Visual Arts

Songwriting as a career pathway
What qualities and skills are needed by today’s aspiring songwriters with sights on the international action? It’s a lot more…

How can the voice be visualised?
A new touring exhibition explores how the voice is reimagined in contemporary art, while at the Powerhouse Museum a collaboration…

Text me babe!
Artists have been using text in their art since the 1960s, but a suite of new exhibitions presented nationally reboot…

You’re kidding: Rembrandt and Pipilotti Rist have things in common?
What could this world-renowned 17th century Dutch Master have in common with pioneering video artist Pipilotti Rist?

Interdisciplinary art meets the contemporary farm
The Wired Open Day Festival is more than just an art festival; it’s a multi-sensory, immersive art experience that explores…

Why we need poets more than ever before
International and local poets meet in NSW to celebrate the spoken word, reminding us the power of human communication and…

Kaldor project looks at sound as a medium
Like a message in a bottle, a colonial rotunda above The Rocks in Sydney is used in tandem with Mozart's…

Applause: recent winners
Indigenous elder honoured with winning portrait; Filmmaker fund distributed; Choreographic award competitors revealed, and more.

How do you solve a problem like Queensland?
Queensland artists are in high demand overseas. Queensland artists are also moving to southern states to survive. How to resolve…

National alliance formed to champion artists’ wellbeing
Australian arts organisations commemorate World Mental Health Day with the announcement of a new, sector-wide initiative.