Art
Jacqueline Maley
Wearing your art on your sleeve makes it harder to respect privacy
Jacqueline Maley Actor Jodie Foster didn't exactly come out last week.
Ronald Millar
Lament for a single backhander: the art in tennis has been lost
Ronald Millar The game is not the same.
Tim Soutphommasane
The noble art of the essay
Tim Soutphommasane The 16th-century originator of this questing literary form remains its finest proponent.
Elizabeth Farrelly
The colour of money is ruining art
Elizabeth Farrelly I have been painting my back fence. Not rust prevention; pictures. Figuration for the new year. It's a stupid thing to do. The work is slow and paint is costly.
Heckler
Zen and the art of flatpacks
AS I remember, it began simply enough. A new home. Some boxes to unpack. A little paint here and there. And then one evening, my wife returned home and announced she had bought a lawn mower.
Annabel Crabb
Come for the slogan, but stay for the giant ants: the art of tourist trapping
Annabel Crabb From the Curious County to Incrediburgh, awful tourist campaigns have a long, proud history.
Clem Bastow
Spinning yarn that's cosy on the eyes and good for the art
Clem Bastow Yarn bombing has more than street cred, it's reviving a folk art.
Canvas
State government funding cuts and 'brand culture' threaten to incinerate local community art
Stephen Alomes Over many decades, Victorian local councils have led Australia in the development of cultural activities, from sport and leisure to community arts.
Annabel Crabb
Gamblers feel a warm glow when losses become a monument to art
Annabel Crabb Gambling's bad. We've known that for years.
Sarah Thornton
There's a fine art in making money for rich
Sarah Thornton Forget bank deposits or property, the big auction houses are the way to go.
Science is golden in the art of teaching
In my first lecture to a class of third-year undergraduates this semester, I mentioned that we would be examining pedagogy associated with teaching in their discipline.
Danny Katz
I don't know much about art, but I know there's no fuel like an old fuel
Danny Katz What is the point of premium unleaded petrol? And what is the point of art?
Wendy Squires
'Mummy porn' and the woeful art of blockbuster female eroticism
Wendy Squires Like millions of women all over the world, I spent this week staying up late reading porn in bed. And like so many females have breathlessly confessed of late, I too moaned and sighed throughout the...
Elizabeth Farrelly
The PC crowd that's keeping the world of art mediocre
Elizabeth Farrelly The Australia Council is threatened, say some, with change beyond recognition. The question is, will it make any difference? Halfway up the godless bit of Regent Street between Central Station and...
Kate Burridge
The art of telling it like it isn't
Kate Burridge There are certain things we'd rather not conjure up too vividly, and for this we have a range of linguistic deodorisers.
Heckler
Lost art of suffer the children
LAST week in the news there was discussion of a new study that claims we are turning our children into bullies by giving too much undeserved praise.
Heckler
Real estate and the art of number crunching
Heckler ''I AM agent, hear me roar!'' Yes, I am a real estate agent, and I am proud - a motivated professional with the stuck-on smile, the suit and tie, and requisite BMW.
Elizabeth Farrelly
It's time art and science engineered an alliance
Elizabeth Farrelly I like engineers. This surprises me slightly, since architects usually see engineers as bubble-busters. It's not their niceness I like.
Heckler
Even though it's simple, it can still be art
The last few times I have visited an art gallery, I have left feeling thoroughly disgruntled.
Heckler
Modern art is nonsense on stilts
Stephanie Hayes (Heckler, Friday), I'm sorry. But you'll just have to put up with us poor, old ROMAs.
