald Prize
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 Australian Art, Sydney Morning Herald Column,It’s appropriate the Archibald Prize should coincide with Easter, because the Trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW have repented of their sins of last year and asked to be forgiven. Not in so many words, of course. They have simply chosen a better, more credible exhibition and tried to put the horrors of 2010 […]
Monanism
Saturday, February 5th, 2011 Australian Art, Sydney Morning Herald Column,Until about twelve months ago Tasmanian millionaire, David Walsh was the most mysterious presence in Australian art. He was the invisible man, much talked about but rarely seen. All this has changed with the launch of his long-awaited Museum of Old and New Art. The phantom has materialised in the form of a middle-aged pub […]