The relevance of art in the age of blockbuster exhibitions, video games and reality television will be explored during a free public lecture in Tumut on Wednesday 30 September by artist, writer, curator and Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Dr Johannes Klabbers. “Only art which has truth and beauty in equal measures is able to move people,” said Dr Klabbers from the School of Visual and Performing Arts at CSU at Wagga Wagga where he is postgraduate coordinator and course coordinator of the Master of Arts Practice. “The rest is either interior decorating or entertainment.” Dr Klabbers is targeting his informal presentation, ‘Looking at, and Making, Art in the 21st Century’ at art lovers, arts practitioners and those who do not understand art but would like to. The CSU lecturer will also discuss exhibitions he has curated and would like to curate, as well as showing visual and audio documentation of his works. The free public lecture, which is co-hosted by CSU and Tumut Shire Council, will be held from 6pm on Wednesday 30 September in the Montreal Community Theatre, Russell Street, Tumut. CSU wines and cheeses will be served after the lecture.