Jo Pickup, Author at ArtsHub Australia

Jo Pickup

ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Jo's Latest Articles

office work. A group of three young people (in their twenties) sitting around a table with their laptops, laughing,

Features

How often have we worked at the office this year?

Many of us are now in hybrid working arrangements, and this year showed there are positives and negatives to this…

Jo Pickup

Dec 19, 2023

War memorial art. A sculpture garden with green grass, some trees and a series of smooth sphere-shaped stone droplets placed on the grass around the trees.

Features

Does this new sculpture change how we publicly memorialise war?

A new permanent sculpture at the Australian War Memorial may signal a shift in how we publicly acknowledge veterans’ experiences.

Jo Pickup

Dec 13, 2023

Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. A bearded man wearing a gold crown on stage sgainst a black background.

Features

30 years of Indigenous storytelling with depth and generosity

Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company marks three decades of sharing Indigenous stories with the world.

Jo Pickup

Dec 5, 2023

At the End of the Land. Image is a swirling blue haze with a black circle in the middle in which stands a woman with black top and shoulder length hair.

Performance Review: At the End of the Land, PICA Performance Space, WA

A non-linear and Lynchian solo performance, with visual and aural extravagances.

Jo Pickup

Nov 29, 2023

Italian art. 18th century oil painting of a croweded lavish outdoor Italian banquet set against a Roman architecture style forum.

News

Grazie Bella! NGV starts program to boost Italian art access

From Mantegna to Moschino, the NGV is celebrating its Italian art and design Collection in a new program that welcomes…

Jo Pickup

Nov 28, 2023

Interior view of a gallery space at the Tate Britain museum showing a series of 17th century oil paintings in decorative frames.

Features

‘Free the art!’: artist in dialogue with state collection highlights gaps in digital access

A recent artist residency has looked into levels of online access to artworks held in Australian art collections. The results…

Jo Pickup

Nov 21, 2023

Aboriginal artist Mervyn Street, pictured in 2023, standing on a balcony of an old art shed. He wears a blue shirt and a cowboy hat.

Features

The art story behind the $180 million class action win led by Mervyn Street

A recent class action over stolen wages has brought past injustices to light. The paintings of the case’s Lead Applicant,…

Jo Pickup

Nov 14, 2023

Dance review: CEASE/FIRE, C Shed, Fremantle, WA

A dance work which sharpens our eyes to difficult themes of war and its consequences, choreographed by May Greenberg and…

Jo Pickup

Nov 10, 2023

Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira sitting with a young Aboriginal student in an art class.

Features

Aboriginal art in the classroom: state gallery model proving welcome support

Educational resources developed by the Art Gallery of South Australia are having nationwide impacts.

Jo Pickup

Nov 7, 2023

circus. Image is gleeful young girl throwing arms up in the air, in front of palm tree lit up by coloured lights against a dark sky. Other performers in the same t-shirt can be seen behind and to the side of her.

Features

This primary school’s a circus … and its results are no joke

This clever partnership shows how circus classes are not about clowning around, but a model with important skills outcomes for…

Jo Pickup

Nov 2, 2023

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