Inside The Gallery

Necessity is the mother of invention. This episode looks at innovation in the face of adversity. A new virtual art museum is under construction, based upon online gaming platforms and design. Locally, art schools are discovering opportunities with online classes, and in Sweden a new board game studies the challenges faced by curators. Index of interviews: 2.10: Stuart Semple describes his vision for VOMA, a Virtual Online Museum of Art which is built upon technology used by gaming platforms and motion picture CGI. The project, designed from the ground-up, stands alone and will operate similar to a regular art gallery, but exist entirely online only. 14.10: Jennifer McNamara is the founder and director of ART EST, a much admired art school in Sydney's Inner West. Jennifer shares the journey suffered by many local arts schools and colleges over the past few months, and confidently looks to the future with new ideas inspired by recent social distancing.  26.45: Pablo Jomer is developing a board game called CURATORS, capturing the essence and challenges faced by curators building a museum collection. Originally devised by Jacob Westerlund, the game has been crowdfunded via Kickstarter, with pledges also assisting the naming of characters in the gameplay.  Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.  

How are local galleries coping with COVID-19? This edition features 3 gallery owners doing what they can to support their artists, as they discuss strategies for operating exclusively on the internet. Also, the Faculty of Arts at Monash University moves quickly to modify their teaching 100% online. Index of interviews: 3.30: Theo Mantalvanos at the Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop in Victoria has chosen to continue to hang their scheduled exhibitions, and then present them online. 13.30: Owner Louise Reilly and art consultant Robert Lording at Audrey Fine Art in Sydney hope to engage art lovers by remotely superimposing artwork onto images of customer's own wall space.  21.45: Terri Lew at 19Karen Contemporary Artspace on Queensland's Gold Coast is urging artists not to panic, but stick with their dealers and agents rather than withdrawing art from galleries. 30.45: Professor Jane Griffiths with the Faculty of Arts at Monash University describes the transition to 100% online learning, as well as forecasting the future of the arts during and post COVID-19. Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.       

Matthew Sleeth has reimagined A Drone Opera into a cinematic experience. The installation at the Lyon Housemuseum Galleries is open from the 14-29 March 2020. Matt talks to Inside The Gallery about the history of the work, and where to from here. The Australian Government has vanished the Arts portfolio within the new Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. No mention of 'The Arts' at all. Associate Professor Lizzie Muller (UNSW) expresses the effect this will have on the sector, and how this affects upcoming students of the arts.  When is the right time to establish your own studio and gallery? Joram van der Starre takes a bold leap and sets-up The Art T Gallery in Sydney's Entertainment Quarter. He confidently tells Inside The Gallery why. Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.

Australian artists featured in Milan. Judith Blackall delivers an update on AUSTRALIA - ANTIPODEAN STORIES at Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, the biggest exhibition of Australian contemporary art ever to be staged outside of Australia.  Bushfire affected regional galleries across the country are struggling with diminished visitors, as the holiday tourist trade is shattered. We hear from Jan Goodwin and Margaret White from The Point Gallery and Craft (Greenwell Point) and Robert Creed at The Gallery in Mogo about the stress and aftermath of the bushfires in their area. Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.  

The Australian Government has vanished the Arts portfolio within the new Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. No mention of 'The Arts' at all.  The lack of any reference to the arts in the new department’s title, and the loss of a dedicated department overseeing the arts and cultural sector, is of significant concern within the arts. In this edition of the podcast, Esther Anatolitis of the National Association for the Visual Arts expresses NAVA's perspective on the change.  Also, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance is delivering a campaign to ensure The Arts is not forgotten within the corridors of Parliament House, nor within the local community. MEAA members Jonathan Biggins, Camilla Ahkin, Jonathan Mill, and Equity Director Andrew Crowley express their frustration and their plans Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.

Art + Virtual Reality: Terminus has arrived at the Heide. Sue Cramer talks about Jess Johnson and Simon Ward's immersive installation in which Jess' drawings have been transformed from analogue to digital. Alien architecture, humanoid clones and cryptic symbols are revealed via a cyber network of moving footways and gateways. Providing artwork for human rights lawyer Stewart Levitt's "Too Soon To Be Late" collection of poetry, Geoff Todd AM and Alan Duffy discuss marrying their imagery to the verses.  A snowman at QAGOMA: Geraldine Barlow describes WATER, with some impressive installations drawing attention to our most precious resource, and its greatest threat.  Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.

The incredible Kathrin Longhurst has an exhibition underway at Gallery One in Queensland. Kathrin talks about her inspiration and her teenage years in East Berlin behind the Iron Curtain. The Other Art Fair returns this month featuring around 130 independent artists, taking place at The Cutaway at Barangaroo on 24-27 October. Ryan Stanier shares the history of this alternative art fair, and lets us know what to expect. Steve Lazarides responds to critics over his unauthorised Art of Banksy exhibition, while praising the brilliance of the most famous street artist of a generation.    Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals. PLEASE NOTE: This edition contains coarse language that some listeners might find confronting.

Sydney Contemporary returns this month featuring more than 400 artists from 20 countries, with over 80 galleries converging on Carriageworks from September 12. Barry Keldoulis shares the history of this huge art fair, and lets us know what to expect. Lisa Fehily has launched Finkelstein Gallery in Melbourne with an exhibition exclusively featuring female artists. Lisa hopes to lift the visibility and inclusion of women artists in galleries around Australia and around the world. Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. The transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.  

In this special edition highlighting the banning of recent Australian artworks, Paul Yore discusses the removal of his Taste The Feeling from a gallery in the UK. Allan Goedecke is confounded by the rejection of his sculpture from an awards exhibition in Melbourne. Gillian Govan reflects on walking the line between corporate support of the arts  - and acquiescing to corporate censorship.  Transcripts of interviews are available for download HERE. Transcriptions are made possible by the support from Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.  

Should art galleries be subject to censorship? With the current ''Culture of Outrage,'' when a work of art is considered socially unacceptable, do galleries have a responsibility to remain 'decent'? Gill Nicol, Director of Audience Engagement at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art shares her thoughts. Combining art disciplines, the Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia presents Other Suns: Cult Sci-Fi Cinema & Art alongside the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. Curator Erin Coates talks about the collaboration with Jack Sargeant, as well as the challenge of being an artist who also curates. Transcripts of interviews available for download HERE. This podcast is supported by Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals.

50 years since the manned moon landing, and the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale has curator Erin Mathews busy with their look into space. Connecting the dots between industrial design and art, Campbell Bickerstaff has The Ideal Home at Sydney's Powerhouse identifying historical issues via furniture and appliances. More on Spaces in Unusual Places, the Maverick Gallery in Coolangatta finds its home in a hair styling salon. Gallery owner Byron Coathup talks about the synergy and the challenges. Transcripts of interviews available for download HERE. This podcast is supported by Pixel Perfect Prolab - The photolab for professionals. - This episode contains one instance of coarse language in context and adult concepts -   

Spinning our Podcast Prizewheel didn't predict the Australian election result (did anyone?), but it has selected an interview with Esther Anatolitis, Exec Director with the National Association for the Visual Arts, describing the electoral impact on Australian arts and culture. Alexie Glass-Kantor gives us insight into the massive growth of Artspace's 52 Artists 52 Actions from an Instagram project and publication, to a bricks and mortar exhibition. David Williams talks about the task of staging the White Rabbit Gallery exhibition A Fairy Tale in Red Times at the National Gallery of Victoria. Transcripts of the interviews are available HERE This podcast is supported by Pixel Perfect Prolab, the premier lab for faithful photographic reproduction.

Inside The Gallery takes at look at the Notre Dame fire with Prof Mark Ledbury, discussing the priceless artworks lost (and saved). Vanessa Gillen previews this year's Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), now celebrating its 10th year. Artist John Klein talks about the rise of Artist Entrepreneurs. And we celebrate the Podcast Prize Wheel finally scoring a sponsor! Inside the Gallery is produced and presented by Tim Stackpool. This podcast is sponsored by Pixel Perfect Prolab, the premier lab for faithful photographic reproduction. A transcript of the interviews within this podcast is available HERE (pdf)

Spinning the Podcast Prizewheel sends us to Adelaide as Tim Stackpool speaks with curator Dr Lisa Slade about the Ben Quilty survey exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Upasana Papadopoulos explains the work behind The Waiting Room Project where art is featured at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre. Moshe Rosenzveig OAM takes us on a journey through the challenges faced by the Head On Photo Festival, now in its 10th year. Head On is Australia's largest (and the world's second largest) photo festival. It's another diverse episode for you to enjoy with INSIDE THE GALLERY.

The Podcast Prizewheel takes us around the world this month as Tim Stackpool chats with New York designer Ada Tolla about the threat of having her Gold Coast sculptures torn down. Hayleigh Sanderson and Bexie Neeley speak about the success of Art Battle's debut in Australia, while Griffin Pickard describes the thrill of being the first Sydney winner.  Allison Bellinger shares the secret of running a country town art gallery in Inverell with a big city attitude. Get comfy, it's a big bumper episode for you to enjoy with INSIDE THE GALLERY.

  We spin the studio prizewheel to take a tour across Australia as Tim Stackpool chats with Robert Cook about the Andrew Nicholls' HyperKulturemia exhibition at AGWA in Perth. Judith Blackall talks us through Arthur Boyd's Landscape of the Soul currently on tour.  Gary Wall introduces us to ART POST UKI, where the gallery is in the local Post Office, and it's pulling a great crowd every opening night. A big first episode to launch the year on INSIDE THE GALLERY.

LON Gallery in Melbourne began as a project space in 2016 based on a non-profit model that primarily supported emerging artists. The gallery established it's formal program in 2019, which provided the opportunity to work with a select number of artists in depth and to foster the critical development of their practices. At Sydney Contemporary in 2024,  LON gallerist Adam Stone devoted their stand entirely to the work of Devi Seetharam, paintings that reflect a world where men wield the authority to occupy public space, while women are reduced to symbolic figures of beauty and desire. In this episode, anthropologist and curator Pedram Khosronejad investigates the connection between gallerist and artist, seeking to uncover the unique qualities that draw them together.  LON Gallery at Sydney Contemporary 2024 Devi Seetharam: Website A transcript of this conversation is available HERE, thanks to the Australian Arts Channel  

"I'm a black woman in the world. Every day when I step outside of my door, I can't be invisible."  From Tate Modern to the National Gallery of Victoria, Atong Atem has captured the eye of curators, critics and collectors alike as an artist who creates beautifully crafted images that explore family, migration and her South Sudanese heritage. Her work explores the inherent intimacy of portraiture and photography as well as the role photographers take as story tellers, interrogating photography as a framework for looking at the world and positioning people in it, inviting the viewer to look at them through a surreal and constructed lens. In this episode, anthropologist and curator Pedram Khosronejad investigates the artist's history, inspiration and projects to come. A transcript of this conversation is available HERE, thanks to the Australian Arts Channel Atong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atongatem/ MARS Gallery catalogue: https://marsgallery.com.au/atong-atem/  

"I didn't know being a slut could be a form of art" Sexuality and gender diversity are not unusual to find within the nature of any artist's work, but perhaps being a result of direct sexual practice is somewhat surprising. Emil Canita was exhibited by MARS Gallery in Melbourne earlier this year, and then later reached a broader audience at Sydney Contemporary. As a trans Filipino sex worker and artist, Emil navigates the intersection of art, identity, and personal expression. Known for evocative videos, captivating storytelling as you'll hear, and intimate Polaroid captures, Emil's raw, intimate works fearlessly explores the complexity of human connection, love, and desire. In this very candid but compelling conversation, Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University, and Curator at the Grafton Regional Gallery, Pedram Khosronejad uncovers the history, motivation, and the vulnerabilities of Emil Canita.  A transcript of this edition is available HERE, thanks to the Australian Arts Channel. Emil's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babydilfx/ MARS Gallery catalogue: https://marsgallery.com.au/28580-2/

Painting exclusively together for many decades, Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson’s dynamic exchange extended and challenged both artists. They respectively produced some of the earliest and most important works of abstract art in the country. Their collaborative approach to painting – the sharing of ideas, techniques and materials – resulted in two significant bodies of work that broke new ground in Australian art. By presenting the work of Crowley and Balson together, this exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia invites audiences to trace the shared influences and harmonies between their works, as well as to appreciate the centrality of collaboration to their individual practices. The exhibition comprises more than 75 paintings and works on paper, with some of these never-before-seen by the Australian public. This episode features the curator of the exhibition Beckett Rozentals. A transcript of this edition is available HERE, thanks to the Australian Arts Channel.