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The rhythm of the times is always changing. One minute, it’s a heartbeat away from nuclear oblivion, the next it’s the folding of the Vietnam War, another it’s planes flying into skyscrapers in an azure New York sky. One minute it’s 1975, another it’s 2019. Time is a jetplane, it moves too fast. It’s now.
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The photographer, Polixeni Papapetrou died in April last year at age 57 after a five year illness. Her friend, writer Joanna Murray-Smith writes about the artist in an introduction to the new book Polixeni Papapetrou published by Thames & Hudson. The 96 page ‘mini-monograph’ is one of a new series of monographs on Australian female artists, selected by series editor
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After a few blazing years lighting up Sydney’s skies, last year saw some chatter that perhaps the Vivid concept is becoming tired. Whether it was the jam-packed crowds, overzealous security staff or an uninspiring format – there was comment from a few local punters that the festival was no longer for them. However, despite last
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Travis Vella’s To those that were missing (2018) is a medium size oil on board, a representational work, depicting four female figures in the format of a family snapshot. Three of these figures are older women clad in vintage clothing, sensible collared dresses, one in blue, one in yellow and another in red. The figures are standing
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ABC Radio producer and journalist Kon Karamountzos talks to Daily Review about his meeting with an 86 year-old survivor of the Nazi massacre known as the May 1941 Battle of Crete which led to a radio documentary that can be heard here. ABC Melbourne radio producer Kon Karamountzos was researching the infamous Massacre of Kondomari when he
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The arts sector is not alone in being overlooked by the incoming federal government: they’re not greeting any of the critical industries with a responsible approach to policy. Yet the impact on artistic practice of such neglect is significant. And that’s not just the impact of not having a cultural policy. It’s the impact of not
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All of us remember Disney’s classic 1992 animated movie Aladdin, about the genie-summoning pauper who pretends to be a prince and the yearning princess who is an emblem for the outdated notion that a woman’s life and purpose can be made complete by a man. And all of us, of course, remember that famous scene
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On the morning of 19 May, a year ago today, Australians awoke to the news that Carlton’s beloved La Mama Theatre had been gutted by fire, the blaze sparked by an electrical fault in the two-storey brick building constructed in 1883. Coming so soon after La Mama had celebrated its 50th anniversary the year prior, the
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Game of Thrones is undoubtedly the biggest show in the world. And this week it is also undoubtedly the most controversial. Daenerys Targaryen’s decision to ignore the surrender of King’s Landing and instead go on a brutal rampage of destruction with her dragon has ignited the show’s fan base. Waves of hate mail have been
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Jo Caust is Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne Labor launched its arts policy in Melbourne on Saturday. The new policy document is called “Renewing Creative Australia”, paying homage to Labor’s two previous cultural policy documents; “Creative Nation” in 1994 and “Creative Australia” in 2013. The policy includes a commitment to restore funding
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