Opinion
On the Ordinariness and Extraordinariness of This Thing We Call Art
Sophia Cai finds works of art in chores, cooking, and care.
Opinion
Every crisis provides an opportunity: the silver linings of 2020
“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.”
Andrew Frost
Opinion
How artists turned to the postal service
While galleries and museums raced to go digital during our national lockdowns, many artists embraced a slower form of connection: the mail.
Nanette Orly
Opinion
Vincent Namatjira takes the Archibald one step into the future
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.
Andrew Frost
Opinion
Radical Business
Artist and ‘feral trader’ Kate Rich asks: how can artists shake up business as usual?
Kate Rich
Opinion
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
“We must fight, and we must resist, and we will win again as we have done before.”
Andrew Frost
Opinion
Art in the Quiet City
As the closure of cities pushes art online, have we really learnt anything new?
Timmah Ball
Opinion
Burnt Out Culture
Sophia Cai discusses the hidden costs of doing what you love.
Sophia Cai
Opinion
Hitting the class ceiling
Neha Kale unpacks the art world’s complicated relationship with money and power.
Neha Kale
Opinion
On Loving Bad Artists
Is it possible to separate the art from the artist?
Sophia Cai
Opinion
No Prices, Just Red Dots
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.
Andrew Frost
Opinion
I Forced a Bot to Read Over 1000 Online Art Reviews and Then Asked It to Write One of Its Own… This Is What It Came up With
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!’