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Articles by Bec Mac
This is why we have to talk about Gauguin ...
It’s a continuous conversation and critique within the art and music world: can you love the art but loathe the artist? Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao opened at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in June. The question was exactly what I was thinking, along with: why are we still talking about this French artist?
Are artists on the brink of extinction as their incomes dwindle?
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We was robbed! Queensland Ballet cries foul after Federal Budget snub
Queensland Ballet’s executive director Dilshani Weerasinghe has a succinct and emphatic response to the Federal Budget: “What the hell?” Much was made about arts funding in the budget and Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke declared “the culture wars from Government are over” – but apparently the “Arts State of Origin” wars are not. Because NSW and Victoria get the lion’s share of attention, according to Weerasinghe.
Is the Sydney-fication of Brisbane making us less artful?
One of the defining features of Brisbane used to be that it wasn’t Sydney. For all the things we had in common – convict history, corrupt police/premiers, rugby league, pointless 19th century forts – there were key differences. Most of these were based in geography – Brisbane has a river not a harbour, mangroves rather than beaches, floods rather than frost. Yet this, in turn, meant Brisbane developed a culture very different to Sydney. More small town … less things to show tourists.
Ripley is a literary treat - but maybe not for Mum
Sometimes a birthday present doesn’t quite suit. In the early 1990s I bought a copy of Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith for my mum. But it didn’t take. “You have it dear,” she said after starting it, then abandoning it. “It’s not really my cup of tea.” It’s a lovely hardback with an image of something tied in a bag under water on the cover. A body. It was my induction into the world of Tom Ripley, Highsmith’s amoral but fascinating protagonist.
Bec Mac wants to be Brisbane's arts-led Mayoress of The Night
Revitalising a city requires a multifaceted approach encompassing economic growth, cultural development and social cohesion. I am deeply passionate about the arts and its power to transform cities like Brisbane. My recent journey into politics confirmed for me that Brisbane and its estimated population of 2.54 million people can become a new world city.
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