TAI MITSUJI

Based in: Eora/Sydney, Australia

Tai Mitsuji

Tai Mitsuji is a writer and art historian, who holds a Masters (with Distinction) in Art History from the University of Oxford. He has taught art history at the University of Sydney and was recently awarded the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship for his PhD at Harvard University. He currently sits on the editorial board of Runway Journal, and has previously written for a variety of domestic and international publications.

FEATURES

Cultural Capital: You Know Who You Are

March 16, 2022

The art world snobs we know and love(?)...

Cultural Capital: The Reasons You Buy Art

October 27, 2021

The arguments to whip out at your next dinner party as to why you dropped 20k on that new piece in the sunroom.

Cultural Capital: Rules of Engagement

May 3, 2021

How (not) to talk to an artist about their work.

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Alex Seton

November 26, 2020

Watch Tai Mitsuji in conversation with Alex Seton about 'The Ghost of Wombeyan (a History of Forgetting)'.

Money Sullies Art: Starving artists

October 22, 2020

In this expanded Money Sullies Art, we address the cultural expectations that frame the economic plight of artists today.

Behind the Scenes: The White Idea

October 22, 2020

Might we be seeing the beginning of the end of the white cube?

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Bill Henson

October 5, 2020

Watch Tai Mitsuji in conversation with artist Bill Henson about 'Untitled'.

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Gideon Rubin

September 30, 2020

Watch Tai Mitsuji in conversation with artist Gideon Rubin about 'Red Ribbon'.

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Braddon Snape

September 30, 2020

Watch Tai Mitsuji in conversation with artist Braddon Snape about 'Allusive Object (in Red)'.

VIDEO: Pull Focus with Tom Polo

May 26, 2020

What makes this artwork WORK as a work of art?

Helen Eager: Keeping Composure

May 5, 2020

Over the past four decades, Australian artist Helen Eager has remained devoted to the pleasure principles of abstraction.

VIDEO: At home with James Drinkwater

April 8, 2020

Noel McKenna: The quiet maverick

April 7, 2020

Rejected from architecture school and slipping into fine arts training by the skin of his teeth, Noel McKenna has gone on to become one of Australia’s most important contemporary practitioners.

Cultural Capital: The art world smoke and mirrors revealed

January 21, 2020

Our writers reveal the smoke and mirrors of the art world.

Cultural Capital: Talking about your collection

October 11, 2019

How to not sound like a pompous p**** when talking about the artists in your collection.

Agenda: The Real Thing

October 11, 2019

With new technology opening up innovative ways of viewing and collecting art, what does it mean to attend a commercial show in the 21st century?

Eric Bridgeman: Sides of the Shield

September 28, 2019

Eric Bridgeman’s latest works traverse the boundaries of conventional canvas painting, rendered on both sides of Wahgi shields.

The Commercial: Talent and Nous

September 27, 2019

Far from its humble beginnings in a small shopfront in inner-city Sydney, The Commercial – now occupying a nine-metre-high concrete warehouse – is all grown up.

Chalk Horse: Chalking it up

June 28, 2019

With a new space and a new mission, Sydney ARI turned commercial gallery Chalk Horse is no one-trick pony.

CIAF 2019: A Decade On

June 24, 2019

In 10 years of growth and development, the ethos of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair remains resolutely unchanged.

Measuring Up

March 17, 2019

With seemingly endless costs and nightmare-inducing logistics, we ask: why do Australian and New Zealand galleries even bother to attend international art fairs?

Lifecycle Of A Collector: Expanded Collecting

October 11, 2018

Ready to take your collector journey to the next level? Introducing expanded collecting.

MAF 2018: Going Solo

August 17, 2018

The new Melbourne Art Fair places its focus on tightly curated solo presentations.

Brook Andrew

Brook Andrew appointed 22nd Biennale of Sydney artistic director

August 16, 2018

The forthcoming Biennale of Sydney artistic director is travelling far and wide in his search for art.

Auckland Art Fair 2018: Undiscovered talent

May 13, 2018

A new sector at AAF 2018 gives collectors access to up-and-coming artists.