Visual Arts
Where art criticism goes wrong
Australia's art critics are mostly obsolete old fogies, gushing insiders or fence-sitting press-release summarisers.
Why artists are the vanguard of the new workforce
Far from living a ‘Peter Pan lifestyle’, artists hold the key to the creative values which are the future of…
Come our end: closing the gap with Indigenous culture
Closing the Gap shouldn't mean bringing Aboriginal Australians to some white standard but bringing all Australians to an understanding of…
Preparing for tomorrow's creative economy
The study of creative industries is being recast in terms of the possibilities of cultural economies, a far cry from…
Quick courses to land a job
In a pickle and need some cash? We’ve rounded up seven super-short courses you can do to get a job,…
The Poetry of the Present
Read the full 2017 Peggy Glanville Hicks address on how musicians help us find new meaning in our present.
Are you condescending to your audience?
The fashion for museum 'didactics', turns off art audiences who feel its patronising and moralistic undertones.
Beyond the unicorn future
The idea of a single future is as mythical as a unicorn. We need to be ready for a complex…
Inspire60: Ken Unsworth
VIDEO: Self confessed footy lover, arts patron and one of Australia's most avant garde artists Ken Unsworth tells us what…
Counter-urban movement city arts doesn't see
The absence of major performing arts companies at the key regional arts conference indicates a failure to see the vitality…