Australia
$1M for digitising Western Australian regional collections
A new digital project is committed to making all WA’s regional collections accessible, with additional funds for training to ensure…
ICYMI: this week’s arts news in brief
Records tumble at Arts Centre Melbourne, new leadership program announced in regional WA, festival winds up, latest program announcements, and…
Review: Bodies of art: Human form from the National Collection, NGA
NGA Director Nick Mitzevich’s maiden exhibition traverses gender, genre and history when it comes to describing the body by putting…
Review: The Wolves, Belvoir
The most powerful aspect of The Wolves is the dissonance between admiring the physical skills and focusing in on the…
Review: Zebra and Other Stories, by Debra Adelaide
Adelaide’s sharp, casual, to-the-point sentences are both silently aesthetic on the page and a pleasure to read aloud.
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
tidal.18 award winner announced, Dancenorth's Artistic Director wins 2019 Arts and Culture Award, plus Manus Island detainee wins Vic Premier's…
Review: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Darlinghurst Theatre Company
A production designed with care and featuring performances pitched to bring the audience into the cacophony that fills the silences…
Review: Become the One at Gasworks, Midsumma Festival
A tragedy representative not only of queer athletes and their partners but of the Australian Football League's persistence in modelling…
Review: Borrowed Scenery, Campbelltown Arts Centre
A regional gallery rethinks its collecting future by commissioning a gender audit, and dives deep into timely narratives about its…
From the street to the gallery: artists talk about creative transitions
Whether it’s pavement art, graffiti, or murals, creating work for the street can be a very different experience to creating…