Visual Arts

Art invites us to look deeper
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Bundanon homestead, Siteworks 2016 explores the links between what has passed, what…

How to be a cultural leader
What makes a cultural leader in the arts today? This is a question the new Master of Fine Arts (MFA)…

An art school is not greyhound racing
Handing on the torch can come with challenges. We speak with the National Art School directors about strategic succession.

How artists use social media effectively
Social media can be a vital career-building platform or vanity publishing that gets in the way of your real work.

AFTRS new courses tuned to industry and student needs
How much is the Australian Film Television and Radio School responding to the industry? Can it adapt to a new…

Shorts that lift hearts
Emotional warmth and uplifting stories set Heart of Gold apart from the grit and grunge of many contemporary film festivals.

New scholarship recognises curating as PhD research
UNSW Art & Design and the Museum of Contemporary Art have partnered to offer a PhD scholarship that places research…

Up close and personal: body ethics and risk
From Eve to the Kardashians, the body has always garnered reaction but Australian laws leave us with a grey area…

Where to next for arts philanthropy in Australia?
What is the state of arts giving in Australia, and can more be done to foster arts philanthropy?

Richard Flanagan: This is not my Australia
The Man Booker-winning author cited the leaked Nauru files as an answer to why writing matters.