Earlier today I wrote a letter to my local member of the NSW Parliament, the Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich, telling him… Hi Alex I just want to put on the record my concerns about the boundaries for the new seat of Newtown, which I discovered this week I’ll be voting in at the forthcoming […]
Read More Concerned Citizen of NewtownA lot of people went to a lot of effort to dress up for the Pop Art Party at the Art Gallery of NSW last night. We didn’t. We were happy just to go along in the same clothes we wear to pretty much every event the AGNSW. In keeping with the theme of the […]
Read More Pop Art at AGNSWAs I walked around the city today, I thought about the ways in which my life could be “different” as I return to work next week. In some ways, these last few months away from work have been similar to the feelings I had about travelling for a lengthy period during 2008. My big “resolution” […]
Read More Holiday Resolutions“All we’re asking is that you don’t applaud the Premier when he speaks…” a woman whispered in my ear, as my friend Kate and I entered the Art Gallery of NSW tonight. We were there for the opening of one of the hottest exhibitions in town: the retrospective exhibition of the works of Francis Bacon, […]
Read More Friday Night BaconI was reminded today of that strange phenomenon that occurs every four years when the Olympic Games are on. The phenomenon where everyone seems to develop an expert-like understanding of and opinion about even the most obscure sports. The same phenomenon seems to occur with “mega-exhibitions”, like Picasso currently at the Art Gallery of NSW. […]
Read More Picasso ExhibitionThe original plan for the night was to go to the Noodle Markets in Hyde Park, and then head off to the Monet Exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW. Late this afternoon I asked a bloke who knows about the weather for his advice. “To be honest”, he said, “I’d just go to the […]
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