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Powerhouse invests $180,000 into living Australian artists
Setting an agenda to support contemporary practice, the Powerhouse has awarded six $30,000 commissions to Australian glass and ceramic artists.
Rethinking a design career for the 21st century
UNSW Art and Design’s revamped Design degree prepares students to be innovative thinkers, makers and entrepreneurs.
Avoid burnout by managing your energy levels, not time
Burnout is less about time, and more about how you manage your sleep, what you eat and simply, your equilibrium…
Learning from failure: Why doing a U-turn is OK
Embracing failure is one of the hardest challenges we face as professionals. How we communicate about and use those failures…
Q&A with public art maestro Bruce Munro
Wisdom on managing an international career, public art bureaucracy and fatigue from one of the world’s most celebrated artists working…
New $100,000 Generations Fellowship open to contemporary musicians
In a new industry partnership, Powerhouse Museum is calling for early career musicians to apply for a suite of Fellowships…
Artist Jim Lambie rethinks our world to the beat of disco music
A bunch of carrots, sunglasses and even an old railway sleeper, offer a punchy rethink of painting in a new…
Cornelia Parker, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (NSW)
A palpable and political exhibition, Cornelia Parker's eponymous exhibition offers a cautionary tale on hasty commentary, demonstrating that the simple…
Is Mike Parr Australia’s greatest artist?
Whether draining his own blood to use as paint, burning his artwork or painting a gallery white-on-white, Mike Parr has…
Bruce Munro: Tropical Light, Darwin (NT)
When a light festival moves from a hodgepodge of projections to a solo exhibition of illuminated sculptures, is a refreshing…