Joanna Mendelssohn

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Art historianLives in the inner west with two dogs
Australian art
Art criticism
Inner West
My review of #Magritte, published
Rene Magritte’s “A Variation of sadness” shows that his famous whimsical humour can at times tend to be macabre.
Currently on view at the Magritte exhibition at the #ArtGalleryofNSW
#Magritte
At the same time as people on welfare benefits were being gaoled hounded to their deaths for money they didn’t owe, one of Australia’s richest men was ripping off the ATO. When it looked as though he’d be caught, he cut a deal. One law for the rich, one for the poor #auspol
Excellent article in today’s Canberra Times by @JennaPrice
Reposted by John Mendadue’s blog, Pearls & Irritations
Hardly a surprise
Well here’s a howdy do! Just after that wonderful, optimistic photograph of two little boys was published in 1967, Victor Hookey the Indigenous child, was stolen by the “welfare” authorities & given years of misery. Good story ⁦‪@smh‬⁩ #auspol
In today’s SMHAge the English-born (and still affiliated) Tony Abbott shows that he doesn’t understand that taking over someone else’s home and all their assets is a bit more than bad manners.
#TheVoiceToParliament #VoteYes #auspol
If the UK was in any shape or form an actual democracy, this story in The Guardian is a reminder that #Feudalism lives
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