The Art Life
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The Art Life is a blog about the art scene in Sydney, Australia and was series of television programs broadcast on ABC TV.
Established in 2004 using the Blogger online service, The Art Life established itself as an independent voice of art criticism in the Australian art and media world.
Written as an anonymous blog, the Art Life's irreverent tone, humorous articles, polls and lively reader discussion provide many readers with an introduction to the often obscure Sydney art world, from commercial galleries to artist-run initiatives, art events, personalities and news.
The identities of The Art Life writers and editors has been the subject of speculation . In October 2004, The Sydney Morning Herald journalist Andrew Hornery reported that arts-writer Andrew Frost and artist Simon Barney were widely believed to be responsible. Although both denied authorship of the blog, the subsequent appearance of Frost on television as the "face" of the blog seemed to put an end to that speculation.
More recently, some contributors to the blog have been named on posts and have included Bonny Dot Cassidy, Carrie Miller, Marcus Trimble, Margaret Mayhew, Ian Houston and Isobel Johnston.