Linde Ivimey: Cross My Heart
When Sydney artist Linde Ivimey was looking for a new studio space a few years ago, she chanced upon a two story warehouse in the inner west that was exactly what she [...]
Relationships
Desirelines at the Judy
Desire Lines, both physical and metaphorical, are single moments of defiance that quickly become the norm as others follow suit. They are the beaten dirt tracks [...]
Jan Murphy Gallery: the First 20…
The thing I hear most regularly from people who find out I’m an Arts writer is some version of the statement “you must meet a lot of wankers”, and [...]
Hope & Love: through the eyes of refugees
You know what’s great about Australia’s handling of our refugee ‘crisis’? It’s that no matter how long you take to write about it, it never [...]
The Little Things
“There’s a reason people build miniatures. Doesn’t matter if it’s guys laying out model railroads or women decorating dollhouses. It’s about [...]
A Review of Sorts
Sometimes, no matter how many times I rewrite a piece, I just can’t connect what’s in my head and heart with what ends up on the page. It doesn’t happen [...]
Gemma Green-Hope’s ode to her grandmother
In one of life’s more serendipitous moments, today is 11 years since my beloved grandmother passed away (you can read more about her here) I was thinking about her and [...]
Oh Boy, Boy Beardy!
Comedienne Minnie Pearl once said that “kissing a man with a beard is like going on a picnic. You don’t mind going through a little brush to get there.” The [...]
What Are You Looking At?
It’s hard to believe you can capture a person’s vulnerability when they’re hidden behind a horsehead mask, but that is exactly what Melbourne-based [...]
A Studio on Bowery
The closest thing to a religious experience for me is to visit an artist’s studio. Like darkened old cathedrals, I find them intimidating places full of the thoughts and [...]
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