Arts & Culture
“The Smith House” – 300 Queen St
The Lord Mayor lampooned and criticised for questionable electioneering tactics! No, not 2018, we have stepped back in time 167 years.
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Interstellar Cigars
Gary Numan was at the Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. There, amidst the neon buzzing of the Joseph Kosuth show A Short History of my Thought, you could hear the intro to a Gary Numan song, the magnificent droning prelude before 20th-century analogue synths kick in.
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Charity begins in Bourke St
Publishers are rushing out Christmas specials this year to make people think. Myer’s sells cards to support the needy but the publishing industry can be just as charitable.
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Melbourne’s 1854 Exhibition
In 1851 London staged The Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park.
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What a relief it is to indulge in fantasy at the show in Craft Victoria’s new gallery in Watson Place just off Flinders Lane.
Read MoreSugar’s work is just schweet
Sugar and I began our chat discussing Hosier Lane.
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An experience of sublimation
Rommel was in North Africa and Colonus the mudlark won the Melbourne Cup the year the MSO first performed Debussy’s La Mer.
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In November-December the RHSV is gearing up for Christmas.
Read MoreDaughter of Mustang Ford
Deborah Conway did not come to the Athenaeum Library Reading Room for a look around.
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Loretta Lizzio: romantic visionary
Loretta Lizzio was recently listed as one of nine “badass” female artists who are taking over the Australian street art scene.
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You can keep your new year’s resolution!
Publicly accessible common property: Contested vertical spaces
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