The Public Body

Talia Linz joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts talking about  The Public Body .01 exhibition at Artspace. The Public Body is curated by Talia Linz and Alexie Glass-Cantor and explores the sexualized body and, in particular, the types of sexualized bodies that proliferate in the public sphere today – high key, orgasmic, debased, agitated, violent but […]

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Kate Ceberano & Paul Grabowsky – Love Songs

Join one of Australia’s most cherished and acclaimed performers Kate Ceberano and close musical partner Paul Grabowsky for an unforgettable evening of love songs. In this perfect pairing of Ceberano’s versatile voice and Grabowsky’s masterful piano playing, the duo performs faithful reinterpretations of some of the great love songs of the past 50 years. From […]

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The Days Are As Grass

Jane Edwina Seymour spoke with Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts about ‘The Days are as Grass’. Jane, an acclaimed Australian actor working in LA, has returned to Sydney to direct the Australian premiere of The Days Are as Grass –  a collection of plays that explores the nature of life – the fragility of love and […]

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Jazz Made In Australia – 10.10.2016 – Wangaratta Jazz Festival 2016

The Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival is always held the weekend before the Melbourne cup, this year it is from 28th to 30th October and as usual there are some wonderful Australian jazz artists performing. This week on the program I’m going to you as many as I can fit into this short hour, but […]

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Primavera 2016

On Arts Wednesday, 5 October 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Emily Cormack, curator of this year’s exhibition. You can listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 and here is Part 2: And here is the final Part 3:                 […]

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Asian Intersections and Artists in Residence.

Arts Thursday 6 October. This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to commence a special series, Asian Intersections, examining how we intersect with Asia through culture and art. The program will also include the final interviews in the series e 2016 Woollahra artists in residence. Asian Intersections In the first of a two-program interview, Jackie Menzies OAM, […]

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Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden

        The program Artists and Curators on Arts Thursday 22 September with me, Maisy Stapleton, focussed on an exhibition at the Peacock Gallery in Auburn. I spoke to Glenn Barkley, who curated the exhibition Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden. This exhibition is set both in the Gallery and the adjacent […]

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cetaceans under siege, peculiar children, 1787 reviewed

  Ever wondered why whales and dolphins periodically commit suicide with mass beachings?  Often it’s because they can’t stand the noise we are making. Imagine the loudest pub band or noisiest cafe that’s ever battered your ears to a pulp and amplify it till your brain bleeds, to get some idea of the aural horrors […]

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Woollahra Artists in Residence #2

  On Thursday 22 September the program Artists and Curators with me, Maisy Stapleton, introduced two more Woollahra artists-in-residence, Penelope Metcalf and Eloise Rankine. Penelope Metcalf works in plein air depicting buildings around Woollahra from her street-side easel and travelling painting kit. You can listen to my interview with Penelope here: For more information on […]

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Album of the week – Tocororo by Alfredo Rodriguez

  ‘Tocororo’ by Alfredo Rodriguez is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we give some well deserved special attention to the highly talented pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez the man who left Cuba to undertake ‘The American Dream” and to share stages with some of the best in the business is what he […]

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