Like many of us, Andrew Frost is spending a lot of time literally on the couch clutching his phone. He contemplates the valuable generosity of both sharing and creating culture on social media, making the world a tiny bit better.
On 29 April 1770 James Cook of the British Royal Navy landed at Kamay, which Europeans later named Botany Bay, New South Wales.
In our new world of hibernating and social distancing, galleries are full to bursting with virtual exhibition tours, podcasts, interviews with artists and curators, videos, and more. Stay tuned, each week one of the Art Guide editors will bring you a selection of online art highlights.
Salmon bathroom tiles, pool inflatables, mottled carpet and Hawaiian shirts populate Perth artist Jac Ball’s photo-collage series PDA.
In our new world of hibernating and social distancing, galleries are full to bursting with virtual exhibition tours, podcasts, interviews with artists and curators, videos, and more. Stay tuned, each week one of the Art Guide editors will bring you a selection of online art highlights.
“Each artist and community volunteered for the unknown.”
Art Guide spoke to some of the people at the NGV, AGNSW and QAGOMA who are working hard behind closed doors to keep these galleries open to the public.
What does COVID-19 mean for both the present and future of Australia’s major galleries?
Jacqui Stockdale’s The Long Shot revives and reclaims the concept of the muse.
Even before they began to rapidly adapt to closing their physical spaces, more and more galleries were investing time and curatorial skill to create a compelling online presence.
The first piece in Art Guide’s new ongoing series, On The Couch with Andrew Frost, is custom built for social distancing.
Revealing truths through rescued kitsch.
