‘Economics are the method but the object is to change the heart and soul.’ Margaret Thatcher Everyone loves a weekend in Sydney. It’s always good. Not as good as it used to be, but h…
Speaking of our culture rapidly being infiltrated (I mean supported) by corporations who step in to help sustain us because Governments don’t like art, I was recently introduced to the important work of Desiree Tahiri and her self-published zine: Who’s money hangs the art? Buy it. It’s seriously the best ten bucks you’ll spend this year:The zine explores the influences money has on exhibitions; how corporations gain far more than their sponsored gallery through their purchase of prestige, authenticity, and an elite market of art-viewers, and investigates in detail the corporate sponsors of two major NSW art galleries: the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), and the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). Who is putting up these galleries’ works? This zine contributes to the growing critique of capitalist corruption within public institutions.https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/522728046/whos-money-hangs-the-art-zine?ref=shop_home_active_1












