Upcoming panel discussion @ DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY

July 4, 2013

Dominik Mersch Gallery is proud to host the DANKS STREET GALLERIES
CONVERSATIONS ON CONTEMPORARY ART event:

‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ART CRITICISM?’
Wednesday 7 August 2013, 7pm

All galleries open until 7pm – now our regular late night! Plus this evenings ‘Conversation’
will be followed by a special dinner menu offered by the new Danks Street Diner

A FREE EVENT PRESENTED BY 2 DANKS STREET

The panel:
Col Jordon Artist, Emeritus Professor University of New South
Wales, former art critic, ‘Illawarra Mercury’
Helge Larsen Jeweller, Former Associate Professor and Head of
Jewellery at Sydney College of the Arts
Katrina Strickland Deputy Editor, Australian Financial Review Magazine
MC: Christopher Hodges
Venue: Dominik Mersch Gallery, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo
Col and Helge share the views of many artists and galleries about the lack of critical
reporting on current exhibitions by contemporary artists and they will talk about their
perceptions of how the landscape has changed. But is there another side to the story – are
online blogs, social media sites doing the job that formal reviews once did? Or is there really
a vacuum of criticism making it difficult for artists and galleries, particularly commercial
galleries, to engage with a broader audience? If so, why has this happened and where are
we going?

Plenty of street parking available, but
SEATS ARE LIMITED – COME EARLY!

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