Australians slicing up the Big Apple
Brisbane artist Donna Marcus was in residence when the New York Green Street Studio’s founded Robert Jacks recently passed away, just weeks before his retrospective, Robert…
Is art a commodity?
Speculation, flipping, bid rigging and guarantees all serve to bolster the global art market but at what cost to transparency and lower tier galleries? ‘Christies had…
Saluysoy: Roberto M.A. Robles Retrospective
Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines In collaboration with Galleria Duemila. 17 February – 23 April 2011 Charting thirty years and moving between the…
Beyond Frame: Philippine Photomedia – Manila edition
Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, (Philippines) 1 October – 12 December 2009 When the opportunity arose to return Beyond Frame to Manila as part…
Beyond Frame: Philippine Photomedia – Australian tour
UTS Gallery, Sydney (University Technology Sydney) 21 October – 21 November 2008 La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo (Victoria) 18 June – 21 July 2009…
Jumaadi: Travelling Light
Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 24 February – 16 April 2011. It seemed fitting to curate a show of Jumaadi’s work – an inveterate traveler in the…
KABOOM!
Haines Gallery, San Francisco (USA) 21 June – 21 July 2001. Cartoon culture today has taken on a new language of immersion – animation, graffiti, video…
Conflict over copyright – is it fair?
The arts sector is deeply divided over the introduction of fair use into the Australian Copyright Act, as was evident during the VIVID panel discussion on…
Can performance art be collected?
In recent years we have seen a revival of performance art but its ephemeral nature can create collection issues. Image: Tino Sehgal’s Kiss purchased by MoMA.…
Riding the textured trends of philanthropy
What are the trends, successes and pitfalls driving philanthropy in Australia today? Put simply, philanthropy in Australia is growing. CEO of Philanthropy Australia, Louise Walsh, opened…
Understanding your audience
We are finally getting good research on the arts; how can you use it to develop your audience? The Australia Council for the Arts released new…
The Art of Branding
Should financially strapped arts organisations be spending money on developing brand identity? Image source Designsteinsmmg When dollars are limited the question of effective spending is particularly…
The rise of the Art Advisor
With galleries increasingly under pressure, and universities pumping out a stream of arts professionals, other job options are flourishing as emerging collectors are hungry for professional…
Making your board work for you
From small arts organisations to large multi-million dollar operations, a strong working board can mean the difference between success and sustainability of your company, and not.…
Trends for virtual audiences
SAMAG tackles the topic on everybody’s list – what are the trends in digital engagement and how do we nab those virtual audiences? Image: Social platforms…
Museum architecture: receptacle or spectacle?
Has museum display become subservient to the sculptural branding of architects or should the architecture be a neutral backdrop? Museum architects have become “Starchitects” – global…
Art science collaborations are the new black
A decade of residencies through ANAT’s Synapse scholarships has changed the way art and science collaborate. Image: Still from Erica Seccombe’s project Grow produced during a…
Cultural precincts battle for the global marketplace
What is driving the $US250 cultural precinct billion trend? World expert on cultural precincts, Adrian Ellis knows. ‘Cultural precincts appear to be very fashionable right now,’…
Pick of the shows – walking New York’s galleries
Is it the seduction of scale, the sheer volume that whips up an energy or, perhaps, it is that these shows are simply in New York.…
10 objects over 10 days in NYC
New York is an iconic city – we all know that – but what makes it so? Do we look for those things that we imagine…