Doll and the Soul: Ghost in the Shell
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

Doll and the Soul: Ghost in the Shell

Mamoru Oshii’s anime film Ghost in the shell (1995) and the later sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) still have much to tell us about what we anticipate and perhaps fear about AI.

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Why Fashion Loves Art…
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

Why Fashion Loves Art…

Louis Vuitton started out in the late 1830s working for a maker of trunks and valises, where he stayed for seventeen years before branching out on his own in 1854.

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Using the Dot Like Aboriginal Artists?
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

Using the Dot Like Aboriginal Artists?

White artists' appropriation of Aboriginal art is a fraught issue. Most artists know this, but occasionally some artists try to get around the rules and buy into the mystique and novelty of Aboriginal art.

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What Are the Issues with Curating Aboriginal Art?
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What Are the Issues with Curating Aboriginal Art?

To see a painting by an Aboriginal artist in a national collection is to know nothing of the conditions of its making which are generally (depending on the artist) essential to it – and this means the heat, the sweat, and the grime of the dusty outback.

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What is Global Curating?
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

What is Global Curating?

In early 1916, while the First World War was still raging, Paul Wittgenstein, the elder brother of the famous philosopher, was about to give his first public concert as a one-armed pianist.

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How Did Art Begin?
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

How Did Art Begin?

When exactly did our ancestors begin to make art? This is an important question that is bound up with the early homo sapiens since making art suggests a sophisticated way of viewing and organizing the world.

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Art: The Last Unregulated Market
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

Art: The Last Unregulated Market

The question that is asked daily by experts and non-experts alike is why is one work of art worth a million dollars and another ten million and another 150 million?

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What is an Art Connoisseur?
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

What is an Art Connoisseur?

The art connoisseur, the 'one who knows', is still with us today and usually has university degrees and works for a wealthy private collector or an auction house.

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Art’s Relationship to Money?
Adam Geczy Adam Geczy

Art’s Relationship to Money?

While we always assume that art is made in the name of higher causes, it still maintains a complex and sometimes intimate relationship with money.

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