Australia

This week's arts news and trending topics
What's in the headlines and the arts news that people are discussing this week.

Professional development opportunity for arts educators
The National Gallery of Australia’s visual arts education conference returns January 2024.

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2023
Winners across six literary categories each take home $80,000 in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Book review: I Don't, Clementine Ford
Clementine Ford shows us how life could be for women if they weren't shackled to marriage.

Exhibition review: Misty Mountain, Shining Moon: Japanese landscape envisioned, AGSA
A rich collection of art across mediums and centuries reveals shifting connections with the Japanese landscape.

Book review: Bee Miles, Rose Ellis
Bee Miles was punished for daring to defy conventional expectations of female behaviour.

Culture as a protective factor
Taking a look at developments in arts, health and well-being practice.

Exhibition review: Parlour Parlëur, Penrith Regional Gallery
The past and the future collide in the latest fascinating "confabulation" from the ArtHitects team.

Rupert Myer calls for a Ministerial Council for the Arts
In a National Press Club Address, Rupert Myer outlines what it will take for Australia to become a ‘cultural powerhouse’,…

Artist David Bromley on mental health, Bromley: Light After Dark documentary
The celebrated painter discusses his much anticipated new feature documentary.