A lot has been said in the media and the general arts community of the increasing mix between art fairs and biennales. This overlap is often portrayed as a negative one as if money someone decreases the openness of the art world. We will often pay $13 dollars for a terrible movie but paying to see art has been seen as something of a road block for the general public. On visiting the Melbourne Art Fair last weekend this was not a feeling that I got. Ironically a strange girl gave me her spare ticket (thank you!) while I was waiting in line and so I did not actually pay for my ticket. But having paid for the airplane ticket down there is wasn’t exactly free either. More
Turn, Turn, Turn: the past talks to the present
Tracey Clement got Nick Waterlow and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev together, sat back and let them talk. What follows is an edited excerpt from an intense, illuminating and inspirational conversation.
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