Visual Arts
![Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championships brings together riders and artists. A First nations man riding on a horse inside rodeo grounds while holding an Aboriginal flag.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/20230509RoadtoRodeo-261-e1720660462849.jpg?w=310)
Rodeo unites First Nations riders and artists
A series of experiences at Kiakati arts and culture precinct have been programmed for the Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo…
![‘Built Photography’ installation view at MAPh, featuring a print hanging from a scaffold on the right hand side, printed photographic images leaning against a wall and fabric printed pieces on the ground.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/IMG_4252-e1720578778435.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Built Photography, MAPh
An exhibition challenging the spatial and conceptual 'flatness' of photography.
![Imogen Batt-Doyle, winner of The Cloncurry Poetry Prize 2024 with an ode to the Outback. Photo: Supplied. A person squatting on the peak of a mountain with the sun setting in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Imogen-Batt-Doyle_winner-2024-1-e1720506159677.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Residency to create site-responsive work inside chic hotel, winners of Bush Music Fund, crime book finalists, and more!
![Red coloured photographic portrait of a man from mid 19th century. Gauguin](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Paul-Gauguin-wearing-a-Breton-vest-1891-bw-photo-French-Photographer-19th-century-Bridgeman-images-e1720569134789.webp?w=310)
Everything other than Gauguin: addressing the dilemma
We listen, we learn, we ponder, we argue with ourselves and, hopefully by the end of it, we gain a…
!['Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Photo: Supplied. A darkened room with mannequins displaying vibrant garments with floral patterns.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/449081369_848144784012149_1325723359247983281_n-e1720498691830.jpg?w=310)
Dutch designer’s leap of faith in Australia pays off
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen first visited Australia for skydiving aged 17. Now the creative mastermind has brought a…
![Gallery with cement floors and colour landscape paintings. Arthur Boyd.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Bundanon2024WilderTimesphotoZanWimberley-009.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Wilder Times, Bundanon
What were you doing in 1984? This exhibition positions Arthur Boyd's iconic landscapes alongside other artists of the day.
![Gertrude Street Projection Festival. A negative black and white image of a clock is projected onto the side of a building. Cars are parked in front. Behind colourful projections appear on the side of tall blocks of flats.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Anne-Wagner.-Am-I-Awake-Now-2022-Image-Credit-Matto-Lucas-e1720568900412.jpeg?w=310)
Gertrude Street Projection Festival stumbles
The annual projection festival will not go ahead this year, amid concerns over continued insufficient funding.
![Man in blue jumper standing with fashion on manequins, Martin Grant.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Martin-Grant-Portrait-Josh-Robenstone-3.jpg?w=310)
200 fashion designs gifted to NGV
Paris-based Australian fashion designer Martin Grant gifts significant collection to NGV ahead of exhibition.
![Woman in jeans and red jumper reading a book inside with warm drink.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/matias-north-Y74XgxhQaGE-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
Winter warmers: 18 new art books to curl up with
Warm up with these new art publications hot off the press.
![Man sitting on chair outside with paper pages raining down on him. Arts news.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/dmitry-ratushny-O33IVNPb0RI-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
This week's top arts news stories and most read reviews.