Arts Writer. Art Guide Australia + Art Collector. Art History nerd. Pop culture geek. Collector.
Tasmania
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Proud to be the 1,310th 😎 on @BackerKit for I Am a Rebel Girl: A Journal to Start Revolutions. Thanks @rebelgirlsbook rebel-girl-journal.backerkit…
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A wonderful glimpse of a lost Victorian world: a look inside a JANE’S TELESCOPIC VIEW, made out of cardboard, of the interior of the Crystal Palace housing the Great Exhibition.
I love writing but a pet peeve of mine is having to read 2-3 paragraphs describing the coffee/cup/table before getting to the point of the story. ☕️🍩 #isitjustme
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Vale, the magical Mirka Mora. One of Melbourne’s most treasured artists, with a career spanning more than six decades and abundant creative flair. Always remembered through her distinctive paintings. #MirkaMora #NGV
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The strange and stunning results of artist-directed music videos: bit.ly/2AZxCda
Eltham, native plants and archiving gardens. My story on Gordon Ford and new research by Annette Warner @ForegroundNews 🌱 foreground.com.au/culture/go…
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We are thrilled to launch this resource for journalists when reporting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Issues. We partnered with @congressmob with the support of the @ABCaustralia #NAIDOC2018 #naidocweek
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Sandra Harben shares important knowledge about Nyungar culture, history and language as it relates to water and water bodies in Perth. In conversation with Rosie Halsmith. teapawt.net/foregroundnews/status/…
Beautifully written interview with painter Yvette Coppersmith about what it’s really like to win the Archibald. @Artguideaust 👌👏🏻 teapawt.net/artguideaust/status/99…
Living in Tasmania = feeling jubilant when your quarterly winter electricity bill is $900 rather than the expected $1300. #wearenotevenreallythatwarm #craycray
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"It’s about me quietly managing that situation," Mike Parr, the Australian performance artist, says. "It plugs directly into each person’s fears and anxieties." nyti.ms/2ykinKo
In my city tonight, St Vincent plays on one side, Blixa Bargeld plays on the other and a man sits in a tiny room buried beneath a road 🖤 Hobart I love you. #DarkMofo
Artistic context of Mike Parr's upcoming Underneath the Bitumen the Artist performance for #darkmofo. Excellent research and engaging writing about an incredibly powerful work. teapawt.net/TimDouglas_Aus/status/…
Today in Review: we speak exclusively to performance artist Mike Parr as he prepares to bury himself for three days beneath Hobart’s busiest street theaustralian.com.au/arts/re…
Mike Parr to be buried in a steel container for 3 days beneath one of Hobart’s busiest streets #Darkmofo google.com/amp/amp.abc.net.a…
In 2017, Japanese artist Azuma Makoto sent bouquets of flowers into space, documenting how they decay. Incredible images 😱 azumamakoto.com/1791/