
Opinion
On the Ordinariness and Extraordinariness of This Thing We Call Art
Sophia Cai finds works of art in chores, cooking, and care.
“When my editor suggested that I write a year in review column she cautioned me to take it easy on the bad news. We don’t need to be reminded once more that 2020 has been catastrophic. Make it upbeat. I’ll do my best.”
While galleries and museums raced to go digital during our national lockdowns, many artists embraced a slower form of connection: the mail.
When Vincent Namatjira won the 2020 Archibald Prize for portraiture for Stand strong for who you are, his painting of AFL player Adam Goodes, there was a widely held feeling that justice had been done.
Artist and ‘feral trader’ Kate Rich asks: how can artists shake up business as usual?
“We must fight, and we must resist, and we will win again as we have done before.”
As the closure of cities pushes art online, have we really learnt anything new?
Sophia Cai discusses the hidden costs of doing what you love.
Neha Kale unpacks the art world’s complicated relationship with money and power.
Is it possible to separate the art from the artist?
If you’ve been around the art world for awhile, it’s easy to forget that a lot of people can still find the whole thing intimidating.
Let me begin with an anecdote to open this review, which is only marginally relevant to what is to follow. You’ll like this because when I finally come back to the subject you’ll go, ‘…oooh, clever!’
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