Sometimes art goes bad. Look at her face. The horror. This is not intentional. I wasn’t trying to create an image of a women who had been...

There’s people quarantined in their homes, on cruise ships and in hospitals. International flights are cancelled, schools are shut and...

Studio space in Seattle is really hard to come by. I was fortunate that Clare Johnson had landed a residency and would be out of the...

Taking risks sometimes pays dividends. The risk is worth the reward. Other times, they fail terribly. Like at my high school dance....

It’s early January and I am standing in the gentle rain outside Blick’s. There’s a man in a glitter top hat reeling off tunes to passing...

Sydney Contemporary kicks off Thursday 12 September and I'm almost bursting out of my skin with excitement to be there to see the...

Around this time last year I wrote to Les Murray, Australia’s greatest contemporary poet, to ask if he would sit for me. His reply was...

What's the future of art in 2019. Ray Monde takes a look at the year ahead and plans to get stuffed

Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...

Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...

I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...

I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...

I’m working late into the night on a new series that focuses on the suburbs. It was inspired by a recent trip to Madrid where I saw a lot...

What makes a great work of art? How do you separate the best from the base? What makes an artwork worth $110.5 million such as a recent...

It’s rare to get up in the face of artists. See their work. Hear first hand what their work is all about. When you’re at exhibition...

I play silly mind games with myself. I always have since I was a kid. Last year, before The Other Art Fair Sydney, as I undressed to get...

I’m going to say it right now, I love Dan Kyle. He’s a young guy, living in the mountains taking an obsessive look at the Australian bush...

I love now. I love this moment. I love the start of something new. This week I started a new series. A series exploring childhood...

Getting a commission is an exciting prospect, being asked to create a bespoke artwork for a benefactor is exhilarating. But it’s also a...

Self Portrait as an Ultra Nationalist, 2013, Abdul Abdullah, c-type print 155 x 110cm The phrase ‘It’s a small world’ is being given a...