Features
Creative ageing is an urgent and fashionable topic, yet currently unsustainable
Creative ageing is a two-fold problem: the crisis of our artists ageing into poverty, and the lack of sustainability in…
How workplace routine makes innovation difficult
Your colleagues aren't dinosaurs - it's the routines of your workplace that prevent change from taking place.
Feeling the impact of cultural tourism beyond the majors
Artshub takes a look at how the rise of cultural tourism is trickling into regional Australia and towards bespoke individual…
Changing the way we think about audio accessibility
From audio dramas to documentary, a number of podcasts are breaking with convention when it comes to accessibility by offering…
How philanthropy is encouraging creative risk-taking behind the scenes
As arts funding becomes harder to obtain, the role of philanthropy in supporting the creative developments of more challenging projects…
Sheilas in the art market – gender bias goes commercial
Sydney Contemporary art fair was the setting for a long overdue debate on ‘gender discounting’ within the contemporary art market.
Ten of Australia's best literary comics
With news that the Man Booker Prize long list includes a graphic novel for the first time, the spotlight is…
Artists who use the politicised body in their art
A recent panel discussion at Sydney Contemporary unpacked the ideas around how the performed body can either uphold or defy…
Metamorphosis: How a visual artist became an opera designer
Artist-come-designer Mark Thompson has created the sets and costumes for Opera Australia’s new production ‘Metamorphosis’, based on Kafka’s iconic novel
How art museums finally opened their eyes to Australian women artists
The advent of second wave feminism resulted in a long-overdue re-appreciation of the works of Vida Lahey, Margaret Preston, Grace…