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Art Funds outperform stocks and bonds

Art Market Monitor has recently been focussed on the performance of art market funds compared to other investments during the GFC.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 17 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Not Quite Art doco series now available on YouTube

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 18 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

monkey and sardine, stop motion music video

A stop-motion animated music video by Jim Batt for the single from We're All Just Monkeys, the second album from Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra. Rated PG: contains rude words and a little gore. Nice!

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 18 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Brooklyn Museum Acquires Eighteenth-Century Painting by Agostino Brunias Depicting Dominica Mixed Race Colonial Elite

The Brooklyn Museum has acquired, by purchase from the London Gallery Robilant + Voena, Agostino Brunias's (1730-1796) painting Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape, (circa 1764-96), a portrait of the eighteenth-century mixed-race colonial elite of the island of Dominica in the West Indies.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 23 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Second Life generative sculpture: Autoscopia

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 19 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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David Wojnarowicz, A Fire In My Belly (Film In Progress) and A Fire In My Belly Excerpt, 1986-87 image

MoMA acquires media artworks, including David Wojnarowicz's video art A Fire In My Belly

The Museum of Modern Art has acquired a complete version of A Fire in My Belly (1986–87) by David Wojnarowicz—both its original 13-minute version and a 7-minute excerpt made by the artist.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 24 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Jud Wimhurst

Fantastic wall sculpture by Jud Wimhurst.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 20 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

World's first online art fair is on(line) this week

The VIP Art Fair is currently on until January 30. Founders James Cohan Gallery and web entrepreneurs Jonas and Alessandra Almgren have brought together nearly 200 of the world's leading galleries including White Cube, Gagosian Gallery and David Zwirner.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 25 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Ricky Swallow closes this weekend, and catalogue review

This week is your last chance to see Ricky Swallow's The Bricoleur at the National Gallery of Victoria. While you're there you might want to pick up a copy of the exhibition catalogue, reviewed here by Hop Dac.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 25 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Mayte Alonso

Mayte Alonso is a Spanish installation artist born and working in Madrid who has been exhibiting solo since 2001.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 03 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Where The Wild Things Are, stills by skate photographer Mike O’Meally

Lamington Drive has a special exhibition on this month of photographic stills from the set of Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are, shot by skate photographer Mike O'Meally.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 26 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Artist will send you artwork for free, demonstrating influential change

New York, United States Franck de Las Mercedes has taken upon the task of sending abstractly painted empty recycled boxes, with messages of Peace, Freedom and Hope; to anybody, anywhere in the world, for free.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 08 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Wikipedia in print

Artist Rob Matthews turned Wikipedia into a physical object. A very tall book, composed by 5000 pages, fully printed with Wikipedia Featured Articles. “Reproducing Wikipedia in a dysfunctional physical form helps to question its use as an internet resource”, he writes in his website.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 09 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Curator calls for EULAs

Jon Paludan, of Boom Pearls Second Life art gallery, has announced an open call for end-user license agreements (EULAs). Everyone is invited to come up with the most creative terms of service, rules, restrictions etc and post them on the Call for EULAs blog.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 15 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Bioluminescent Algae, photo by Phil Hart

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 28 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Photography from HELMO

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Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 28 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Ron Mueck at NGV

The National Gallery of Victoria is going from strength to strength at the moment, with new record-breaking numbers at their key exhibitions, and the current Ron Mueck, on show at the St Kilda Road location, will be no exception.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 27 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Guggenheim & Google sketchup Design It Shelter competition

On the occasion of the exhibitions Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward and Learning By Doing, the Guggenheim and Google SketchUp invite amateur and professional designers from around the world to enter Design It: Shelter Competition. From now until August 23, you can submit a 3-D shelter for any location in the world using Google SketchUp and Google Earth.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 16 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Visualising public domain data about societies

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 31 January 2013. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan McCulloch receives Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the Arts

January 26, 2011 - Australia

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 30 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan Collis

Certainly in love with Susan Collis' work. Before you paint over this screw, check what it's made from; 18-carat white gold, diamond, silver, black onyx and coral.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 21 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Susan Collis

Certainly in love with Susan Collis' work. Before you paint over this screw, check what it's made from; 18-carat white gold, diamond, silver, black onyx and coral.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 21 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Top Shop infringing copyright of independent designers

Top Shop have been busted making money off copyright designs by independent artists, and so far they're doing nothing to pay royalties which should legally go to the copyright owners.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 28 February 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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New Curator Awards

To celebrate the first birthday of his blog, Pete of NewCurator.com has launched the first NewCurator awards.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 08 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Ben Frost's Plague Landscapes

Ben Frost is an Australian artist who currently has a solo show of his trademark pop-collage paintings on at Brooklynite Gallery in New York. He is an extremely prolific, talented producer with excellent technical, conceptual and aesthetic skills. Frost one of my favourite contemporary artists, so it's great to see his work starting to get the international recognition it deserves.

Art press release from Australia, published on Saturday 27 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Debbie Symons uses video art to highlight endangered animal species

Debbie Symons is an Australian video artist who uses graphical information aesthetics to represent pertinent environmental and social problems within a lexicon which those who control the world's economies can understand.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 31 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Visualizing Cultural Heritage and Resources

Two projects which were recently created at the third annual Medialab Prado (Madrid, Spain) Visualizer workshop have generated new methods by which to visualize cultural information.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 11 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Jasmine Targett, glass artist.

Jasmine Targett is an Australian glass sculptor who has been exhibiting for around 5 years. She currently has a show on at C3 gallery in Melbourne, Australia. I shot her a few questions to learn more about her practise.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 29 June 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Campbelltown Arts Centre's new mural saw young Indigenous Australians collaborating with leading international artists

Contemporary artists Richard Bell and Emory Douglas created a large-scale mural directly onto the gallery walls at Campbelltown Arts Centre in Western Sydney over two weeks as part of the Edge of Elsewhere exhibition.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 31 January 2011. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Robert Ashton Floating world 2006 ink-jet print courtesy of the artist image

Sustainability: Focus on the arts, suburbia and the environment

Victoria, Australia

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 12 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Community art therapy after Black Saturday

Victoria, Australia: Two recent projects responding to the devastating Black Saturday bushfires offer inspiring examples of communities embracing art as a form of therapy.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Making Art from Science

Over the coming weeks Artabase will be publishing a series of articles created for and featured in ANAT's Filter. The first of these articles is by bio-tech artist JUSTINE COOPER and originally featured in Filter 68: Art + Science 4eva.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Citilab: granting everyday citizens access to innovative technology

Imagine a local, community library focussed on digital technology. You join for free, and your membership card allows you to use well-equipped computers with unlimited internet access, take part in technology courses, and collaborate on community-based projects that use technology.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 27 May 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Keep an eye out for the Kate Rohde Art Card

Australia & New York: Artabase's second, collectable art card is available at selected, Australian art galleries this week. Featuring Kate Rohde, the card is a sweet way to collect one of Kate's pieces for yourself. Our first card featured Kate Just.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 07 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Curators and Taxidermists to preserve human flesh as art

Australia: Anatomy is a documentary series comprised of three unusual and compelling stories - Skin, Heart and Muscle - which explore how sexuality and the body work together as driving forces in the creative process.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 14 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Pre-allocated arts funding slashed due to downturn

Victoria, Australia: The City of Yarra recently cut $80,000 worth of arts funding which had already been allocated in this year's budget, arguing that they can't afford to fund the arts in a time of economic downturn.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 15 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Spend an evening with leading Australian curator Charlotte Day

Melbourne, Australia: Artabase has a double pass to giveaway for An Evening with Charlotte Day at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art on Wednesday April 29th.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 16 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Rebirth Doesn't Have To Be So Hard

Newcastle, Australia: In this article, originally published by New Matilda on the 20th of April 2009, Marcus Westbury discusses some of the challenges he faces whilst executing a program whereby artists revive a destitute Australian town.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Indexhibit

Artabase offers managed Indexhibit website hosting.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Cloud-sourcing arts patronage. Trust Art: a stock market for public art projects

New York, United States: A new company has set out to show the economic value of culture by allowing financial and in-kind investors to purchase stocks in artworks. Whilst we sit back and eagerly await convincing evidence that art can make a short-term financial gain, author Miyuki Jokiranta (of Seven Thousand Oaks) interviewed Trust Art's founders Jose and Seth to see what the odds are. -Ed

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 23 April 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Two thirds of marketers adopt Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 21 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Brunswick st Gallery Bushfire Appeal Charity Auction

Come and bring your friends to the BSG Bushfire Appeal Charity Art Auction this Tuesday March 3 at 6pm. 100 works from some of Australia's best artists including work from the 2007 Sulman Prize winner David Disher and 2008 Dobell Prize winner Virginia Grayson. No reserves. All proceeds go to the Australian Red Cross

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 03 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

New book showcasing Australasian Creative Commons case studies

The good folk at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have been busy over the past couple of years researching ways in which Creative Commons (CC) is being used to distribute media by organisations in Australia and Asia.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 05 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Neuroscience of Music: why we like surprising melodies

Ben Eltham points us towards some fascinating research into the Neuroscience of music.

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 25 January 2010. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

An organisation dedicated to the sustainable art movement

Seven Thousand Oaks is a new organisation dedicated to building the sustainable art movement, primarily by helping artists to educate themselves about sustainable art techniques and materials.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 10 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Learn how to make mosaics in a workshop this weekend

Mosaic artist Pamela Irving, who recently returned from St Peterburg, Russia where she delivered an artist commission for a major international mosaic exhibition, will be hosting a workshop this weekend in which creative types can learn how to make mosaics.

Art press release from Australia, published on Thursday 12 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Sponsor Artabase with a promotional banner

If you'd like to promote your service or event to our readership of art professionals and collectors, then our new footer banner is a great way to do so.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 18 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Our top ten #art Twitter feeds

We're reasonably new to Twitter, however we're really enjoying a few Fine Art twits which we'd like to share with you (insert shameless self-promotion here:)

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 23 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Australian Art Market Blog goes live

Nicholas Forrest, author of the very informative Art Market Blog, is kicking off a new online publication focussed specifically on the Australian art market. We shot Nicholas a few questions so he could show off the style of insight that will be available on his aptly titled AustralianArtMarket.com

Art press release from Australia, published on Monday 23 March 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Bill Viola's million dollar video artwork 'Ocean without a shore'

"Ocean without a shore" is a video installation by the internationally renowned video artist Bill Viola. Featured at the 2007 Venice Biennale, it was purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria in 2008 as the first acquisition of the hefty Loti and Victor Smorgon Fund.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 06 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

runway magazine

Anyone who knows a thing or two about independent magazine publishing in Australia has got to be impressed by the fact that ‘Make-Believe’ marks issue number twelve for runway.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence.

“Dr. Bruce Mowson's Exegesis 'Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence'.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Sound and Video Installation: Existence as a state of immanence. Part 2

Part two of Dr. Bruce Mowson's Exegesis.

Art press release from Australia, published on Sunday 15 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Australian art auction to benefit bushfire victims

On February 25th Chapman and Bailey Gallery will host an art auction to assist a family who lost everything in the recent Victorian bushfires. Maree, mother of Jacqui, Mark, Rebecca and Luke Stockdale and her partner George were forced to flee their beautiful house with nothing, not even a hand bag when the raging inferno hit the Bendigo area.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 18 February 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Most expensive artwork, ever. 1 Billion dollars as 1 Billion dollars

Well, Damien Hirst just got trumped as the most valuable living artist. Michael Marcovici has created an artwork worth a billion dollars, out of a billion dollars.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 14 January 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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‘MIR Space Station in Cherry Blossoms' and other paintings by two-year-old artist Aelita Andre

There is a moment in the film Six Degrees of Separation when Flan Kitteredge, a wealthy, Central Park-dwelling art collector played by Donald Sutherland reflects on a visit to his child's second grade class room.

Art press release from Australia, published on Tuesday 20 January 2009. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Feeding on 'clean' art will be boring... and stupid.

Artabase is opposed to the mandatory, "clean feed", internet-censorship system proposed for Australia.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 05 December 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

Little Trace of Natasha Frisch Yellowtrace

Sydney-based artist Natasha Frisch creates elegant and meticulous paper sculptures that challenge our perception of the built environment. Many of her works posses a chameleon-like quality, effortlessly camouflaging themselves into their immediate environment.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 23 January 2013. Published by anonymous.

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Jazmina Cininas

In this interview - the first in an occasional series Artabase will run looking at the processes and inspiration behind the work of artists from different mediums – Rebecca Cannon speaks to "Jazmina Cininas":http://lists.artabase.net/artist/633-jazmina-cininas about her work with reduction linocuts.

Art press release from Australia, published on Wednesday 31 December 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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Yelling at Stars

Willoh S. Wieland is Brilliant. Not only in the masterminding of spectacular ideas, but in their execution - in real time and space in a way that speaks to and deeply moves a congregation of art goers.

Art press release from Australia, published on Friday 14 November 2008. Published by Rebecca Gabrielle Cannon.

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