Film, Reviews, Uncategorized The Lighthouse film review Koulla Roussos It is not often that I come across a film, complex and uncomfortable in so many ways. A film I replay …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Constructivist art for a global struggle Koulla Roussos Criminal law barrister and independent curator Koulla Roussos tells how she commissioned artist Franck Gohier to create a limited edition …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Outback grotesquerie and Liss Fenwick’s ‘Grim Purpose’ Koulla Roussos In Grim Purpose, Liss Fenwick’s exhibition of photographic works recently shown at Darwin Visual Arts (DVA), the artist works with images that …
Exhibitions, News & Commentary, Visual Arts Darwin as ‘Hell Theme Park’: the art of Eileen Song Koulla Roussos I met Eileen Song a few weeks ago at Darwin’s Roma Bar to chat about her exhibition Cliffside showing at …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Fleeting thoughts on an art work, one year after its purchase Koulla Roussos Travis Vella’s To those that were missing (2018) is a medium size oil on board, a representational work, depicting four …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Rob Brown, The Plum Spanky exhibition review (Mayfair Gallery, Darwin) Koulla Roussos Darwin has a strong cultural heartbeat. Its beginnings can be traced to creatives who have come and gone and to …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Fecund—Fertile Worlds: a curator’s review (Northern Territory) Koulla Roussos Fecund—Fertile Worlds is the first in Artback NT’s Spark NT Curator Program, initiated to foster art critical and curatorial practice …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Linda Joy, Stone Country review (Paul Johnstone Gallery, Darwin) Koulla Roussos Landscape is perhaps the most value laden of genres within which to peel back the layers of influence in post-contact …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts The empty buildings of Darwin prove the ugly truth of the absence of public good Koulla Roussos In the last two years two opportunity shops have emerged in Darwin. One in its main mall and one on …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Do the arts count in the Top End? Koulla Roussos The Darwin Festival has failed local visual artists. Spending money on a roving class of interstate creatives and acts is …