Visual Arts

Feeling the pressure, AMaGA places its annual conference on pause
With growing sector pressures, financial instability and a looming election, the Australian Museums and Galleries Association has put its national…

Opportunities and awards
Crime writing awards now open, plus winners of Gallipoli Art Prize and Newcastle Short Story Award.

Arts news watch: this week's trending topics
We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition to open at Melbourne Museum
The first and only LEGO 'Star Wars' exhibition premieres in Melbourne.

Exhibition review: de-centre re-centre, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
A cohesive survey exhibition that points to the strong relevance of photographic media within the wider context of contemporary art.

Canberra opens Our Story, a new exhibition exploring Aboriginal-Chinese heritage in Australia
Telling the untold story of Aboriginal-Chinese Australia.

Exhibition review: Signal to Noise, National Communication Museum
Noise has accompanied every technological development; will we ever be free from its static?

Former Ambulance Station proves successful regional model as creative hub
As artists flee our cities with rising costs, this model proves that vibrancy and connection need not be lost.

Textile-based artworks unfurl narratives of diversity in Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden
Women from Multicultural backgrounds find connection through storytelling via plants and textiles.

New Indigenous Literacy program kicks off
Four First Nations creatives head to Sydney to skill up for new futures as publishers, graphic designers and writers in…