Mark Holsworth, Black Mark
mholsworth.bsky.social
Mark Holsworth, Black Mark
@mholsworth.bsky.social
Author of The Picasso Ransom, Sculptures of Melbourne and the long-running blog Black Mark - Melbourne Art & Culture Critic. He/him
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a British government looting refugees displaced from former colonial protectorates now is it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Surprised Adnate has gone with a red. I'd have thought purple, white and green would be more fitting. 😬
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Artemis and a mini cat. #Caturday
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The truth behind claims of "white hands on black art" will be tested in the SA Supreme Court as one of the country's best-known Aboriginal art groups sues Rupert Murdoch's national masthead for defamation.
The Australian newspaper sued over 'white hands on black art' reporting
The truth behind claims of "white hands on black art" will be tested in the SA Supreme Court as one of the country's best-known Aboriginal art groups sues Rupert Murdoch's national masthead for defamation.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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ICYMI
Prabowo Denied US Visa Under Torture Agreement
www.etan.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Each time I see a proudly flown Union Jack or St George's flag, I see, as well as aggression, ignorance & self-delusion. People telling themselves a tale about a make-believe past whose sporadic positive aspects weren't what the tellers believe. Squalid fingernails clinging to an idiot's fairy tale.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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To be fair to NSW Police, it’s tough to find the time to turn back neo-Nazis when you have you hands full strip-searching teenage girls
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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William S. Burroughs: When Did I Stop Wanting To Be President? dangerousminds.net/comments/wil...
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Joy, a sculpture by artist Loui May, was erected in Sydney's Darlinghurst in the late 1990s. After hundreds signed a petition for its return, a bronze version was created and placed in the spot it once stood decades ago.
World's first sex worker statue returns home after 30 years
Joy, a sculpture by artist Loui May, was erected in Sydney's Darlinghurst in the late 1990s. After hundreds signed a petition for its return, a bronze version was created and placed in the spot it once stood decades ago.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Gina the Hutt
Street art and Star Wars references can be cruel.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm quoted in Dr Penelope Jackson new book Unseen - Art and Crime in Australia.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The majority of ALP supporters can't distinguish between mob rule and democracy.
Aus is supposed to be a country where the rule of law & natural justice applies. The Gov’s sneaky attempt to strip welfare from people before they’ve been convicted of any crime is a fundamental breach of these principles. We may as well dissolve the court system. #auspol #politas
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Stop forcing this shit on us.
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
ABC news writes a puff piece about an art faker who happens to be the wife of a millionaire when they have never published an equivalent story about significant artists like Bindi Cole or Del Kathryn Barton.
Whose ABC?
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Batman ended up in tears, but otherwise, Halloween has been going well. Lots of fairies and zombies, and often together in the same group. No witches this year, which is a change. More superheroes and skeletons.
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Put me down for Friday x

Michael Lindemann, Artists Anonymous, 2025

now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne, closes 22 November

www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/...
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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It's hard to convey just how truly terrible the @albomp.bsky.social government's Environment Protection Reform Bill is, they've outdone themselves! If this bill, in its current form, passes, the places and wildlife we love are about to have even more pain, death and destruction heaped onto them!
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I don't make the rules for Melbourne fashion but I dress accordingly.
In winter we wear black, it's the dress code. Colours aren't allowed until December.
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Minimalist display of Australian craftsmanship at the Parliament House gift shop, Canberra
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Melbs it’s been a day, and to end it with this rainbow, chefs kiss
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM