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Perth Now
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Aussie artist keeping music real by singing about taboo
'What's the point of making music that's not real?' For Australian alt-rock artist Tyne-James Organ, singing about mental health — while it is a taboo topic — is important to him after going through a rough year in 2024. Organ was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been on a journey managing his mental health and after a short break from music, he is ready for his next body of work to be out in the world. 'I think (mental health is) a very taboo kind of topic, to be honest, you know, like, not everyone, or many people, for that matter, talk about these things. And for me, it's something that I personally am dealing with, and have been dealing with throughout my life,' he said. 'I just felt like that's a conversation that's just so important, and it's always been there in my music, but I think, last year and stuff like that, it's finally been the time where I felt the need to address it with my fans and audience and just the general consensus of people. 'But I just think it's, it's such a big and important conversation, and there's, there's just not enough conversation around the seriousness of it.' Organ's second album The Otherside was released on Friday and includes 12 tracks that detail moments in his life from happiness to heartbreak. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. With his songs stemming from a personal place, Organ said he didn't filter his songwriting. 'The songs all kind of touch on to that one theme about 'the other side', whether that being life or death, the other side of happiness and hurt and just a lot of family as well,' he said. In celebration of the album, the Wollongong-raised singer will be touring nationally, hitting Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Rosemount Hotel in Perth on May 30. Organ has been to WA many times during the beginning of his career but hasn't been back since 2021 and is keen to say hey to his Perth fans. 'I love Perth. I've always had such a good time coming over,' he said. 'I think everyone since COVID-19, though, is always like (artists) tend to leave it out because of all the costs and everything that's gone on. So I'm really stoked that we managed to add it for this tour and I'm super keen to be back.' For the show, fans can expect to see Organ soaking up every inch of the magical feeling performing live brings him, especially during some of the delicate moments. Tyne-James Organ. Credit: Jack Shepherd 'Everything is stripped back, the band leave the stage for a second and it's just myself and my guitar and having that moment with the crowd,' he said. 'And nine times out of 10, I do close my eyes in those moments, but when I do open them and see the emotion, the mouths all singing back, it's another feeling I can barely even explain it right now.' To help make the album come to life, Organ worked with highly-sought after ARIA award-winning producer Chris Collins and bunkered down in his Byron Bay hinterlands studio. He said being out in a calmer, nature-filled environment, rather than the city, really got the creative juices flowing. 'It's a very special place to be for one, but to be able to create there, like Chris, his studio is on this massive property that just feels like you're in the middle of nowhere. Just sitting out (on the porch) on the couch with my guitar, with a beer and just kind of sitting and getting in the zone,' he said. 'Being present in that nature kind of setting really just helps me craft my lyrics best there.' From his new single Love Me Back exploring the complexities of relationship dynamics, raw honesty on the title track featuring Gordi and embracing his true inner self, managing ADHD and finding calmness within it all on Sunny Side Up. For All On Me, Organ created at home on the piano with his mum and nan watching on and worked with Matt Corby on track Sometimes that is something more 'fresh and exciting' for him. Following his tour, Organ plans to chip away at album number three and keep on touring. 'I've never done a regional tour before, so, I want to come over to like WA and hit up some more regional towns. I want to do that all through the country, for that matter, and then hopefully some festivals,' he said.
West Australian
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Tyne-James Organ: Aussie singer wants to create talk around mental health with new album The Other Side
'What's the point of making music that's not real?' For Australian alt-rock artist Tyne-James Organ, singing about mental health — while it is a taboo topic — is important to him after going through a rough year in 2024. Organ was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been on a journey managing his mental health and after a short break from music, he is ready for his next body of work to be out in the world. 'I think (mental health is) a very taboo kind of topic, to be honest, you know, like, not everyone, or many people, for that matter, talk about these things. And for me, it's something that I personally am dealing with, and have been dealing with throughout my life,' he said. 'I just felt like that's a conversation that's just so important, and it's always been there in my music, but I think, last year and stuff like that, it's finally been the time where I felt the need to address it with my fans and audience and just the general consensus of people. 'But I just think it's, it's such a big and important conversation, and there's, there's just not enough conversation around the seriousness of it.' Organ's second album The Otherside was released on Friday and includes 12 tracks that detail moments in his life from happiness to heartbreak. With his songs stemming from a personal place, Organ said he didn't filter his songwriting. 'The songs all kind of touch on to that one theme about 'the other side', whether that being life or death, the other side of happiness and hurt and just a lot of family as well,' he said. In celebration of the album, the Wollongong-raised singer will be touring nationally, hitting Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Rosemount Hotel in Perth on May 30. Organ has been to WA many times during the beginning of his career but hasn't been back since 2021 and is keen to say hey to his Perth fans. 'I love Perth. I've always had such a good time coming over,' he said. 'I think everyone since COVID-19, though, is always like (artists) tend to leave it out because of all the costs and everything that's gone on. So I'm really stoked that we managed to add it for this tour and I'm super keen to be back.' For the show, fans can expect to see Organ soaking up every inch of the magical feeling performing live brings him, especially during some of the delicate moments. 'Everything is stripped back, the band leave the stage for a second and it's just myself and my guitar and having that moment with the crowd,' he said. 'And nine times out of 10, I do close my eyes in those moments, but when I do open them and see the emotion, the mouths all singing back, it's another feeling I can barely even explain it right now.' To help make the album come to life, Organ worked with highly-sought after ARIA award-winning producer Chris Collins and bunkered down in his Byron Bay hinterlands studio. He said being out in a calmer, nature-filled environment, rather than the city, really got the creative juices flowing. 'It's a very special place to be for one, but to be able to create there, like Chris, his studio is on this massive property that just feels like you're in the middle of nowhere. Just sitting out (on the porch) on the couch with my guitar, with a beer and just kind of sitting and getting in the zone,' he said. 'Being present in that nature kind of setting really just helps me craft my lyrics best there.' From his new single Love Me Back exploring the complexities of relationship dynamics, raw honesty on the title track featuring Gordi and embracing his true inner self, managing ADHD and finding calmness within it all on Sunny Side Up. For All On Me, Organ created at home on the piano with his mum and nan watching on and worked with Matt Corby on track Sometimes that is something more 'fresh and exciting' for him. Following his tour, Organ plans to chip away at album number three and keep on touring. 'I've never done a regional tour before, so, I want to come over to like WA and hit up some more regional towns. I want to do that all through the country, for that matter, and then hopefully some festivals,' he said.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amid Political and Financial Turmoil, Frieze New York Kicks Off With With Robust Sales
After days of simultaneously damp and drizzly weather, Frieze New York opened its doors to a warm, bright, and energetic morning on Wednesday. Compared to last year's spring art week, this year's is especially jam-packed, with Frieze and TEFAF's US edition separated by just 24 hours instead of a week. And so, the sales floor was animated throughout the VIP day. On top of the bevy of fairs, there are a multitude of gallery shows, museum exhibitions, and art fairs opening or already on view this week. In a market where collectors are choosing to take things more slowly when it comes to spending their time—and their money—than in previous years, that is seemingly a good thing. More from Robb Report A 1930s San Francisco Home Lists for $19.5 Million With a Garden Apartment Bill Gates Will Give Away $200 Billion and Shutter His Foundation by 2045 Koenigsegg's Hypercar Just Set Two More Bonkers Speed Records But there's more in the air than talk about the market. The aisles buzzed with conversations of the financial and political state of the world. 'This week will set the tone for how the global market will behave in the coming months,' London-based adviser Arianne Piper told ARTnews. 'The unfortunate truth is that the political situation has disrupted that. It's not so much the current economic situation but the fear of the economic consequences of that situation.' That said, Piper added that the people who made it out to the Frieze on Wednesday are buying. 'It's not about the money. It's about the bandwidth.' Notably, Gagosian had a solo presentation of three sculptures by Jeff Koons, the artist's first collaboration since departing the mega-gallery's roster in 2021. This trio 'Hulk' works—Hulk (Organ), Hulk (Tubas), and Hulk (Dragon and Turtle)—came from Koons's personal collection and were installed in front of a custom vinyl backdrop, derived from his 2007 painting Triple Hulk Elvis III. 'The fair is off to a great start and the response to our booth has been phenomenal,' Gagosian senior director Millicent Wilner said in a statement, which noted that Hulk (Tubas) had already sold. When ARTnews asked about the price of each of the three mixed-media works, the gallery declined to comment, but well-places sources tell ARTnews that Hulk (Tubas) sold for $3 million. Thaddaeus Ropac, which currently has spaces in three European cities and Seoul, reported a strong start at Frieze New York, with a slower but more deliberate pace of sales despite strong attendance. 'People are taking their time and being really considered,' he said, adding that the gallery remains 'cautiously optimistic' about overall results. Early sales include Liza Lou's Zeugma (2024) for $225,000; Joan Snyder's mixed-media Float (2015) for $210,000; David Salle's Bow Tie (2024) for $130,000 to a US-based collector; a Martha Jungwirth painting for €85,000; and a Robert Longo drawing for $65,000. Two small works by Megan Rooney sold for £18,000 each, with a larger painting, priced at £75,000, currently on hold. Georg Baselitz's Motto: sexuelle Niete sagt Heidegger sagt Celan is also on reserve for €1 million. Pace Gallery kept things sharp at Frieze New York with a two-artist presentation pairing Adam Pendleton and Lynda Benglis. Pendleton himself curated the booth, which features four 'Black Dada' paintings from 2024 and two 'Movement' paintings from 2025. For her part, Benglis has six bronze sculptures, completed between 2021 and 2024, that play off Pendleton's canvases, showcasing their different approaches to abstraction. All six of Pendleton's paintings found buyers within the first couple of hours of the fair for between $165,000 and $425,000, while multiple works by Benglis sold for between $275,000 and $300,000. New York dealer Andrew Kreps described the first day of the fair as going 'really well' with great energy for Jes Fan's 2023 sculpture Cross Section (Right Leg Muscle II) selling for $26,000; Harold Stevenson's 1967 painting Untitled (Hand sign language) going for $70,000; and Hadi Falapishi's Professional Painter in a Dream (2025) for $25,000. The gallery also sold four editions of Roe Ethridge's UV-cured pigment print, Ranunculus in Copper Pot at Hermes, 24 rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré Rooftop (2023), for $16,000 each, and Ernie Barnes's 1995 Study II for The Dream Unfolds was also on hold. Interest came 'across the board,' Kreps said, primarily from collectors in New York and Miami. When ARTnews asked if he was concerned about sales at Frieze during what many consider a cooling interest in contemporary art, Kreps replied that it helped that his prices were in the low-to-mid range. 'Today, I felt there would be a lot of enthusiasm, and I think people are wanting to get out there and think about art,' he told ARTnews For its booth, Casey Kaplan Gallery had a solo presentation of glass and stainless steel sculptures by Hannah Levy, with several works, priced between $45,000 and $80,000, selling to US-based collectors during the first day. 'It's been good energy,' senior director Emily Epelbaum-Bush told ARTnews, noting new collectors and curators dropping by the booth. 'We've seen people we haven't seen in some time. We're really excited about the beginning of the fair.' Goodman Gallery, which has locations in Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as New York and London, had a group display highlighting artists who have had important international spotlights over the past year. A large-scale painting by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, fresh from her solo exhibition last year at the Barbican in London, sold for $90,000 to 'a seminal New York collection,' the gallery said. Additionally, a work by Carrie Mae Weems, from her 2021 series 'Painting the Town,' sold for $100,000 to a Dutch collector. Both works were sold with the promise that they would be donated to institutions in the future, according to the gallery. Their presentation also includes works by William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, and Ravelle Pillay, alongside new pieces by Yinka Shonibare and Kapwani Kiwanga. 'Obviously, you know, it's an intriguing time to be in the United States—if not the world,' said Anthony Dawson, director of the gallery's Cape Town location. 'It's wonderful to see that people are still so committed to the production of contemporary art.' Karma also reported a successful first day at Frieze New York, led by the $350,000 sale of Owl for Emil (1958), a modestly sized painting by Gertrude Abercrombie, who is currently the subject of a major retrospective at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Other noteworthy sales include Richard Mayhew's Mountain Mindscape (1969) for $350,000, Manoucher Yektai's Blue Table (1960) for $275,000, and Reggie Burrows Hodges's Referees: To The House (2021) for $175,000. Tina Kim, who brought to the fair a range of works from the women artists in their program, sold works by Lee ShinJa, Ghada Amer, Pacita Abad, and Suki Seokyeong Kang for between $80,000 and $200,000. It's not surprising that there was a great deal of interest in the future of Frieze, which as of last week has a new owner (if only tangentially). Earlier this month, Endeavor Group Holdings sold Frieze, along with its magazine and global portfolio of fairs, to its Ari Emmanuel, Endeavor's former CEO, and a consortium of investors for a reported $200 million. That sale was the spark of speculation among more than a handful of VIP day attendees, though few were willing to speculate or give Frieze's new owners advice. 'There's an opportunity here, to really increase the revenue stream and come up with a new, innovative business model,' author and art market observer Magnus Resch told ARTnews. 'The simple business model of real estate arbitrage isn't working anymore. You can't just open new locations.' For Resch, the future of art fairs would involve variable pricing models for the galleries that participate and an expanded offering: watches and collectibles, something Resch admits might alienate existing patrons. He added, 'Frieze has a chance to become the leading player in the art world. They just have to stop living in the past.' Best of Robb Report The 10 Priciest Neighborhoods in America (And How They Got to Be That Way) In Pictures: Most Expensive Properties Click here to read the full article.
Reuters
23-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Law grad job rates surged to historic highs in 2024, ABA data shows
April 23 (Reuters) - The employment rate for law school graduates hit record highs in 2024, according to data, opens new tab released by the American Bar Association on Wednesday, defying predictions that a double-digit enrollment surge would weaken job prospects. Within 10 months of leaving campus, more than 82% of last year's juris doctor class landed jobs which require bar admission. That percentage, representing the highest rate ever recorded by the ABA for bar admission jobs, was up from 80% in 2023. For jobs that either require bar admission or for which a J.D. provides an advantage, the employment rate was more than 87% in 2024, an increase from nearly 86% the previous year. Those strong employment numbers are especially notable because the class of 2024 had nearly 11% more graduates than its predecessor, meaning there were 3,722 more new lawyers competing for jobs. Nationwide, 38,937 students graduated from ABA-accredited law schools in 2024. The 2021 surge in new law students, which came in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, left some legal academics worried that the entry-level job market would not be able to absorb them all when they graduated in 2024. But the number of 2024 law graduates in jobs which require bar admission increased more than 13%, more than making up for the larger class — a development University of St. Thomas law professor Jerome Organ called 'unbelievably stunning' in a blog post, opens new tab analyzing the latest jobs data. Organ said a wave of lawyer retirements may be creating more job opportunities for recent law graduates. 'The attorneys that started the significant, sustained growth in the legal profession in the late 1970s and early 1980s are finally starting to retire or die in significant enough numbers to counterbalance new entrants into the legal profession,' he wrote. Law firms and government were the two areas that saw the biggest entry level job growth in 2024, the ABA data shows. The number of new law graduates in government positions increased 20% between 2023 and 2024. The number of graduates employed at law firms of any size increased 13% year-over-year. Law firms enjoyed strong profits in 2024 amid robust demand across a wide array of practice areas, including litigation, corporate work and bankruptcy. It's not clear, however, how the class of 2025 will fare in those areas. A freeze in federal government hiring has halted much of law student recruiting, while law firms have pulled back on summer associate recruiting each of the past two years. The number of 2024 law graduates who were unemployed and looking for work 10 months after leaving campus was up nearly 3%, though the percentage of the class that was unemployed was slightly lower than in 2023, the ABA data shows.
CBC
25-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Victoria County restoring some accountability by reinstating public Q&As: councillor
Victoria County council is restoring public question-and-answer sessions after council meetings. In January, councillors decided to do away with them. They also stopped allowing comments on the county Facebook page and ended the livestreaming of committee meetings, which Coun. Fraser Patterson said makes the county less transparent and less accountable to the public. At Monday's council meeting in Baddeck, Patterson tried to have all three decisions reversed, but was only successful on the Q&A sessions. "We've had this for 20-some years," said the longtime councillor. "We have never really had major incidents. Sometimes the discussion can get a little heated, but that's part of the process. That's part of democracy." Patterson said he's heard from some unhappy residents and of the three council decisions, the ability for residents to question councillors is probably the most important one. Councillors voted unanimously to rescind their decision on that, but couldn't agree on what form the sessions should take. Several suggested questions should only be permitted on topics that came up at that day's council meeting and that time limits should be enforced. Coun. Donna Matheson-LeFort said no one was trying to stifle free speech, but the format needed to be reasonable. Warden Jackie Organ said it made sense to bring back the Q&As. "If that's what the people all want and they've said it loud and clear, we'll bring it back [in] some kind of fashion," she said. "Not sure what that's going to look like, but we'll be talking about that in the future." Organ said the topic will come back to the committee of the whole for further discussion. Meanwhile, Patterson also made motions to reverse the decisions on Facebook comments and livestreaming committee meetings, but no other councillor would second those motions, so they did not get debated. Patterson said both options would allow more residents to participate in county decisions. He said with a large, sprawling county, it's important to give young people who use the internet for many activities and people with accessibility challenges a way to easily connect on public matters. Meetings are held at the municipal office in Baddeck in central Cape Breton, but the county runs north to the tip of the Island. 'You can never be too transparent' "I don't think we gave it a fair chance before," Patterson said. "We only had one livestreaming of the committee-of-the-whole meeting," Patterson said. "You can never have too much information and you can never be too transparent. Personally, I thought it would have added to the transparency, but council made a decision and I'll abide by that." Organ said council meetings are livestreamed, so it's not necessary to broadcast committee meetings, where topics are discussed but no decisions are finalized. "Nothing is being hid," she said. "Nothing can be passed in the committee of the whole. It all has to be passed at a council meeting, so everything is on record and it's livestreamed then." 'Facebook page not for comments' Organ said lately, no one has been complaining to her about transparency.
