The Art Life

More recently, some contributors to the blog have been named on posts and have included Bonny Dot Cassidy, Carrie Miller, Marcus Trimble, Margaret Mayhew, Ian Houston and Isobel Johnston.

The Art Life was a three-part TV series that aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] in July 2007.

Following the initial Art Life series, the ABC commissioned a two subsequent specials.

The program featured interviews with international artists exhibiting in the Biennale of Sydney including among others Pierre Huyghe, George Bures Miller, Dora Garcia and the curator of the 2008 exhibition Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.

Ep 1 Starry Starry Night looked at the history of the idea of the artist, from Vincent van Gogh to contemporary artists; Ep 2 Who Made Who met and interviewed artists who explore identity as their principal subject; while Ep 3 Lust For Life was a survey of art with an explicit connection to political issues.