America the Brave: Contemporary Indigenous American Art
The Fourth of July, American Independence Day, doesn’t hold much relevance in Australia, but the fact that it’s today does at least allow me an excuse to focus on [...]
North American Art
Erin M Riley’s TapArseTry
When I think of tapestry, I think of my grandparents’ house. Each room had at least a couple hanging on the walls. Not the expansive (and expensive) Belgian ones that [...]
David Lynch: Between Two Worlds
Blockbuster gallery openings in Brisbane are like…well, I guess they’re like big gallery opening nights everywhere – glamorous events chock full of [...]
Sister Mary Corita Kent: the Joyous Revolutionary
Okay, so I totally have a nun fetish. It started as a little girl with Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, and was cemented with Sally Field as Sister Bertrille aka The [...]
Sunday Sculpture – Cathy Rose: she’s an artist
I haven’t been this excited about stumbling across a new (to me) artist in ages. And by ages, I mean ages. New Orleans sculptor Cathy Rose explores ideas of renewal and [...]
International Dogs In Art Day
“When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because [...]
Amy Poehler’s art dealer
Way too close to the truth. I’ve seen my future and it’s scary [...]
Justina Blakeney’s Garden Nymphs
I am so glad to be finally done with midyear exams and back into writing about all the beautiful things again, not the least because I have been busting to write about [...]
It’s chalk or bust for Dangerdust
When I was eight, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office for writing in chalk on the school walls. Mostly it was highly contentious and scandalous gossip such as [...]
Outsider artist Shoko Kanazawa
The best part about starting Cultural Flanerie is the world of wonderful things it has opened up for me. I already knew the planet was full of amazing stories, but I’m [...]
