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Gilbert & George love you
It’s been 37 years since Gilbert & George made their astonishing debut at the Art Gallery of NSW as The Singing Sculpture, singing “Underneath the Arches” on a tabletop for five hours at a time. To celebrate the exhibition 40 years: Kaldor Public Art Projects exhibition, Gilbert & George are returning to Sydney – on... »
Let’s do it outside
Art & About starts in Sydney today, and in its seventh year it has become a fully fledged festival in its own right. The program is hefty, incorporating sub-festivals around Oxford Street, Kings Cross and Danks Street, Waterloo. It runs from today until 25 October. In this post I run through the three events... »
Ordinary rooms in strange places
The two monumental bronze sculptures outside the Art Gallery of NSW just got new homes. Gilbert Bayes’ 'The Offerings of War' and 'The Offerings of Peace' (1923) haven’t moved; instead, the homes have come to them, courtesy of Japanese conceptual artist Tatzu Nishi. »
Colour country
An exhibition of Rammey Ramsey’s new works on paper just opened at Grantpirrie, in Sydney. Ramsey paints the country of his birth and family, mostly the gorge country northwest of Halls Creek, Western Australia. »
Occupied territory
Artistic director Brett Sheehy says the theme of the Melbourne International Arts Festival’s visual arts program celebrates one of the things he loves most about Melbourne: the built environment. “I settled on the spaces we occupy,” he says. “Interiors, dwellings, shelters and homes.” Here are five highlights of the line-up. »
Nixon in colour
After his Black Period, his Crosses Period, his Silver Period and his Orange Period, John Nixon, at 60, is exploring colour. It’s like Moscow in 1915 all over again. »
How to sleep with Adam Cullen
When you’ve had a mid-career retrospective at the age of 43, what’s next? For Adam Cullen the answer seems to be the hotel business. A boutique hotel named after him, filled with more that 450 of his artworks, is set to open in Melbourne. »
Help save Firstdraft. Also, art bargains!
Sydney’s longest standing artist-run initiative hosts an emergency fundraiser on Thursday 3 September, hosted by MCA director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor. »
Crop of the new
Three interesting shows featuring emerging artists open tomorrow around Darlinghurst in Sydney. At Monster Children Gallery (20 Burton St ), a two-man show by Kill Pixie and Cleon Peterson called The Mirror Stage. A former Sydney graffiti artist, Kill Pixie (aka Mark Whalen) now works out of Los Angeles, where his distinctively coloured, delicate line... »
“Problem + Chainsaw = No Problem!”
A couple of mates, Rob Moffett and Benjamin Baker, were passing the time of day at work while making shipping pallets by kicking around ideas for a cartoon. Their first idea was called Helpy the Helpful Turtle. “It was a faux-educational show about a man-sized turtle who spends each episode being abusive and failing miserably... »
Paul Hayes 2009.