Joy Ivill: It’s Over, We’re Cactus

After a decades-long on-and-off relationship, Billy Bumps and Joy Ivill became engaged whilst holidaying in Cairns. When they were there, he bought her the thirty-carat, fake diamond ring that had been used as a ‘prop’ in Priscilla, Queen of the … Read More

Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize 2015

Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize

Ararat Regional Art Gallery Town Hall, Vincent Street, Ararat (VIC) 23 July – 11 September 2016

A selection of 2015 finalists

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: John Gollings, Margaret Katherine at … Read More

BED, TRAIN, DESK, TRAIN, BED

MONDAY It never quite makes sense. The act of turning up at a desk five days a week, followed by the arrival of money in my bank account seems strangely disconnected. As with birth and death – how … Read More

Luminous: Australian watercolours 1900 – 2000

REVIEW by Mark Dober  

Visitors to the NGV exhibition Luminous: Australian watercolours 1900 – 2000 have been witnessed lingering for extended periods over the works, revealing considerable viewer interest with the theme of the show. That theme, “versatility of … Read More

A Moment with Marilyn – Part 3

Inga Walton  

“The one thing a person wants most in life is usually something basic that money can’t buy. I’m not the girl next door – I’m not a goody-goody – but I think I’m human. As far as … Read More

Finding the Art in Phuket

Anthony S. Cameron  

Doin’ Time in Phuket Jail – Part 2

I’m on my third body search now, and it has turned into not much more than a perfunctory patting down and a chance to inquire about the state … Read More

PJ Collins Saves the World

Interview Steve Proposch | Photos by Kyle Ford  

Our audience needs no introduction to the ‘whys’ of the Arts Party, so when we interviewed its Leader, Patrick James Collins, we wanted to concentrate more on the ‘wheretofores’. Here, after … Read More

A Glass of Wink

by Darby Hudson  

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A Moment with Marilyn – Part 2

Inga Walton  

“I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody. The other was someone whose name I didn’t know. But I … Read More

Finding the Art in Phuket

Anthony S. Cameron  

Doin’ Time in Phuket Jail – Part 1

The last place I was expecting to end up was in jail. And a jail in Phuket, Thailand was definitely not on the list of places I wanted … Read More