Visual Arts

The numbers don't add up: a response to the MPA Framework
Instead of taking the opportunity to make our funding frameworks fit-for-purpose, we're being asked to finesse an inherently flawed system…

Review: Supernatural, White Rabbit Gallery
The best work in this exhibition draws from the country’s deeper heritage to create an eloquent throughline for the viewer.

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
Yirra Yaakin's Artistic Director steps down, MELT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture appoints Guest Director, and more.

More international tourists flock to art than wineries, casinos or sport
International arts tourism has grown at a higher rate than overall international tourism over the last five years, according to…

Review: Cook and the Pacific, National Library of Australia
Two exhibitions offer a layered narrative of Captain Cook’s Pacific encounters, one that has plenty of space for First Nations…

Applause: latest funding and awards announced
2018 NSW Visual Art Emerging Fellowship awarded; five Brisbane filmmakers share $50,000 in funding; finalists for the National Photographic Portrait…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
New program announcements, annual reports demonstrate the arts matter, 11 million visitors, education initiatives and more in this week's wrap…

Review: STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition, MAAS
An experience that is quite different to the previous two Star Wars exhibitions at the Powerhouse.

Moving forward – a clearer vision for the Arts in Victoria
In the lead up to the Victorian state election on 24 November, the Shadow Minister for the Arts and Culture…

Making it as a regional artist – the realities and the wins
Nicole Welch bypassed Sydney, moving from London to Bathurst. Fourteen years on, she talks about the changes and the challenges…