Category Archives: Reviews

Experiencing Anne

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Mikaela

On maybe the only day of the Easter long weekend that galleries were open (and not all of them at that) we did a crawl from Midland to the city yesterday – visiting Midland Junction Art Centre, Spectrum Project Space … Continue reading →

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Gerald Murnane Collected Short Fiction – a partial review

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Mikaela

I recently decided to purchase a collection of short fiction by Gerald Murnane, inspired by Leigh Sales reading out a passage on the podcast Chat 10 looks 3 which she shares with Annabel Crabb. Murnane is having something of a … Continue reading →

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FineArtFriday: Helen Seiver at BRAG

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Mikaela

Fine Art Friday spent last Friday talking to artists and eating good food so pushed back a quick trip down south to later on the weekend and into the following week – and then, finding it hard to write properly … Continue reading →

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FineArtFriday – MJAC and MAC

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Mikaela

FineArtFriday did a little visit to MJAC and MAC today to visit all the shows that opened on Fridays when I had to be elsewhere. At the Midland Junction Art Centre there is a very beautiful collection of portraits by … Continue reading →

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Fine Art Friday – Recinder by Nigel Hewitt

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Mikaela

Once again it is Fine Art Friday (although it is fine art pretty much every day of the week at Castledine and Castledine!) and I want to chat about Nigel Hewitt’s exhibition Recinder at Gallery Central in Aberdeen Street Northbridge. … Continue reading →

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Biennale on film

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Mikaela

My visit to the Venice Biennale 2017 So (or allora as they say here in Venice) there is barely a pavilion in the Giardini which isn’t showing a video of some description. Some are explanatory and accompany the art, which … Continue reading →

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The Rabbits – The Opera – a Review

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Mikaela

The Rabbits, the book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, is an almost perfect piece of art. The idea of using rabbits and marsupials as metaphors for colonisation is inspired and Tan’s illustrations are so superb that everything that needs … Continue reading →

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Not Happy Yann

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Mikaela

I have just finished reading Yann Martel’s new novel Beatrice and Virgil. As The Life of Pi is in my top ten books of all time, I was fearful of disappointment and curious whether he could pull off another quirky … Continue reading →

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The Colour by Rose Tremain

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Mikaela

It seems a fairly common truth that the greater the expectation of a new book from an admired author, the greater the disappointment if the novel doesn’t please, so maybe I am being unduly harsh in my criticism of Rose … Continue reading →

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Dirt Music by Tim Winton

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Mikaela

It was with some trepidation that I picked up a Christmas present copy of Dirt Music. I have been waiting in vain for years for Tim Winton to bring out a book to rival Cloudstreet which is in my list … Continue reading →

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