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Turn Turn Turn: The studio ceramics tradition
Ceramics have become hot as a medium, but this survey exhibition shows that it is not a 'new thing'.
Arts depend on pro bono lawyers
Arts Law salutes the work of its pro bono lawyers with its annual awards, in the wake of recent government…
Regional touring faces Brandis’ chopping block
Touring exhibitions that draw half a million visitors annually across regional and remote Australia are under threat as a result…
No waiver, no art
Artists and galleries are increasingly requiring visitors to sign away their legal rights before visiting impactful interactive installations.
Raising the bar for video art
24 Frames Per Second is an ambitious project that brings together 239 artists, dancers and filmmaker in the commissioning of…
How to make digital content count
Arts organisations need to take bold steps, think outside the box and embrace new partnerships and platforms to cut through…
Scholarship is the real treasure that bonds museums
AGSA exhibition Treasure Ships doesn’t have a single ship in it, but it does make us rethink the history of…
Move over MONA, Art Tower to oversee Hobart
An interactive art tower powered by the climbing effort of visitors will ensure MONA is not the only reason tourists…
Abramović v Walsh, believer v sceptic
MONA’s David Walsh and artist Marina Abramović come from polar positions: she believes in everything, he in nothing. The tension…
How provenance became sexy
Tracking provenance is the detective genre of the museum world, attracting filmmakers and journalists as well as museum professionals.