Visual Arts

Port Macquarie: Come out of your shell
Port Macquarie is more than beaches and colonial history: introducing one of Australia's most scenic regional culture hubs.

A $1.25M monument for the Eora
City of Sydney calls for tenders in the next chapter of its Eora Journey Project, which attempts to rebalance and…

Cultural capitals: Adelaide
In the latest in our Cultural Capitals series, we look at what Adelaide has that larger eastern states don't.

New taskforce to promote arts for successful ageing
A breakthrough in co-operation between arts, health and ageing departments will lead to improved research and services for creative ageing.

2017 Venice Biennale Commissioner announced
One of the most coveted and difficult positions has been awarded today, the Commissioner of Australian representation at the next…

Off the rack and into the museum
You can’t buy a dress worn by Grace Kelly or the Ballet Russe off-the-rack. But you can see Collette Dinnigan…

$10 an hour: harsh realities before Senate Inquiry
The Senate hearing on arts funding in Hobart was told the arts sector in Tasmania is close to collapse.

Stimulating audiences for Indigenous art
Nine in ten Australians value Indigenous art, but only one-quarter engage with it. A new report inspects the barriers and…

Moneybag: latest money news
Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts professionals have been announced as the 2015 participants of British Council’s ACCELERATE.

Fringe to mainstage: how does it happen?
Every year thousands of shows open at fringe festivals and independent venues. A few go on to mainstage productions and…