Australia

Disability Arts: the last avant-garde?
Is it a movement or a right? A disability-led panel takes the pulse on aligning rhetoric and action when it…

Stories in ink: The ancient artwork informing modern tattoo practice
A new exhibition explores the history of Japanese traditional tattoo culture, tracing its development as a cultural artform and influence…

What does it take to win the $35,000 Bowness photography prize?
Entries for the William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize are now open. Do you have what it takes to win?

Review: Encounters with Mr Handel, St James’ Church, Sydney
Meeting Herr Händel in the halls of Enlightenment was not entirely a success.

Book Review: Murder on Easey Street by Helen Thomas
Much can be inferred from reading between the lines of this well documented cold case.

A new foundation for Australian women’s art
Busting gender disparity in the visual arts wide open, Sheila is a new foundation aimed at building collections, and awareness.

Review: Australian String Quartet – Moore Beethoven Brahms (NSW)
A soundscape, brand new quartet and two classics.

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Charles Sturt University’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream revels in the incongruity and farcicality of lovers and couplings.

National Indigenous Arts Awards honour young and old
The awards recognised artists working in mediums ranging from screen and stage to shell necklace making.

$225.5M for creative sector in Victorian budget
The budget includes a $6.4 million package supporting programs and events benefiting independent artists and small organisations, and $128 million…