Image: Untitled (Decanted rack) 2013 by Clare Rae, featuring in Melbourne Now. source: www.ngv.vic.gov.au
I had another life before becoming an arts journalist. That is not unusual. Most people who work in the arts can say the same, having moonlighted in other professions, hopscotched across the sector, and moved between the minors to the majors.
This is why arts professionals are so valuable – they have a bag brimming with incredibly niche collected knowledge. Such as how to clean a milkstone by Wolfgang Liab, source ants for a Yukinori Yanagi installation, or drain a formaldehyde tank by Damien Hirst.
