We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own.
Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations!
Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.
did some sewing for the first time in weeks and my brain is 🎇🎶🎉
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Just randomly thinking about the time I was invited to a colleague's engagement party but I'd never been to Point Piper and didn't know what that *meant* and I turned up with a tupperware of homemade cupcakes as a gift
I accidentally caught a shark
With cute One Piece like statement hats please!
hyphenations are my kryptonite toooooo
Catriona Menzies Pike on what the Los Angeles Review of Books mess says about the landscape for literary journals, and the big test ahead for the new Meanjin. On point as always
I'm thrilled to be a part of this incredible lineup of speakers and artists later this month for Trans Day of Visiblity. Tickets are free but places are sure to fill up! www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-se...
Obvious ai manipulation on the left. Original photo by David Batcheller on the right. Look at the wings, feather shape, head, neck and bill shape, lack of tail etc. This is way more than a filter and absolutely destroys the joy and wonder of the original.
So loads of people are sharing an obvious ai "glow up" of an actual photo. I never share ai stuff even to dunk, but in this case I'm sharing a comparison to show the problem. We have to stand against this slop at every level or it becomes normalised. They want us to stop caring. See alt text.
Sorry didn't mean to spoil your big reveal of The Welkin Full (House) Prize
Alright alright I was wrong about MK I get it, obviously you're flying in Mary Kate Olsen
Once again the @walkleys.bsky.social have conflated judging arts journalism and arts criticism. As a 30+ year practitioner of both, these involve very different skill sets. I predict criticism - already endangered in Australia - will continue to be sidelined. It's a regressive decision.
Beatriz González, Los Papagayos (The Parrots), 1987.
Beatriz González, Los Papagayos (The Parrots), 1987.
In the big retrospective at the Barbican in London, which opened last week just a few weeks after her passing at 93 www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Hrmm taking a punt on
Matt Kendrick ;)
Sumitra Singham
Myna Chang
(drawing a blank on CC for now)
Sudha Balagopal
Got to be judges right ... can definitely think of a few flash fictiony stars with these initials... stellar talent to judge the TWHP aka The Welkin Half Pipe 🏂
A metal plaque with raised letters that spell out the phrase "It's hard to know if you're crazy if you feel you're in danger all the time now."
Jenny Holzer, "It's Hard to Know...," from The Survival Series, 1983-85
You make a strong point
Listened to Gorillaz this morning and it's a pretty good weekend morning album! Would actually be genuinely into a 10 Things remake, the 90s ska bands, the Julia Stiles, the spaghetti straps...
New Gorillaz and new Scrubs? What's next, a remake of 10 Things I Hate About You?
Friday night. I've got the new Bill Callahan and a glass of wine and now it's time (to cook pasta sauce)
Install pic focused on a carved sculpture of a winged horse resting under a rain of white petals, and on the back wall a (too) lifelike sculpture of a giant huntsman spider
Sculpture of a huntsman spider, far far too big, installed high on the wall, watching you...
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah: Undying
...including everyone's favourite yeahno artwork, the carved sculpture Among Monsters (2017). Almost 10 years on, that bugger still gets me
At Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney until 26 July
There is a lot to love here, but also finding myself thinking how msm arts coverage was once tied to high sales results and now rolls to the rhythms of the arts building boom
I kind of want to see the other side, can you imagine the sense of impending doom logging on to a queue that long!
but seriously, ty for posting, I was just side eyeing an 18 monther and wondering if it was time to admit defeat and withdraw
Dulux colour card which includes paint colour 'Simone Weil'
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind While Painting the Front Fence.
an abstract painting by Lee Krasner, with swooping shapes in olive browns, acid oranges and deep pinks
Lee Krasner, Bald Eagle, 1955. Oil, paper, and canvas collage on linen,
In the big, just announced 'Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous' exhibition at the Met in NY this October. Image: ASOM Collection / Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
“I do not recommend drinking wine in the bath and listening to Mitski and crying and calling that a writing practice,” she added.
Love this for Evelyn Araluen, love this for ozlit
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Anna Kristensen, Learning through observation (Egg), 2025, Acrylic and oil on linen
On show at The Commercial, Sydney. Photo: Jessica Maurer
thecommercialgallery.com/exhibition/1...
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