The Henson Case and David Marr
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/henson-cover.jpg" align=left Well, I shelled out $24.95 for David Marr’s book, The Henson Case. I’m still inclined to think that Marr is being a bit disingenuous in claiming that he’s horrified and surprised by the furore that’s arisen over [...]
Bill Henson, visual shock and the democratisation of art
As no doubt everyone has noticed, there has been a vigorous discussion in comments about the latest Bill Henson brouhouha. I don’t want to comment explicitly on the issues raised by David Marr’s “revelation” that Henson had visited a primary [...]
Guest post by Marcus Westbury: Flotillas vs. flagships
We featured some of Marcus Westbury‘s commentary on cultural policy here at LP around the time of the 2020 summit. Here’s a guest post which originally appeared at his blog – it’s the text of a talk he gave to [...]
Lazy Sunday (Octopus themed art edition)
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! I spent Friday night on an art gallery opening crawl – at two [...]
My family and other animals
Family photographs usually capture a pleasant time (e.g. a child taking its first steps or siblings enjoying a fun activity during a holiday); although such images often give no real insight into the way a family conducts itself at other times. Think of those happy snaps that appear in the [...]
Culture wars target opera!
Quadrant must be the only “little mag” that gets to run its job ads for free via laudatory columns in the press – witness Frank Devine in The Australian a while back: THE worst paid – next to nothing as [...]
Not Quite Art
There might be an interesting segue from some of the comments on regional cultural/arts policies on Jim’s guest post to the first ep of Marcus Westbury’s Not Quite Art which is on the ABC tonight. I believe he will be [...]
Cultured cats
Picture: Spotty contemplates her next major work, which will be an indictment of the artistic community’s failure to acknowledge the role of tortoiseshell cats in advancing Surrealism. It’s probably the case that a few readers of this blog think talking [...]
Avant-garde crap
Glen Milne says the arts community should back Howard. Why? The money. In the 12 years since the last Keating budget in 1995, commonwealth support for the arts has risen in nominal terms from $410 million to $680 million, an [...]
And the words of the prophet are written on the subway Robertson St wall
With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel (who incidentally I saw live back in the 80s at Lang Park)… But who would have thought that the James Street home of the inner city nouveaux riche and very self consciously fabulous would [...]
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