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

Features

Who owns AI image copyright?

AI-generated imagery is here to stay. But who actually owns it and should artists be worried?

Features

Curator reveals small town’s most explosive hidden moment

An early act of environmental activism is being revisited to bring new perspectives to contemporary issues.

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Reasons we paint: Indigenous artists speak on tampering allegations

Indigenous artists and art centre workers voice their thoughts on APY Lands art tampering allegations.

hundreds of lights appearing in the night sky over the ocean in a patterned display.
Features

Night sky storytelling making its mark in regions

A series of large-scale ephemeral light and sound installations is reverberating across regional WA.

URanIamWeAreAFAILINGLAND, 2008, synthetic polymer on canvas, by Blak Douglas.
Features

As Australia’s nuclear sub fate is sealed, memories of Maralinga resurface in art

The Australian art canon has a lot to say on the prominent themes currently making headlines.

Audiences roaming around a gallery space looking at contemporary portrait paintings.
Features

Pitch versus reality: can new National Collection loan scheme be as accessible as it aims to be?

Looking beyond the headlines of this major announcement, questions arise around its viability – especially for the smaller galleries it…

a small group of performers under the canopy of a tall karri forest.
Features

As Bjork departs more climate action art stars descend

Epic performances sparked by artists’ commitment to climate action are proving powerful drivers of awareness and environmental hope.

a shadow of an artist crouching over a camera against a red earth rocky outcrop in the Kimberley region of Australia.
Features

Remote Indigenous artists zooming in on photography

New work in photographic mediums is shining light on First Nations stories we don’t often get to see.

Features

Teen takeovers in regional Australia: what’s happening outside the major cities?

It's not just the capital cities that are opening up their gallery spaces to teenagers.

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Dance review: Tracker, Perth Festival

Wiradjuri director-choreographer Daniel Riley's powerful tribute to his Great-Great Uncle, Alec ‘Tracker’ Riley.

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