A great interview has range and depth, humour and pathos, and who better to deliver that than Wendy Whiteley, former wife of the late artist Brett Whiteley and creator of Wendy’s Secret Garden in Sydney’s Lavender Bay, in discussion with her friend, journalist Ashleigh Wilson, who has just written a book – A year with Wendy: Conversations about Art– to be released next week by Text Publishing.

In this episode, Whiteley opens up about everything from the way great women are hidden within our histories (including her own), to the “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll" of 1960s London and New York, to the rubbish dump out the front of her home in Lavender Bay that she turned into a heritage-listed garden.

A great interview has range and depth, humour and pathos, and who better to deliver that than Wendy Whiteley, former wife of the late artist Brett Whiteley and creator of Wendy’s Secret Garden in Sydney’s Lavender Bay, in discussion with her friend, journalist Ashleigh Wilson, who has just written a book – <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/everybody-s-an-artist-now-wendy-whiteley-on-life-death-and-why-she-doesn-t-paint-20220726-p5b4nt.html?ignorePublicState=true&amp;pcrypt=aGZyZT13aHl2bi5wbmVlLXBuZ21yeUBzbnZlc25renJxdm4ucGJ6Lm5oJmd2enJmZ256Yz0xNjY2OTI5NjI4">A year with Wendy: Conversations about Art </a>– to be released next week by Text Publishing. In this episode, Whiteley opens up about everything from the way great women are hidden within our histories (including her own), to the “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll" of 1960s London and New York, to the rubbish dump out the front of her home in Lavender Bay that she turned into a heritage-listed garden.

Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.

Good Weekend Talks features in-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now, from sport to politics to the arts, business and beyond, interviewed weekly by the country's top journalists. Consider it a magazine for your ears.

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