An occasional look at Art, Artists, Collectors and Museums in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Australian artists featured in Milan. Judith Blackall delivers an update on AUSTRALIA - ANTIPODEAN STORIES at Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, the biggest exhibition of Australian contemporary art ever to be staged outside of Australia.
Bushfire affected regional galleries across the country are struggling with diminished visitors, as the holiday tourist trade is shattered. We hear from Jan Goodwin and Margaret White from The Point Gallery and Craft (Greenwell Point) and Robert Creed at The Gallery in Mogo about the stress and aftermath of the bushfires in their area.
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
The Australian Government has vanished the Arts portfolio within the new Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. No mention of 'The Arts' at all.
The lack of any reference to the arts in the new department’s title, and the loss of a dedicated department overseeing the arts and cultural sector, is of significant concern within the arts.
In this edition of the podcast, Esther Anatolitis of the National Association for the Visual Arts expresses NAVA's perspective on the change.
Also, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance is delivering a campaign to ensure The Arts is not forgotten within the corridors of Parliament House, nor within the local community. MEAA members Jonathan Biggins, Camilla Ahkin, Jonathan Mill, and Equity Director Andrew Crowley express their frustration and their plans
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Art + Virtual Reality: Terminus has arrived at the Heide. Sue Cramer talks about Jess Johnson and Simon Ward's immersive installation in which Jess' drawings have been transformed from analogue to digital. Alien architecture, humanoid clones and cryptic symbols are revealed via a cyber network of moving footways and gateways.
Providing artwork for human rights lawyer Stewart Levitt's "Too Soon To Be Late" collection of poetry, Geoff Todd AM and Alan Duffy discuss marrying their imagery to the verses.
A snowman at QAGOMA: Geraldine Barlow describes WATER, with some impressive installations drawing attention to our most precious resource, and its greatest threat.
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
The incredible Kathrin Longhurst has an exhibition underway at Gallery One in Queensland. Kathrin talks about her inspiration and her teenage years in East Berlin behind the Iron Curtain.
The Other Art Fair returns this month featuring around 130 independent artists, taking place at The Cutaway at Barangaroo on 24-27 October. Ryan Stanier shares the history of this alternative art fair, and lets us know what to expect.
Steve Lazarides responds to critics over his unauthorised Art of Banksy exhibition, while praising the brilliance of the most famous street artist of a generation.
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: This edition contains coarse language that some listeners might find confronting.
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sydney Contemporary returns this month featuring more than 400 artists from 20 countries, with over 80 galleries converging on Carriageworks from September 12. Barry Keldoulis shares the history of this huge art fair, and lets us know what to expect.
Lisa Fehily has launched Finkelstein Gallery in Melbourne with an exhibition exclusively featuring female artists. Lisa hopes to lift the visibility and inclusion of women artists in galleries around Australia and around the world.
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
In this special edition highlighting the banning of recent Australian artworks, Paul Yore discusses the removal of his Taste The Feeling from a gallery in the UK.
Allan Goedecke is confounded by the rejection of his sculpture from an awards exhibition in Melbourne.
Gillian Govan reflects on walking the line between corporate support of the arts - and acquiescing to corporate censorship.
Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. Transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.