The NGV need me. Well not me per se, more us. They need our help bless. ‘Do you have a pioneering abstract artwork hanging in your rumpus room or stacked in the garage?’ the NGV pleads via an expensive video callout, infomercial promo-thingo. Riffing off the incredibly popular formula of Antiques Road Show, the NGV […]
March
16
The Developer, the Dealer, the University and the Art Stars: Buxton Contemporary
posted by Natalie Thomas
I love rich people. Mostly for their money. Also, I love watching the Arts Industries highly choreographed flattery as they attempt to manage the rich people out of their money. Another thing I love about rich people is they clump. Locate one, you locate a swarm. It was with this in mind that I hustled […]
August
31
Addicted to Fashion: The House of Dior at the NGV
posted by Natalie Thomas
‘Women, with their intuitive instinct, understood that I dreamed not only of making them more beautiful, but happier too.’ Christian Dior By God, men have a tendency toward getting rich and speaking shit. Being more beautiful will not increase women’s happiness. Equality will. Dior at the NGV isn’t the first time the NGV have helped […]
August
21
Unpacking Gerty’s Move
posted by Natalie Thomas
Gertrude Contemporary is an up-to-the-minute arts institution, combining exhibition space with an art studio complex. Gertrude Contemporary is part factory/part showroom and they’ve just relocated from the street of their name, to some place out in the sticks that nobody has ever heard of. There is an old-person-gambling-den situated right across the road, offering new […]
July
06
A Weekend in Sydney: Class and Culture Wars
posted by Natalie Thomas
‘Economics are the method but the object is to change the heart and soul.’ Margaret Thatcher Everyone loves a weekend in Sydney. It’s always good. Not as good as it used to be, but hey, it’s not Sydney’s fault it’s been transitioned into a nanny state. Getting a drink after 1.30am is now […]
May
17
The End of Time. The Beginning of Time
posted by Natalie Thomas
After 32 action packed years, that launched the careers of more art stars into the cultural stratosphere than the Apollo Space program, Gertrude Contemporary is on the move. Gerty will join Melbourne’s burgeoning and vibrant inner north where vibrant live music venues like the Northcote Social Club, the Croxton, Tago Mago and Open Studio are […]
April
13
Bursting Bill’s Bubble: The Plebs vs. The Poseurs
posted by Natalie Thomas
Curating art is a profession of exclusion rather than one of inclusion. Not that curating is a competition. No. No wait, it is. Show us ya curatorial umbrella. Not that there’s too many artists (there can never be enough artists, peaches of hope and optimism that we are) sprinkling the fairy dust of hipster gentrification […]
March
08
Happy International Wonder Women’s Day
posted by Natalie Thomas
In October 2016, the United Nations appointed Wonder Woman Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls (even the ones without Netflix and an internet connection). In unreal times, unreal comical decisions are the best thing desperate men can think up to ‘Save the Day’ on planet Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLG0TkuKM64 2.15mins Lynda Carter (slurring her […]
February
23
Doorbitch: Dancing ‘round the power of music
posted by Natalie Thomas
Musicians are the creatives that float my boat in the field of sexual intercourse. I confess to having investigated the bodies of more musos than you can shake a drumstick at. It’s rude to gloat about quantity, but I sure was busy mis-spending my youth. Music playing along before/during/after all that mis-spending. Good sex and […]
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Sex and the media
posted by Natalie Thomas
I’ve been thinking about what we see, watch, read and hear, in terms of gender. How all the white male privilege they’ve had us hardwired into since birth, has fucked with our brains. How the entertainment industry rewards men more than anyone else and most men aren’t even that entertaining. They hog the mic, passing […]