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Contemporary Craft - politics & blogs1 comment

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 week ago: Contemporary craft in Melbourne is street wise, informed about art history, political and fun. It is … more →

Tags: Blogging, crafts, Cross-Stitch, Jewellery, recycling, William Morris

Montsalvat2 comments

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 week ago: Who cares about this pseudo-medieval influenced folly and what significance does it have to Melbourn … more →

Tags: Art History, artist colony, Eltham, Justus Jorgensen, Max Meldrum, Montsalvat, pseudo-medieval

Culture @ Brunswick St. Fitzroy2 comments

Mark Holsworth wrote 3 weeks ago: How did Brunswick St. Fitzroy become Melbourne’s alternative cultural centre? The place with the sig … more →

Tags: Art History, fitzroy

Culture Notes: Whit Bissell Centenary2 comments

roberthorton wrote 4 weeks ago: The centenary celebrations for Whit Bissell are winding down by now; you’re probably tired of … more →

Tags: Whit Bissell

Padavedu - 32 comments

gkamesh wrote 4 weeks ago: So there we were, climbing up the hill… Destination : The temple of Cow-protector Krishna play … more →

Tags: temple visits, Tiruvannamalai, travel notes, Padaiveedu, Padavedu, TV's, Venu Gopala Swami temple, Venu Srinivasan

Melbourne International Arts Festival

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 month ago: Art involves a risk, a risk for the artist that they might fail and a risk for the audience that the … more →

Tags: contemporary dance, Melbourne International Arts Festival, North Melbourne, sound installation

Advertising & Graffiti2 comments

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 month ago: Defenders of graffiti often point at the visual pollution of advertising, arguing that only economic … more →

Tags: Street Art, advertising, melbourne cbd, Stencils, viral advertising

Culture Notes: Movietone News Revival

roberthorton wrote 1 month ago: The Parallax View website has taken on a mighty, and mightily welcome, project: the online posting o … more →

Tags: best boy, CAN`T STOP THE MUSIC, Coal Miners Daughter, Movietone News, The Big Red One, The Changeling

Victoria Street Mall Coburg

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 month ago: This small one-block pedestrian mall on Victoria Street in Coburg is a bustling micro urban environm … more →

Tags: Coburg, Library, pedestrian mall, public sculpture

My morning mentor2 comments

gkamesh wrote 1 month ago: Some pictures from some time ago… Maybe an year ago… Early morning, sometime around 6 am … more →

Lunch & Last Supper2 comments

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 month ago: On Sunday Catherine and I had lunch at the Queen Victoria Market; spicy bratwurst with sauerkraut fr … more →

Tags: Art Galleries & Exhibitions, andy warhol, art installation, Leonardo Da Vinci, North Melbourne, Peter Greenaway, Queen Victoria Market

Paris Post: the US edition1 comment

katedarnell wrote 1 month ago: Hello to everyone. As some of you know, I’ve been taking a longer-than-planned stint in the U. … more →

Tags: Etiquette, Fast Food, France, Kansas, Kansas City, language, mcdonalds, Politics, Socialism

Dali Mania

Mark Holsworth wrote 1 month ago: In the last months Melbourne has become gripped with Dali-mania. Everyone has been talking about it. … more →

Tags: Art Galleries & Exhibitions, alice cooper, national gallery of victoria, Publicity, salvador dali

Racism Denials1 comment

Mark Holsworth wrote 2 months ago: “Australia is not a racist country.” After apologizing for the government’s stealing aboriginal chil … more →

Tags: aborigines, Australia, Indians, Kevin Rudd, racism

Tristhal Yatra: Day5 @ Kashi

gkamesh wrote 2 months ago: 29 May 09… It was Shankara Jayanti day… Walking down the narrow lane from our  residence … more →

Tags: temple visits, travel notes

Tristhal Yatra: Day4 @ Gaya– Part 2

gkamesh wrote 2 months ago: RK’s notes reminds me that the car was a Bollero, not a Qualis…  Bollero is a nice road- … more →

Tags: temple visits, travel notes, Akshaya Vata, Gaya, Gaya Shraaddha, Vishnu Pada

The Drought & Art

Mark Holsworth wrote 2 months ago: Melbourne has been in drought for years and although this has made many physical changes (like rainw … more →

Tags: Art Galleries & Exhibitions, Street Art, Drought, Fountains, Water Conservation

Culture Notes: Oscar Specials1 comment

roberthorton wrote 2 months ago: The special awards at the Oscars are a chance to reward worthy careers and correct huge oversights ( … more →

Tags: gordon willis, honoroary Oscar, Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman

Tristhal Yatra: Day4 @ Gaya– Part 1

gkamesh wrote 2 months ago: Day 4 began early…. very early… 2 AM. By 3 am or so, we were on the road from Kashi to G … more →

Tags: temple visits, travel notes, Gaya, Bodh Gaya, Buddha Temple Gaya


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