Visual Arts
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
AWGIE Awards presented, People's Choice winner announced for The Lester Prize, Women's Circus receives performance commission, shortlist for 2021 Victoria…
Museum wins award from the couch
The digital experience, Museum at Home, which reached 18.5 million people online, is celebrated in 2020 Victorian Museums and Galleries…
Arts industry specific loan scheme announced
Following an agreement between the Morrison Government and two major banks, Australia’s first arts and entertainment loan scheme has been…
So you want my arts job: Mona Director of Museum Concept and Vision
With an obscure title – and one totally befitting to the unique Mona brand – Elizabeth Pearce tells us about…
On the Move: Latest appointments and departures
Bundanon Trust CEO steps down, A New Approach appoints new Board, Kill Your Darlings appoints new Deputy Editor, and more.
Why you need a tree change (from the archives)
People working in the arts and creative industries are moving out of the city and finding the tree change to…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Belvoir and STC granted exemption on audience numbers, Overlapping Magisteria opens at ACCA, high-flying PIPPIN comes to Australia, plus more…
Indigenous designers are usurping the mainstream Australian fashion agenda
‘The timing is right now, because it’s led by First Nations designers,’ says Piinpi curator Shonae Hobson, of the first…
How street art can revitalise a city
Postponed due to COVID, the first edition of the Fivex Art Prize will soon be announced with artworks to be…
Creative industries inquiry demonstrates need for national cultural policy as hearings continue
Australia’s Parliament is holding an inquiry into the creative industries. Ben Eltham looks at the evidence given in public hearings.