Visual Arts
Jazz losing time to capitalism's bebop
A great festival success deserves stability. Instead Wangaratta Jazz has lost both triennial funding and visionary leadership.
Abusive tweets bloom into artworks
A Newcastle artist visualises Twitter abuse of Australian politicians, with a little help from a social scientist.
Smaller galleries are at breaking point
Small to medium visual arts organisations do double the work for less than half the funding.
How to manage intelligent workers
Creative workers need to know that they are understood and valued as a whole person and not an expendable unit…
Not lost in translation
Funding programs such as Catalyst encourage cross-cultural collaboration, but there’s more than language barriers to consider when embarking on such…
Beyond the mid-life crisis
Growing older doesn’t have to mean abandoning a career but when your body is your instrument, it does require adjustment.
Artists take over the art fair model and sell directly
The Other Art Fair has proven that artists can sell their own work successfully, and Melbourne puts the model to…
From Warhol to Dr Seuss, admen who became artists
Many artists got their start in the world of advertising though few were as brazen as Andy Warhol in treating…
Succession planning grows from restructure
Arts organisations need to be flexible and responsive, as do the people who work in them, if they are to…
Stop the simplification culture
In an age where ideas are reduced to 140 characters, culture makers need to reclaim complexity. Democracy may depend on…