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Art for life’s sake
Indonesian artists speaking at the Regional Arts Australia Summit believe art should transcend beauty alone to question history.

A town that's a cultural gold mine
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, host for Regional Arts Australia's biennial conference is not 'not just another mining town'.

Big names join ‘forward-thinking’ directors
Two more influential figures are announced as the latest additions to Sydney Theatre Company’s board of directors.

Files can’t wait: the future of the National Film and Sound Archive
The NFSA has been conducting a fence-mending exercise with stakeholders after its recent restructure drew an angry reaction.

I see a hotel and I want to paint it red
Opening August, The Watson is the latest in a chain of boutique Art Hotels and takes its name from Indigenous…

Ready for the cultural gold rush of the year
The city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is gearing up as host to the largest regional arts gathering in Australia.

Centre to the edges: does art travel?
Regional Arts Australia Summit: Arts & Edges challenges the route art takes, and intends to alter it, just slightly.

Australia's Top 30 most popular artists
Good news: Australians are interested in contemporary local visual artists and they want boundary-pushers more than ram-shearers.

Is critical dialogue a dying art?
Recent debate on The Conversation serves an opposition between print and online media, but online reviewing deserves a fair go.

Adelaide becomes immersed in Asian art
Culturally rich and contemporary, two new exhibitions for OzAsia Festival will premier at the city's Samstag Museum.