The Global Mail opened its coverage of Australian arts on Monday with a curious piece from Stephen Crittenden about theatre blogging. Online writers haven’t stopped talking about it since.
Art criticism
My Cup Of Tea: The problem of being exceptional
Excellence. It might be a goal of our national cultural policy, but do we really know it means?
Book people face audience verdict: “Boring”
While Rome fiddles, book people burn. A brief illustrated report on a small but critical event beyond Canberra, by W H Chong.
It’s just not critic(al)
As a form, the newspaper theatre review is not without its charm. But it is a problematic form, particularly since it is the priority of that review form to give judgement, writes Andrew Furhmann.
Marieke Hardy: Bill Henson is a wimp and Australia is to blame
Bill Henson’s controversial photos of naked children whipped the public into a frenzy back in 2008 and sadly the madness has dulled his work, writes Marieke Hardy.
