Visual Arts

Get ready to renovate: $2.5 million available for cultural infrastructure
Arts buildings in NSW are in for a revamp, with $10 million over four years drawn from gaming taxes on…

Cultural tourists head for the outer suburbs
Cultural tourism is not just for the majors. Regional arts organisations are tempting day-trippers to the metropolitan rim with global…

Performing arts world comes to Australia
For the first time in 15 years, the International Society for the Performing Arts Congress has chosen an Australian venue.

Next Wave co-CEO resigns
Meghan Bourke, Executive Director & CEO of Next Wave will part ways with the festival only days before its program…

Perth Writers' Festival: Day One
Masculinity, climate change in speculative fiction, and Magda Szubanski were among the attractions of the festival's first day.

Perth Writers' Festival: Opening Address
Roman Krznaric speaks on empathy - an overriding theme of the 2016 Perth International Arts Festival.

Perth Writers' Festival: Day Three
Social issues and well-being were a major theme of the festival's third day.

Remaking the World by Julie Rrap
Remaking the World challenges inscribed gender roles in celebration of human imagination and artistic output.

Festivals: once the circus has left town
What legacy do festivals leave behind them, and how important are such concerns for contemporary festival directors?

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
The movement in artistic directors continues, leaving a position open while a new role opens up in the Visual Arts.