Visual Arts
![Women with blonde hair and white shirt standing in museum exhibition. Katherine McMahon.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Katherine-McMahon-ArtsHub-1.jpg?w=310)
Shaking up the past: Katherine McMahon tells how
Katherine McMahon is shapeshifting how we engage with museums - from under six-year-olds to now tapping international engagement.
![Swell Festival. On a beach a large sculpture comprising metal triangles and attached blue cords is in the centre of the frame. Behind is the sea and a rock island. People are milling about looking at the sculpture.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Alejandro-Propato_SAILING-THE-BEACH_Image-Ravel_0Y5A3956_SWELL23.jpg?w=310)
A sculpture festival that’s bursting with pride
The SWELL Sculpture Festival is a place where art and community are inextricably linked.
![sheets of paper on clothesline flapping in wind against blue sky. Arts News.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/bernard-hermant-Rc0MCwu4Pg8-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![Youth participation in the Community Jam Wall (Mai Wiru Big Shop), lead by Warlpiri artist Robin Quinsten Jampijinpa Brown and visiting artist, Kaff-eine. A group of kids working on a colourful mural with their backs facing the camera. The mural depicts a dog and a human figure.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/IMG_4279-e1721886596374.webp?w=310)
How remote murals replaced media rhetoric with community pride
A new series of murals in Yuendumu, NT has brought community together to share stories and ignite hope in local…
![Woman with dark hair and dressed in black in dark gallery with purple illumination in background. Angelica Mesiti. Rite of When.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/20240530AngelicaMesiti_011LScrop.jpg?w=310)
First Australian artist to activate AGNSW's Tank gallery
Former Venice Biennale artist, Angelica Mesiti will take over AGNSW’s Tank gallery with a new immersive exhibition.
![Young woman dressed in black looking at art in Aboriginal exhibition. First Nations.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ever-Present_-First-Peoples-Art-of-Australia-installation-view-Auckland-Art-Gallery-Toi-o-Tamaki-2023-courtesy-Auckland-Art-Gallery-Toi-o-Tamaki-photo-by-David-St-George.-print-version.jpeg?w=310)
Wesfarmers Arts’ reconfirms partnership with $2.5 million handshake
In one of the longest corporate partnerships in the NGA's history, Wesfarmers supports learning and visibility for First Nations arts…
![Six Asian artists stand or sit next to the products of their ceramic practice.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/IMG_4278.webp?w=310)
Blue and white porcelain reimagined by 14 contemporary artists
Expect the unexpected when 14 Asian Australian ceramic artists come together to reinvent the classic blue and white piece of…
![An older Caucasian man with a white moustached tinged with ginger wears a green shirt and brown jacket. He is looking off to the right and cradling a paper coffee cup.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-4.webp?w=310)
Vale Terry Ingram
One of Australia's most respected and prolific visual arts writers has died.
![Finalists for 2024 World of WearableArt Competition announced, including Sol Invictus, who was also a finalist of 2023 WOW. A model wearing a golden wings on her head and an armour resembling the sun, standing in a power pose with more performers in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Sol-Invictus-Grandy-C-Canada-12-e1721699702843.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Creative Futures Fund for works of scale, international opportunities, plus Adelaide chorus strikes gold in Aotearoa and finalists of National…
![Three people looking inside cardboard box structure in Museum. Models.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Micro-Macro-Publicity_44.jpg?w=310)
Teaching models for physical learning in our digital world
From giant eyeballs to inedible fungi and architectural models – this exhibition looks at the history of teaching models.