artthinkJoseph Kosuth Lecture
For Joseph Kosuth, poster boy for 1960s Conceptualism, art is effectively L.I.N.G.U.I.S.T.I.C. Or in his own words: "Fundamental to this idea of the arts is the understanding of the... Read More »
Ongoing Events
performingDouble Exposure
Flacco is an angry alien, a spitting, frothing creature that is only barely contained within the human form of author, performer and illustrator, Paul Livingston. In contrast, Marty Murphy is... Read More »
filmIt's Complicated
People jump up and down a lot in Nancy Meyers movies. Her heightened, playful worlds of wealthy white characters may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but Meyers has established herself... Read More »
musicperformingThe Fabulous Frances Faye in Australia
Throughout the Sydney Festival period, Belvoir Downstairs will play host to a mixed bag of comical stories and performances. Just like the man in the lolly shop, this program has... Read More »
artfreeDaniel Johnston: Dead Lovers Twisted Heart
Whether you came to Daniel Johnston via a precious dubbed cassette passed on as a young teen, or seeing Kurt Cobain consistently wear a "Hi, How Are You?" T or... Read More »
performingMonster of the Deep 3D
Part girl, part monster of the deep, Claudia O'Doherty is a three-dimensional being from Aquaplex, a futuristic underwater city that exploded. As the sole survivor, she has come to share... Read More »
artfree40 Years Kaldor Public Art Projects 1969-2009
Having never quite managed to be in the right place to see a Kaldor Public Art Project in the flesh, I'm pretty excited about the Art Gallery of New South... Read More »
freemusicSimon Carter @ Oxford Art Factory
Somewhere in his genealogy, Simon Carter must share a substantial puddle of DNA with both Mark Oliver Everett and Jarvis Cocker. It may be as inane as their choice of... Read More »
artfreemusicCybele Malinowski and Daniel Boud's Covers
Fans of Sydney street press will no doubt recognise the photography of Cybele Malinowski and Daniel Boud. For five years the couple have been shooting musical greats including INXS, Ben... Read More »
artthinkDRAUGHT
Let’s be honest. The predicaments and problems artists have to face compared to other professions are less important and largely uninteresting for the majority of people. And yet, if we... Read More »
performingOptimism by Tom Wright, after Voltaire
Beneath the thin veil of silliness in Voltaire’s Candide, little escaped his vicious attack: religion, art, politics, theologians, governments, armies and philosophers – especially Leibniz and his theories of the... Read More »
filmfreeThe Road
Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novella is a personal, epic poem about a father and son clinging to their humanity in a post-apocalyptic world. Suitably, a lyrical director John Hillcoat... Read More »
filmOpenAir Cinema
Rob Bryant, General Manager of the OpenAir Cinema can sum up the experience in three words, 'Sydney in summertime'.This isn't just an outdoor cinema, Mr. Bryant explains, "It's an experience... Read More »
musicperformingThe Man in Black: The Johnny Cash Story, with Tex Perkins and The Tennessee Four
If any Australian musician was going to play Johnny Cash, it would have to be Tex Perkins. It just makes sense. It's the vibe or something. And so he is... Read More »
artfilmRupert Bunny Film Series
While his name may sound more like a cartoon character thought up to teach you about the birds and the bees, Rupert Bunny was an incredible Australian artist celebrated for... Read More »
artRupert Bunny: artist in Paris
Though he both arrived and exited his life in Victoria, it was Paris in which this much beloved Australian artist flourished. Between 1885 and 1933, Bunny lived in France, for... Read More »
artfreePhil James and Shunga Woodcuts
There is something uneasy about the union of modern porn and traditional Japanese art. This irksome feeling is an entry point into Phil James’s work. In this exhibition, James... Read More »
filmInvictus
Clint Eastwood is getting sentimental in his old age. The laudable director and gritty actor, who only last year seethed, “Get off my lawn,” is now all about the group-hug,... Read More »
performingSpring Awakening
I am yet to grasp the unending desire for converting plays/films/books/discographies into musicals. Though there are a few pieces of musical theatre that really excite me, I've sadly found that... Read More »
filmFantastic Mr. Fox
A sly father figure with a good-humoured but nevertheless illegal penchant for the ways of the underground; a maternal force who reluctantly accepts her partner's shortcomings in light of his... Read More »
filmAddison Rd Moonlight Cinema
Some things are set in stone. Like barbecues on Australia Day, or like Sydney's lust for cinema en plein air; summer sets in and we're just gasping to find a... Read More »
artEdge of Elsewhere
This is really very exciting. It isn't often that a platform for collaborative thinking and making is given enough time to find its roots and address something specific. Too often... Read More »
filmUp In The Air
George Clooney has been making a habit of anthropomorphising himself this summer. First he played a fox in Wes Anderson's spell-binding Fantastic Mr Fox and now, in Up In The... Read More »
filmMoonlight Cinema
The new program for The Moonlight Cinema kicks off with Sam Taylor Wood’s John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy. This beautifully constructed film steps behind the legend to reveal a young... Read More »
artfreeMartin Sharp Sydney artist
Plundering the depths of Martin Sharp's personal collection, rumoured to be labyrinthian in its documentation, the Museum of Sydney has unveiled an exhibition comprised of some of Sharp's most iconic... Read More »
filmPrecious
Precious was never going to be a light-hearted trip to the cinema. Harrowing to the point of being labeled “poverty porn,” it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey... Read More »
filmDaybreakers (+ Popcorn Taxi premiere Q&A screening)
At first glance, one of Australia’s most anticipated films of 2010 hardly looks like a local. With Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe taking the leads, Australian twin brothers Peter and... Read More »
filmEdge of Darkness
Mad Mel is back. After seven years off screen, he’s stepped in front of the camera and into very familiar shoes, once again playing a police detective driven to the... Read More »
artfreeBear Witness
Bear Witness is the artistic output of Ehren Thomas, a multimedia artist, DJ and filmmaker from Ottawa Canada. He remixes appropriated images and sound to create video assemblages that speak... Read More »
filmStarlight Cinema
Taking up residence at the North Sydney Oval, the 2010 Starlight Cinema kicks off with a preview screening of the hilarious British political satire In the Loop. Then for the next two... Read More »
artfreeExhibitions on Cockatoo Island
I can still hear the rousing tune that plays to William Kentridge's video installation, "I am not me, the horse is not mine." Such is the infectious effect of this... Read More »
artState. Respond. Exploring sustainable design.
Object Gallery is reinvigorating the sustainable design/eco-friendly/carbon neutral debate just when it was starting to sound like a whole lot of codswallop - I mean what a life-cycle; from being... Read More »
artOlafur Eliasson
In a world where the new is often demanded but rarely considered or discussed for any length of time, the Berlin-based Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is a memorable exception. A... Read More »
artfreeMirror Mirror Then & Now
Comprising two shows across three spaces, Mirror Mirror Then & Now looks at mirror as material in art from both historical-international and contemporary-Australian perspectives. Curated by Ann Stephen, the exhibitions... Read More »
artfreeplayMythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids
I was about just verging into adolescence when my parents took me to Loch Ness. It was painful attempting to keep up that despondent, outsider teen thing when all I... Read More »
artfreeThe Tao of Now
Kerr and Judith Neilson of The White Rabbit Gallery describe their extensive and dramatic collection of contemporary Chinese art as a ‘personal anthology’. Indeed The Tao of Now, an exhibition... Read More »
artplayThe 80s are back
Bleached perms. Feathered earrings and feathered hair. Acid-wash. Ra-ra skirts. Rayban Wayfarers. Swatch watch envy. Eyeliner for all. Crop tops over leotards. Bangles, tons of bangles. They may be 80s... Read More »
Playground Blog
How Do You Like Your Coffee: Decaffeinated or Defecated?
We’re a perverse lot, us humans. Tread on a footpath turd or discover an unflushed log and we’ll emit high-pitched girly squeals. But we’ll quite happily fork out big bucks... Read More »
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