Category Archives: Art and Architecture

The Public Goods of the 21st Century

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Nicholas Gruen

For those of you in Melbourne, I thought I’d let you know of a public lecture I’m giving on Thursday night this coming week details below. If you’d like to come, make your free reservation on this page. Thought Leadership Series Lecture | The Public Goods of the … Continue reading →

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Is Catholicism in rude health? 2017 edition

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Paul Frijters

Looking at the newspapers you’d think Catholicism is having a hard time with philandering priests and cover-ups of their doings being found out on a weekly basis. In Australia, the royal commission has uncovered a lot of systematically covered-up child … Continue reading →

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Some Game of Thrones Season 8 speculation

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Paul Frijters

Let me indulge, purely for entertainment value, in some fan-speculation on what we will see on-screen after the Long Night is over and the final 6 episodes Of Game of Thrones are run in 2019. Let me first talk about … Continue reading →

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Crimes against empathy: Where are the stories?

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Nicholas Gruen

I’ve weighed in previously on the relentless emphasis on symbolism in the political prosecution of aboriginal issues in Australia. This isn’t necessarily a criticism of aboriginal activists because, as I argued, they’re working within the rules of memefication. I can add that, where … Continue reading →

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Travesties of the proverbial: Fukuyama and the id of history

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Nicholas Gruen

Travesties of the proverbial is a very occasional series one post of which began with these words. Keen readers of this blog will know that occasionally, just occasionally I identify a saying or concept which has somehow come to signify something … Continue reading →

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Falling water

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Nicholas Gruen
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The artists resale royalty

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross posted from the Mandarin It is six years since Australia’s Artist Resale Royalty scheme (ARR) commenced and three years since submissions to its Post Implementation Review (PIR) closed, though the review itself has never been published. However, in the … Continue reading →

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