Visual Arts
The art of displacement: how OzAsia Festival celebrates contemporary practice
From contemporary dance to Chinese comedy, this year’s OzAsia Festival explores themes including post-colonialism and global inspiration across 18 days…
Metamorphosis: How a visual artist became an opera designer
Artist-come-designer Mark Thompson has created the sets and costumes for Opera Australia’s new production ‘Metamorphosis’, based on Kafka’s iconic novel
Review: Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2018
Small in scale but large in imagination, these 40 forms provide an overview of the best of contemporary sculptural practice…
Applause: latest funding and awards announced
HOTA announces photography awards finalists, recipients of Freedman Foundation Scholarship winners announced and finalists announced in $60,000 Melbourne Prize for…
How art museums finally opened their eyes to Australian women artists
The advent of second wave feminism resulted in a long-overdue re-appreciation of the works of Vida Lahey, Margaret Preston, Grace…
More than beauty; shattering preconceptions about the make-up industry
The make-up industry is going through a revolution – and NIDA’s Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-up Services) is…
Why alone time is essential for creatives and how to prioritise it
Alone time is an essential part of the creative process, but can often be neglected or interrupted. Here's how artists,…
The international short film festival ensuring Gympie gets noticed
A regional QLD city is turning heads on the film festival circuit, curating award-winning films from around the world, and…
How Australian creatives have made it in New York (pt3)
In part 3 of our ‘Australian Creatives in New York’ series we speak with accessories designer Amy Franz on education,…
The art of tradition
Why do some events resonate so strongly with audiences that they become instant favourites, whereas other programming decisions quickly fall…