Off to Oz

Time for our annual East Asia arts meeting. Normally it's somewhere practical and equidistant like Bangkok or Singapore, but this year we've struck lucky. Our tiny office in Sydney has never held a regional meeting, let alone an arts one. But why not? They've just embarked on their own year long arts festival - not on the scale of UK Now to be sure, but with some good stuff like Francis Bacon & Anish Kapoor exhibitions, Hofesh Schecter etc. So as good a reason as any to head down under. And even a sleepless overnight economy flight will not distinguish my excitement.