News & Commentary, Visual Arts The network of connections behind Australia’s Venice Biennale choices John Kelly In the past two years, artist and writer John Kelly has chronicled the small group of wealthy collectors and commercial gallery dealers who collectively determine …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts John Kelly’s proposal for ‘Team Australia’ at Venice Biennale 2019 John Kelly Late last month, I wrote a Daily Review (DR) article that questioned the Australia Council’s appointment of Callum Morton as Chair …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Visual Arts OzCo opens entry to Venice Biennale to everybody – but what strings are attached? John Kelly In the recent Palme d’Or winning film The Square, Ruben Östlund satirises the very notion of contemporary art by exploring …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Reviews, Visual Arts Where does Gareth Sansom sit in the batting order? John Kelly Artist John Kelly visits the National Gallery of Victoria’s Transformer, a retrospective of Melbourne artist Gareth Sansom, an influential teacher — …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Redux: Roslyn Oxley9 gallery and its 33 year winning streak of artists at the Venice Biennale John Kelly On Wednesday night in Sydney the Australian journalism Walkley Foundation Awards were held and included two new categories – Best …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Screen, Visual Arts Tracey Moffatt at the Venice Biennale: memories are made of this John Kelly “In Photography, as everyone knows, content is 90 percent of the ball game. To get good subject matter, you find it. …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts The Venice Biennale and the Australian Pavilion’s history of repetition John Kelly Artist John Kelly is in Venice – painting – in a visit that coincides with next month’s Venice Biennale. Kelly is a regular visitor to …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Artist John Kelly says reports of the death of painting have been greatly exaggerated John Kelly I’m writing this under the duress of jet lag so anything I say is after a 24-hour flight from Sydney …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Do artists deserve their own tax regime? John Kelly Artist John Kelly thinks so. The Australian painter and sculptor, best known for his cow images, lives most of the time in Ireland …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts John Kelly asks the Australia Council to fund a project critical of the Australia Council John Kelly Artist John Kelly has often been critical of the Australia Council’s treatment of the arts as a ‘brand’. In the …
