Visual Arts

Sculptures valued at $500,000 vanish
An art experiment designed to test the public’s reaction has gone awry, with all the works now missing or damaged.

Death and hot summers nab the 2013 Moran Prizes
One of Australia's riches prizes was announced this week, moving from dark laments to ethereal self-portraits and acts of defiance

New public funding model: investment not subsidy
Buoyed by the success of MONA Tasmania is proposing restructuring arts funding, with less emphasis on grants and more on…

PNG artist bags The Substation Contemporary Art Prize
Melbourne’s newest contemporary arts venue sets the tone with its Contemporary Art Prize going to three video works.

Sydney Ball gifts a collection worth $1M to South Australia
Astonishing paintings, astonishing gift: Sydney Ball unveils stain paintings from the 1970s in Sydney and a $1M gift in Adelaide.

Art Gallery of South Australia receives major gift
A classic Australian landscape has been gifted to the people of Adelaide.

Bus money to overcome arts barrier
The cost of travel is the most significant inhibitor to arts experience for schools but an initiative plans to change…

SAM seeks members for Foundation board
Shepparton Art Museum continues to grow through greater philanthropic giving and high quality works.

Dancers strut their stuff at a pop up dance festival
Perth is taking pop up culture to the stage with STRUT's 'Eyes Wide' dance festival.

Tiny Stadiums goes twilight
The sixth annual Tiny Stadiums Festival is set to infiltrate the streets of Sydney's Erskineville.