Visual Arts

Is it time to rethink your career plan?
Old ideas about linear career paths no longer apply in a world transformed by technology.

How to make the most of your artist residency
Visual artist Rehgan De Mather shares his journey as an artist in residence at Melbourne's fortyfivedownstairs.

The trigger to rethinking Australia’s Venice Biennale management
Directives from the Venice Biennale have had a ricochet effect that’s rocked arts philanthropy to its core back in Australia.

Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium
Are Mapplethorpe's photographs as confronting as they were in the 1980s? Drawn from his archive, a new exhibition at the…

Applause: recent winners
Create NSW & Artbank Fellowship announced, art bursary recipient revealed, and Screenability fund distributed.

Regional Indigenous youth program takes centre stage
Regional skills development projects like Transmit at Bundanon Trust shape career pathways in the arts.

The ultimate celebration of truth
In a world of fake news, Australia's leading celebration of non-fiction, Word for Word Festival, shows us why free thinkers…

Autism and the arts: making a space for different minds
Art works which embrace neurodiversity can engage audiences in a myriad of enlightening ways.

Salary Survey reveals hard facts of our fragile sector
The latest edition of Theatre Network Australia’s biennial salary survey shows complex differences in our sector's artistic and administration labour…

Record breaker: a $3M Asian scroll tops Australian auction results
With an estimate below $10,000, a simple landscape broke Australian records on Wednesday night, selling in excess of $3M.