On the shore where Time casts up its stray wreckage, we gather corks and broken planks, whence much indeed may be argued and more guessed; but what the great ship was that has gone down into the deep that we shall never see. AnonTumblr (3.0; @straywreckage)http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/“How many things, Files, doorsills, atlases, wineglasses, nails, Serve us like slaves who...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/11640885407http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/11640885407Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:12:05 +1100Thinking about museums is always thinking about things – objects – and how they behave in the world,...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/11640864582http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/11640864582Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:11:31 +1100“When I think about what we do in museums, the three spheres of activity – song (or...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423525385http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423525385Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:32:00 +1000The quote is from a talk I gave recently to the Music Council of Australia. It was an opportunity to...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423472163http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423472163Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:31:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrspelFGBS1qczi0zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Cellist David Pereira playing a cello, made by Sydney instrument-maker <a href="http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/ae_smith_instruments/">AE Smith</a> in Sydney in 1953, from the Museum’s collection.</p>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423399603http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423399603Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:30:00 +1000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrspcaRqRz1qczi0zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The opening of <em><a href="http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yalangbara/">Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu</a></em>, December 2010 in the Gallery of First Australians, National Museum of Australia.</p>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423330272http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/10423330272Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:28:00 +1000I have had a lot of feedback from the opinion piece I wrote in response to the National Cultural...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/9537724880http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/9537724880Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:33:00 +1000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpzulnRwk01qczi0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972941434http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972941434Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:58:35 +1000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpzul4ZZfB1qczi0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972927403http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972927403Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:58:16 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpzukkilWa1qczi0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972912649http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972912649Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:57:56 +1000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpzuk5MF6I1qczi0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972901816http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8972901816Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:57:41 +1000“Art is unexpected youth. It always takes a direction you could not have foreseen because art...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8360836601http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8360836601Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:01:14 +1000The Art Newspaper (July/August) carries an interview with the great American sculptor Richard Serra....http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8360825519http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/8360825519Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:00:58 +1000I always wanted to hear Peter Singer talk at the National Museum and his appearance at the second of...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782219880http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782219880Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:39:57 +1000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lok1thBV4o1qczi0zo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Peter Singer, 15 July 2011</p>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782195298http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782195298Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:39:17 +1000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lok1s3DzAc1qczi0zo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782163599http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7782163599Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:38:27 +1000“Narrative is another way of making a moment indelible, for stories when heard stop the...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7247161012http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/7247161012Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:02:06 +1000I lament the loss of the Flint restaurant in the fire of 23 June. I most recently ate there with...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6853709548http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6853709548Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:09:57 +1000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln9y6yZ5OG1qczi0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6853663667http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6853663667Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:08:30 +1000Opening the exhibition Natural Forests in Bermagui, I paid tribute to the photographers whose images...http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6614687859http://ontheshore.nma.gov.au/post/6614687859Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:43:52 +1000