Art
Spare me harsh realities, slay that dragon and let the movies cast a spell
Clem Bastow When economic times are tough, fantasy and cinema come to the rescue, again.
Roddy Meagher, the man who dared to be different
Paul Sheehan In this age of individualism, when everyone can turn their personalities into public personas via the internet, we are discovering that genuine eccentricity is rare.
The PC crowd that's keeping the world of art mediocre
Elizabeth Farrelly The Australia Council is threatened, say some, with change beyond recognition. The question is, will it make any difference? Halfway up the godless bit of Regent Street between Central Station and...
'Mummy porn' and the woeful art of blockbuster female eroticism
Wendy Squires Like millions of women all over the world, I spent this week staying up late reading porn in bed. And like so many females have breathlessly confessed of late, I too moaned and sighed throughout the...
I don't know much about art, but I know there's no fuel like an old fuel
Danny Katz What is the point of premium unleaded petrol? And what is the point of art?
Truth be told, the news is not art
Martin McKenzie-Murray A bungled US radio report shows how vulnerable the facts can be when theatre and journalism collide.
The subtle art's in what we choose not to impart
Suzy Freeman-Greene Whatever happened to discretion and restraint, the power of the unsaid? We're immersed in a culture of verbal diarrhoea: loose, excessively frequent statements, made in public.
Divine art of lonely at heart
Peter FitzSimons The new book taking Britain by storm has the unlikely title of Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland.
Even though it's simple, it can still be art
The last few times I have visited an art gallery, I have left feeling thoroughly disgruntled.
Modern art is nonsense on stilts
Stephanie Hayes (Heckler, Friday), I'm sorry. But you'll just have to put up with us poor, old ROMAs.
There's a fine art in making money for rich
Sarah Thornton Forget bank deposits or property, the big auction houses are the way to go.
The art of boxing clever
Charles Waterstreet WE FINALLY sat down to pre-Christmas family dinner on December 11, at 2.30pm, a bit late, even by Waterstreet standards.
From out of the dreaming comes art's spirit of place
Martin Flanagan Big art shows, ones that reflect an entire life or period, are one of the best things about living in Melbourne.
Rich narcissists much worse than me are ruining modern art
Charles Saatchi Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar. It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, hedge-fundy, Hamptonites; of trendy oligarchs and oiligarchs; and of art dealers with...
It's time art and science engineered an alliance
Elizabeth Farrelly I like engineers. This surprises me slightly, since architects usually see engineers as bubble-busters. It's not their niceness I like.
When art had its eyes wide open
Elizabeth Farrelly When was the last time you were really moved by art? I mean blow-your-socks-off, these-guys-have-gazed-into-the-void-and-survived-type moved? For me it was on my third visit to the Art Gallery of...
If religious zeal inhibits art we are all poorer
Gabriella Coslovich Ganesh is this show's hero, but its creators are being painted as villains.
Victims need art like a hole in the head
Elizabeth Farrelly After every earthquake or other disaster, so it seems, up pops architect Shigeru Ban, offering his paper houses and cardboard cathedrals and attracting a minor torrent of attention.
The art of gift-giving
Mia Freedman There are two types of people in the world: those who have present drawers and those who don't. I wish I were a present-drawer kind of person.
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