James Turrell: A Retrospective
This is not just an unlightened look into Turrell’s career, but a brave choice by the NGA to push audiences beyond the white cube exhibition. This…
You can’t put that there…the Public Art dilemma
Is an over-sized milk crate better than a bronze of another eminent white male? Multi-million dollar commissions make public art an increasingly polarising topic. With the…
Roadtrip reveals New Mexico’s heart & past
A week on the road traversing New Mexico, from its Texan border to just beyond the reaches of Colorado in the north, the flatness of this…
Miami’s Art Deco Gems
While today you see less pastel sportcoats worn with pushed up arms, donned with a mint or peach t-shirt and sockless loafers, Miami’s South Beach deco…
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…
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,’…