Visual Arts
Arts funding in Australia: the coming crunch
UK arts analyst John Kieffer warns Australia could be headed for a British-style funding crunch
Gift grows gift: Olsen donates painting inspired by Streeton
Neil Balnaves gifted a Streeton to Mosman Art Gallery in 2012 hoping to grow philanthropy. This gift by Olsen is…
Former gallery guide leaves $8 million bequest
The NGA unveils the Alan Boxer Bequest, 19 iconic paintings for twentieth-century Australian art, bolstering its holdings.
Two Sydney auctions not to miss
From quirky Australian pottery to museum quality paintings that capture a moment in Australian art history - great auction picks.
Is that a Whiteley? Why collectors buy lousy fakes as masterpieces
An obsession with names of artists, instead of the quality of the art is a key to the problem of…
Australian confirmed dead in Tunisian museum rampage
In a site usually reserved for beauty and humanity, gunmen kill 19 foreign tourists who were celebrating Tunisian culture at…
Is private funding making artists scared?
As government funding gives way to more private sponsorship, accountability is being replaced by pressure for arts companies to reflect…
How to turn a chat into an opportunity
Conversation equals wealth if you know how to leverage casual encounters into marketing opportunities.
Arts education: an antidote to cat memes
Will future historians view the internet as heralding a new Dark Age, a time of lost opportunity and widespread cultural…
Call for performing arts schools in regional NSW
Arts Party leader and independent candidate PJ Collins is campaigning for improvements to art education ahead of the NSW election.