Archive - Everything the artworld doesn't want you to know

April 2025

Dobell Drawing Prize 2025

What is an “expanded drawing”?

Apr 30 •

In 2003, at the age of 101, Leni Riefenstahl died too soon.

Apr 28 •

Canada Strong, Australia Lite

Apr 25 •

Guo Jian: Nothing About Erotic but Playboy

When I was writing a weekly column for the newspapers it would have been impossible to discuss a show for which I’d acted as curator.

Apr 24 •

NFT Live: Dr. Strangelove & The Penguin Lessons

Last week I watched Steve Coogan play five roles in two films, or if you prefer, one film and one broadcast of a play.

Apr 23 •

Apr 22 •

Consigned to the Flames

Apr 18 •

Blow Back Ins in Broken Hill

Things move at a different pace in the country.

Apr 17 •

The Count of Monte Cristo

A classic is a book that never becomes outdated, capturing one generation of readers after another, although often in quite different ways.

Apr 14 •

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