Visual Arts

How to exercise your creativity
Creativity isn't a gift from on high. It's a skill that grows with practice and can be developed through regular…

White Night to return in 2016
Fears the popular dusk-to-dawn event had been shelved have proved groundless.

Non-professionals invited to assess excellence
The assessors for the new National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA) will have very different qualifications and procedures…

What's STEM without the flower?
Education’s hottest topic is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) while the subjects that teach us human values are undervalued.

Star Gazing: looking beyond Queensland
Approaching GOMA's tenth anniversary, we speak with Chris Saines on his vision for the Brisbane gallery and its international footprint…

Partnerships redefine the 2016 Adelaide Biennial
Lisa Slade’s take on the Wunderkammer compounds the adage that everything old is new again, stamping a fresh brand on…

Perth Theatre Company cancels remainder of 2015 season
A significant shortfall in corporate and sponsorship support has led to the cancellation of the company’s remaining two productions.

Cultural capitals: Sydney
Turning to Sydney in our latest instalment of our Cultural Capitals series, we ask leading arts professionals to encapsulate what…

My fellow Aus-tra-aliens: Aleks Danko at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art
Log Dog fits well within Aleks Danko’s body of radical – but fun – art.

An artistic feast for aspiring artists at National Art School
Sydney's prestigious National Art School will host an artful feast for its annual Open Day on Saturday August 29.