Australia
Documentary: indies much happier with draft guidelines

1984
An early reference to ‘watching refugees drown’ pulls this eerily relevant performance even closer to home.

Sydney and Berlin swap galleries
Dominik Mersch has moved to Berlin for a month in a brilliant initiative to drive fresh collectors for Australian artists.

Avoiding disaster when galleries go bankrupt
Absconding without paying artists for work sold is not only a serious breach of trust but also criminal.

Pain in the Arts
Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional; a frank look at the arts in Australia, why there's pain and how…

Move over Pixar – it's our turn to animate
If it’s not Disney or Pixar, it’s not animation, right? Wrong. QUT sets us right with a new interactive exhibition.

Freelance actor scores a new role
St Martins Youth Arts Centre has announced its new Executive Director and Co-CEO.

Artists encouraged to return to school
A $180,000 Artists-in-Schools program will fund artists to return to their old school as mentors in their art form.

Can you register a colour trademark?
So you have found the perfect green (or purple or orange) but what if someone else found it first?

A chance to put your hand up for design icons
An upcoming auction at Shapiro brings together two collections of design greats.