McLean Edwards’ Local Heroes
A while back I read Roman Payne’s novel Rooftop Soliloquy, a story that was a bit too florid and verbose for me to enjoy, but one that contained a quote I quite liked: [...]
July 2014
Let’s Talk About Wynne (as in the prize)
I feel bad bagging out the Archibald because firstly everyone does it, and secondly John McDonald has already done it pretty well and I’m still recovering from [...]
Art created from the heart of war
Last week I received an email from a follower to this blog asking why I thought art was worth discussing when there are so many terrible things happening in the world. Today [...]
A Load of Old Bollocks
Ever looked at your lounge room and thought gosh what this room needs is a massive set of gonads? No, neither have I, but London based designer Gigi Barker must have because [...]
McLean Edwards, Delightfully Dishevelled
I like a freshly made bed as much as the next person, but nothing is as inviting as that same bed the next morning just after you’re out of it, all messed up and warm with [...]
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Winners Announced
An update, and I’m more than happy to say my predictions were completely incorrect! Here are the winners: Fiona Lowry has taken out the Archibald Prize for 2014 with [...]
She Put the Broad in Broadway
Some celebrity passings are sadder than others, even when it’s a performer in their 90th year of being fabulous as Elaine Stritch was. Dying at 89 is no tragedy; it is, [...]
Don’t Go Public With Your Pubics
We’re all used to hearing about galleries copping flak for exhibiting works that the morality police would rather didn’t exist, but when the censorship comes from [...]
Archibald Prize 2014
Has anyone ever likened the Archibald Prize to the Melbourne Cup before? Someone must have – they are as alike as two annual events from two completely unrelated [...]
Weird Al Yankovic’s Word Crimes
Here’s one for the grammar nazis! Weird Al Yankovic, a man who was omnipresent in my youth but who now pops up only occasionally, has taken his signature parody style [...]
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