Visual Arts

Review: So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian history, National Portrait Gallery
Rewriting the history of women into biography and portraiture in an erudite, nuanced and patient exhibition at the National Portrait…

Vale Charles Blackman – Australia says goodbye to an Antipodean legend
A portrait of him won the Archibald Prize in 1966, a Melbourne hotel was named after him, and he even…

Review: Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly Series, AGWA
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series blends fact and fiction at Art Gallery of Western Australia.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
Both Chunky Move and Expressions Dance Company's ADs step down, Board changes for Opera Queensland, new Artist Assoc for Australian…

ACT Minister seeks advice from artists
The ACT’s Minister for the Arts and Community Events is seeking expressions of interest from artists for a new advisory…

Cultural leadership: more than just a buzzword
We ask two mid-career arts professionals how studying Cultural Leadership helped them achieve their professional objectives.

4 life lessons from leading creative entrepreneurs
Here’s what local and international leaders in the arts and cultural industries have learned along the way.

Review: Art of Science, The Atrium at Federation Square
The fantastical meets the factual in these images and video stills created by medical research scientists from the Walter and…

Artists make a charge on Canberra for better rights
Artists have gathered in Canberra this week for NAVA's Future/Forward conference and to discuss a Code of Practice, copyright and…

North East Arnhem Land artists dominate this year’s NATSIAA Awards
Perhaps the strongest in its 35-year history, the 2018 NATSIAA exhibition showcases unconventional materials, innovation, great diversity and incredible spirit…