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Looking Back: Australia

December 16, 2008 by Marion Maneker

The season of summing up is upon is. Since Australia is ahead of us in time zones, Andrew Frost deserves the first word in last words for 2008:

It’s hard to escape the feeling that the art world is doomed. I know, everyone is supposed to be talking up the economy and spending their $1000 bonus on Christmas presents, but we end the year feeling nostalgia for 2008’s high points mixed with a creeping sense of dread for what lies ahead.

It has been a tough year. It had high points such as the best-ever-attended Biennale of Sydney, with some 435,000 punters visiting the exhibition’s seven harbourside venues. Home-grown shows such as the Gallery of Modern Art’s Optimism, the National Gallery of Australia’s Richard Larter retrospective and the Museum of Contemporary Art’s way-above-average Primavera were each warmly received.

Wanted: A  Museum of Contemporary Art that Looks Like One Giant Skull (Sydney Morning Herald)

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