A Secondary Eye Gallery opens in Queen Street, Woollahra with a solo exhibition of rare Rover Thomas works from the 1980s and 1990s, some of which have not been seen in public. Rover Thomas was the first Indigenous artist to represent Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1990. Boris Cornelissen is a founding partner and speaks on their aims of developing the secondary market for art and collectibles in Australia. The Sydney Writers Festival Artistic Director, Ann Mossip talks us through this year’s program and we hear from guest curator and poet, Jazz Money, along with featured poet Toby Fitch.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch, from Gadigal country, we acknowledge First Nations peoples as the sovereign custodians of Country, and pay respect to Elders of past, present and to future generations. We acknowledge and value the distinct culture, customs and practices present in the many and diverse tribal nations across NSW. 

Playlist

Laraaji – Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie by Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra (int)

Release: Outer Spaceways Inc

GALLERY OPENING: A Secondary Eye – Friday 3 May 2024 by INTERVIEW: Boris Cornelissen, Founding partner (loc)

Release: 101-103 Queen Street, Woollahra

Walked off into the distance by Art test – Asta Hiroki’s Folded Music (int)

Release: Single

Sydney Writers Festival: 20-26 May 2024 by INTERVIEW: Ann Mossop, Artistic Director (loc)

Release: https://www.swf.org.au/

Lightgeist by Jonny Drop – Andrew Ashong (int)

Release: Puzzle Dust

Mango Cool by Cheo (int)

Release: Single

INTERVIEW: Jazz Money, Guest Curator of Sydney Writers Festival by https://www.swf.org.au/program (loc)

Release: https://www.jazz.money/

Bewitched by the Sea by Aura Safari and Jimi Tenor (int)

Release: Sensory Blending

Long Day by Brainstory (int)

Release: Ripe EP

INTERVIEW: Toby Fitch, poet and editor by Sydney Writers Festival: https://www.swf.org.au/program/season-2024/a-line-in-the-sand-twenty-years-of-red-room-poetry/ (loc)

Release: Avant Ga Ga [poetry event] https://www.facebook.com/groups/352270972833/

I’ve Got Reasons by The Greyboy Allstars (int)

Release: Get A Job: Music from the Original Broadcast Series Soul Dream