A recent controversy over the work of Damien Hirst has brought the idea of conceptual and finished dates into question.
ART IS FINISHED. OR IS IT?
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Opinion
THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO SUFFER AS AN ARTIST
If there is a direct link between art and democracy it is that under any democratic society artists have the collective right to be poor, put upon, misunderstood, barely tolerated and to complain vociferously.
NOWHERE TO HIDE
It is not often that portrait painting makes the news twice in a week – albeit it for different reasons. There is nothing new about images of the ultra-rich being hung on a wall and in many historic cases, the painted portrait is the only evidence of their...
ORIGINALITY OR HOW TO LITIGATE YOUR WAY TO HEROIC STATUS
In Australia there is hardly an outback road sign that is not peppered with bullet holes but then again, this has nothing to do with art so much as road signs being fair game.
AGE, RETIREMENT AND THE FALLACY OF YOUTH
My most frequent response to the question of retirement is that it depends what they mean by retired.
Inner Sanctum
For some decades now the art world has been pondering where it is heading, if it is heading anywhere in particular or in indeed if it could ever have a singular face