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Does an art prize need controversy to be visible today?
There are over 300 art prizes in Australia. Perhaps the only way to ensure cut through is to amp up…
Find Your Future at Australia’s top art school
Do you aspire to follow a similar path to this year’s Archibald Prize winner, the Director of Bonhams Australia, or…
Change to Australia Council funding eligibility
NAVA has criticised AusCo’s changes to grant eligibility for organisations affected by Catalyst funding, adding further pressure on S2M organisations.
Castlemaine Art Museum saved by private donation
An injection of $300,000 in donations has kept CAM’s doors open for a little longer, but staffing remains uncertain for…
Q&A with MCA’s Anna Davis
For Anna Davis curating is a kind of laboratory where you can test out ideas and discover new things. Having…
Collecting first rate Australian art is just a mouse click away
A significant $5M Australian art collection – including works by Arthur Boyd, Margaret Olley and Charles Blackman – goes under…
Castlemaine Art Museum closes to confront crisis
The much loved regional Victorian gallery closes its doors to the public as it considers how to become more sustainable.
Coping with instant fame: Cairns and Hearman speak up
How does being named the Archibald Prize Winner change an artists life? We speak with this week’s winner Mitch Cairns…
Wife, Land & Fluro: The 2017 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Winners
A lover, an ode to country and a fluro take on the perils of colonialism, but who painted them? The…
Career Spotlight: Curator
Curating is no longer about white cotton gloves and hushed hallowed halls; it is a dynamic, global and collaborative profession…