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Portrait December 01, 2018
Big hART’s Scott Rankin
Lunch with Scott Rankin, the creative director of the arts and social change organisation, Big hART.
Portrait November 10, 2018
Anote Tong and climate change
A drink in a Glebe pub with ex-President of Kiribati and Nobel Peace prize nominee, Anote Tong.
Culture November 24, 2018
The passions of artist Saskia Boddeke
The immersive works of multimedia artist Saskia Boddeke reflect her belief in the need for deep, emotional engagement in art. It was a passion shared by Matisse’s Russian patron Sergey Shchukin, the subject of Boddeke’s film installation in the Masters of modern art from the Hermitage exhibition. “Art is an absolute necessity; it is a universal thing we share. All over the world, we express ourselves in painting, in music, in speaking, in putting words in an order that touch your heart. That is how we recognise things. Art makes us civil. Art makes us look – not only at paintings, but at other people. It shows us the beauty in difference.”
Portrait October 13, 2018
Author Deb Kandelaars
The writer of Memoirs of a Suburban Girl on her long road out of a violent relationship. “There I am, right in the middle of my teenage years and suddenly in a serious relationship. A relationship that pushes away my other life. Being hit was beyond my world experience. I didn’t want it to happen again. I started treading a little bit more carefully, and that set up a power dynamic.”
