Archive - Everything the artworld doesn't want you to know

In 2003, at the age of 101, Leni Riefenstahl died too soon.

Apr 28 •

Canada Strong, Australia Lite

Apr 25 •

Guo Jian: Nothing About Erotic but Playboy

When I was writing a weekly column for the newspapers it would have been impossible to discuss a show for which I’d acted as curator.

Apr 24 •

NFT Live: Dr. Strangelove & The Penguin Lessons

Last week I watched Steve Coogan play five roles in two films, or if you prefer, one film and one broadcast of a play.

Apr 23 •

Apr 22 •

Consigned to the Flames

Apr 18 •

Blow Back Ins in Broken Hill

Things move at a different pace in the country.

Apr 17 •

The Count of Monte Cristo

A classic is a book that never becomes outdated, capturing one generation of readers after another, although often in quite different ways.

Apr 14 •

Prisoner's Dilemma

Apr 11 •

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

It happened to Rembrandt, and it happened to Caspar David Friedrich.

Apr 9 •

Small Things Like These

Having written a surprise best-seller in The Fatal Shore, Robert Hughes wondered what to write next.

Apr 8 •

The Vision Thing

Apr 4 •

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