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Exit Interview: Stefano Carboni, in hindsight
After a decade of steering the Art Gallery of WA through the highs and the lows, Director Stefano Carboni prepares…

Inside the mind of an art patron
What drives a collector to amass artworks, build a multi-million dollar museum to house them, then happily hand it over?

Review: West Side Story, Opera on the Harbour
More aptly "wet" side story, the show on the harbour opened, but it was a lost opportunity as a classic…

Vale Edmund Capon: a collective tribute
A week on, and the tributes are still flooding in for former director of AGNSW, Edmund Capon, demonstrating the impact…

Tony Albert shows black lives matter in first NGA facade commission
Racial profiling is the topic of the first façade animation for the National Gallery of Australia, promoting a clear message…

Who’s afraid of Aboriginal art? Not the Art Gallery of SA
The Art Gallery of South Australia adopts the philosophy that education is the pathway to understanding, with workshops for teachers…

Who’s afraid of Aboriginal art? Not the Art Gallery of SA
The Art Gallery of South Australia adopts the philosophy that education is the pathway to understanding.

Karen Quinlan’s blue-sky thinking for the National Portrait Gallery
After two months in the role, ArtsHub speaks with NPG’s new Director, Karen Quinlan, about her international aspirations and understanding…

NAVA responds to persistent NSW political interference
Coinciding with a national call out for greater artistic courage, NAVA also responds to continued political interference in arts decisions…

The 2018 NSW Museum & Gallery Sector Census demonstrates an upward swing
Small-to-medium museums and galleries in NSW attract 5.5 million visitors annually, and contribute over five million volunteer hours according to…