Contemporary Aboriginal Art - Flinders University Art Museum

Not all public institutions are devoted to blockbusters and cultural elitism. Regrettably, contempt for the masses is not anachronistic.

Published September 1994

My Sydney

Editorial

Joanna Mendelssohn

Editorial by guest editor Joanna Mendelssohn. What after all is different about Sydney? I have tried to give some idea of the debates which are not always expressed in writing - the incestuous nature of the mighty arts organisations; the way that words influence or corrupt understandings of art; and the limits on public debate because of fear of the consequences.

Published September 1994

Constructing Space - Plimsoll Gallery

Review

Leigh Woolley

Exhibition review Constructing space
Plimsoll Gallery
Tasmanian School of Art Hobart, Tasmania
13 March - 6 June

Published September 1994

Sydney in Focus: Reflections on Marketing in the Visual Arts

Feature

Belinda Hanrahan

Since their inception, galleries and museums around the world have entertained the principles of marketing, but perhaps never so consciously as now. Of all Australian arts institutions, the Art Gallery of New South Wales has been most aware of the need to market its image.

Published September 1994

Frank Watters: Sydney Art Gallery Owner

Feature

Bronwyn Watson

Interview with Frank Watters (photographed in article).

Published September 1994

Sydney from Afar

Feature

Daniel Thomas

For 20 years Daniel Thomas lived and worked in Sydney. In the 2 decades since he has left he has remained a frequent visitor, but he still sees Sydney from afar.

Published September 1994

Jun Davila

Review

Richard Grayson

Exhibition review Imperfect Drawings
Juan Davila
Greenaway Art Gallery
Adelaide South Australia
11 May - 1 June 1994

Published September 1994

Absence of Evidence - Fremantle Art Centre

Review

Nikki Miller

Exhibition review Absence of Evidence
Fremantle Arts Centre
Western Australia
15 May - 26 June 1994

Published September 1994

Joan Kerr: Sydney Scholar

Feature

Melissa Cater

Joan Kerr rewrites Australian art history to gain a better understanding of the present. Her ambitious projects question who wrote what, how and about whom. Discussion of 'Heritage: The National Women's Art Book'. Photograph of Joan Kerr in the article.

Published September 1994

Where Would Sydney be Without its Art Prizes?

Feature

Anne Loxley

The hype, the hysteria, the media and the money. Of all Sydney's art prizes it is the Archibald which arouses the greatest public interest...

Published September 1994

Fay Brauer

Feature

Fay Brauer

Response to the article by Jacques Delaruelle (article no 664) on the nature of art education - a debate which has raged in Sydney in recent years.

Published September 1994

The Lesser of Two Cities

Feature

Terry Ingram

Sydney thinks of itself as the centre of the country, the only part that matters, but in the lucrative art market, Sydney is subsidiary to the old moneyed city of the south -- Melbourne.

Published September 1994