Visual Arts

You don’t need a five-year plan, you need a horizon
How to break down the starving artist myths and give mindful support for blazing your own flexible, dependable path.

Melbourne Festival announces best box office result in a decade
Josephine Ridge’s final Festival has posted a total box office take of approximately $3.3 million.

Visionary investment in contemporary visual art
A $500,000 gift will bring one of our major organisations to the leading edge of contemporary practice.

Australian Haydn Ensemble
A disappointing Melbourne Festival debut for an ensemble which deserves all encouragement.

Ironwood
The final recital in the three-year-long Haydn for Everyone Series; a cycle of Haydn’s outstanding String Quartets.

Seven steps to building your confidence
More than most fields, success in the arts depends on having the confidence to choose your own path and stick…

Writing for the boxed set
Television writing is sometimes seen as a poor cousin to book writing. But the present surge in televisual storytelling makes…
The cost of gender imbalance in the arts
Why are women arts administrators and dance teachers while men dominate theatres and senior management?

So what's the cultural capital of Australia?
Through our cultural capitals series ArtsHub has surveyed the cultural strengths of Australia’s capitals. This week we present the winners,…

Why we need art to help us remember
Art doesn’t just help us preserve the past; it allows us to breathe life back into history.