Visual Arts
Australia registers world’s first Arts Party
The Arts Party has been registered by the Australian Electoral Commission and will field candidates at the next Federal Election,…
Executive to help grow Musica Viva
Hywel Sims has left his role as General Manager at Gondwana Choirs to take on a key position at Musica…
Ignoring the creators
The UN is investigating intellectual property law and the right to culture but failing to consider the rights of authors.
Ten Days on the Island changes name and focus
The biennial state-wide festival will henceforth be known as the Tasmanian International Arts Festival.
Giving art away
Artists in the UK, US and Europe are giving art away to engage new audiences. Is it time for Australian…
Crowdsourcing ideas for a new museum
How should a museum look and feel? The new SAM wants to find out how the public envisages the museum.
Melba defends direct funding from Brandis
The Melba Foundation says there was nothing devious about a direct funding grant bypassing Australia Council peer review.
Art in the raw
The work presented at This is Not Art is risk-taking, experimental, and sometimes unfinished – and that's what makes it…
Legends with a 50-year legacy
Watters Gallery has asked for some of their favourites back to mount a celebratory anniversary exhibition.
The book on reviewing male and female authors
For the first time the Stella Count compares not only how many books by men and women are reviewed but…