Visual Arts
Mathew Lynn packs in Archibald Prize
Blue Mountains artist Mathew Lynn’s portrait of Tara Moss has been awarded the Archibald Packing Room Prize.
Canada announces Governor General award recipients
The Canada Council has revealed the winners of the Governor General Awards for visual and media arts.
First female Palestinian filmmaker to open Birds Eye View film festival
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir has become the first Palestinian woman whose film will open the Birds Eye View film festival.
2013 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne program unveiled in Mumbai
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne recently revealed its 2013 program at a ceremony in Mumbai.
Literary festival emerges out of censorship
Up close and bookish with Aung San Suu Kyi at Myanmar’s First International Literary Festival.
Arts education should replace literacy testing
Evidence shows the tens of millions of dollars spent on improving NAPLAN results would be better spent on using arts…
Picking winners: how future stars are spotted
Careers depend on being spotted for an exhibition of emerging artists. It helps to understand how the curator thinks.
Twitter to launch music app
Popular social networking site Twitter has revealed plans to launch its very own music app.
Japan prints the world’s smallest book
Japan has broken the Guinness World Record for the world’s smallest book, creating a book with pages the size of…
Ai Weiwei plans to release heavy metal album
Dissident Chinese visual artist Ai Weiwei has revealed plans to release a heavy metal album.