Visual Arts

Opportunity for young regional artists
Funds, professional development and networking combine in the NSW Young Regional Artist Scholarship.

Kids are a gateway drug to the arts
Many parents are taking their kids to the theatre and galleries, often for the first time themselves.

Career spotlight: Conductor
Three conductors reflect on the steps that led to their current positions, and offer advice for those following in their…

How to heal yourself with art
A book, film, or painting may be just the prescription you need to overcome anxiety, grief, depression, lethargy or ordinary…

Last tango with ethics
Revelations this week about the filming of The Last Tango in Paris raise broader issues for the ethics of hoodwinking…

What are festivals for?
As the number of arts festivals across Australia mushroom, is it time to consider the point of such cultural clustering?

Gifts of the desert
The Artists of Ampilatwatja community has developed distinctive desert art into products that make appealing Christmas gifts.

On the Move: appointments and resignations
One theatre head departs, another is appointed, and the AD of a major festival steps down.

Art that guarantees a sugar rush
GOMA celebrates its tenth anniversary with a sugar high, more than 250 artworks that challenge and play with our perceptions…

GOMA unveils a net of memory
Like ‘Chinese Whispers’, Judy Watson’s new sculpture carries the changing voices of the GOMA’s Brisbane River site.