Staring at art is easy. Getting into collecting it doesn't always prove the case, however. You might have bare walls and empty shelves positively screaming to be filled, but you also may not know where to start. Our suggestion: Carriageworks' Cut N Polish: Artist Car Boot Sale, which is exactly what it sounds like. Actually, it's even better, because it's bringing together a whopping 90-plus Greater Sydney artists to sell their works directly to the public.
From 11am–5pm on Sunday, May 1 at Carriageworks' Blacksmiths' Workshop, no one will be standing in the middle of you and these supremely talented folks — and no one will be taking commission and reducing the funds that'd otherwise go to the artists, either. You'll also get to meet fabulous creatives, chat to them about their work and hear their stories while you're supporting their practices via a cash-and-carry setup.
The brainchild of Consuelo Cavaniglia, Jonny Niesche and Brendan Van Hek, Cut N Polish will feature emerging and established artists alike — such as Emma Maye Gibson (aka Betty Grumble), Tully Arnot, Will Cooke and Izabela Pluta, as well as artist collective Dirt Witches (who you might know from their Romance Was Born and Tom Polo collabs).
Entry is free, and prices will start from $50 — with everything from art, ceramics, prints and sculptures to clothes, art books and plants on offer.
And, because all that browsing and buying is hungry and thirsty work, Sonoma, Bar Pho and more will be on food and drink duty.
Top image: Toby Peet.