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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I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
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Graffiti in Melbourne denouncing the cops use of Stinger Grenades against protesters.
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Graffiti in Melbourne denouncing the cops use of Stinger Grenades against protesters.
After living with one of my two cats, I now use Jackie Chan as a verb.
As in "she Jackie Chaned her way onto the windowsill".
As in "she Jackie Chaned her way onto the windowsill".
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
After living with one of my two cats, I now use Jackie Chan as a verb.
As in "she Jackie Chaned her way onto the windowsill".
As in "she Jackie Chaned her way onto the windowsill".
Fear No Tea, sticker Fitzroy
(What would I drink?)
(What would I drink?)
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fear No Tea, sticker Fitzroy
(What would I drink?)
(What would I drink?)
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Today - 5 December - is World Soil Day.
I was looking for a photo to illustrate this. I don't have too many photos of dirt ... but here's one. Soil in the form of a dust devil (willy-willy).
Taken up near Wilmington in March.
#WorldSoilDay
I was looking for a photo to illustrate this. I don't have too many photos of dirt ... but here's one. Soil in the form of a dust devil (willy-willy).
Taken up near Wilmington in March.
#WorldSoilDay
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Today - 5 December - is World Soil Day.
I was looking for a photo to illustrate this. I don't have too many photos of dirt ... but here's one. Soil in the form of a dust devil (willy-willy).
Taken up near Wilmington in March.
#WorldSoilDay
I was looking for a photo to illustrate this. I don't have too many photos of dirt ... but here's one. Soil in the form of a dust devil (willy-willy).
Taken up near Wilmington in March.
#WorldSoilDay
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to say, yay, now they can go and read a book, play sport, yada yada, but community sports clubs have been run into the ground, school libraries under-funded and under-resourced and not properly staffed right across the country. What measure ls have been put in place to replace social media in kids’
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
to say, yay, now they can go and read a book, play sport, yada yada, but community sports clubs have been run into the ground, school libraries under-funded and under-resourced and not properly staffed right across the country. What measure ls have been put in place to replace social media in kids’
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“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
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It’s the eyes that greet you first as you pop out of the elevator on the second floor of the National Gallery of Australia.
Instantly, I was smitten. Who was she, among these luminaries. I needed to know.
Instantly, I was smitten. Who was she, among these luminaries. I needed to know.
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It’s the eyes that greet you first as you pop out of the elevator on the second floor of the National Gallery of Australia.
Instantly, I was smitten. Who was she, among these luminaries. I needed to know.
Instantly, I was smitten. Who was she, among these luminaries. I needed to know.
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If a Liberal State Government was wrecking the Victorian #StateLibrary & trashing the services it exists to provide, ALP members might be protesting. As it is, pretty much crickets. If you don't save the State Library you're going to lose more seats to indies, Teals & Greens. Interested now? #vicpol
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If a Liberal State Government was wrecking the Victorian #StateLibrary & trashing the services it exists to provide, ALP members might be protesting. As it is, pretty much crickets. If you don't save the State Library you're going to lose more seats to indies, Teals & Greens. Interested now? #vicpol
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NSW Minns gov: 'No Pride in Genocide' is a statement that's too political and that we can't be seen choosing sides on genocide
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
NSW Minns gov: 'No Pride in Genocide' is a statement that's too political and that we can't be seen choosing sides on genocide
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
Already have 🙄
Jayden Kitchener-Waters: "we won't be going away until he stands in front of the camera and admits that there's a genocide happening in Gaza right now"
Chromativor, paste-up, Merri-bek
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Chromativor, paste-up, Merri-bek
ACAB banana, Melbourne, paste-up
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
ACAB banana, Melbourne, paste-up
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The Police Association went on A Current Affair to argue against consequences for punching women in the face.
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Police Association went on A Current Affair to argue against consequences for punching women in the face.
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"Abolish Time"
Seen in Melbourne
Seen in Melbourne
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Abolish Time"
Seen in Melbourne
Seen in Melbourne
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"We are more creative than a two party system"
Seen in Downtown LA
Seen in Downtown LA
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"We are more creative than a two party system"
Seen in Downtown LA
Seen in Downtown LA
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Such an intensely Australian image
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Such an intensely Australian image
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a British government looting refugees displaced from former colonial protectorates now is it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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
a British government looting refugees displaced from former colonial protectorates now is it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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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
Surprised Adnate has gone with a red. I'd have thought purple, white and green would be more fitting. 😬
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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
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.
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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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