Visual Arts

ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Largest Tiwi exhibition ever; landmark public sculpture for Sydney; Melbourne in lockdown; Palace Letters released; Darwin Festival homegrown program, and…

The real cost of defunding the ABC
ABC funding cuts undervalue both the arts and contemporary stories in our multicultural Australia, argues Vyshnavee Wijekumar.

First initiatives announced in $2M Indigenous Contemporary Music Program
The Australia Council, MusicNT and music industry bodies will share the Federal funding, consisting of $500,000 annually over four years.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Government announces over $530,000 in arts funding, Playwriting Australia announces new commissions, entries for Walkley Awards now open plus more.

Glocalism: COVID inspires the local blockbuster
As international art freight has become more difficult in a COVID and climate concerned world, major local exhibitions are the…

Joy Hester – a body of work, remembered at last
The Heide retrospective of Hester’s work marks the centenary of her birth. It comes at a time when audiences have…

Playwriting Australia announces $370,000 for theatre recovery
When theatres do start to open there could be an absence of new scripts, so Playwriting Australia has announced funding…

On the Move Latest sector appointments and departures
New CEO joins Brisbane Writers Festival, Actors Centre Australia welcomes new GM and Marketing Manager, and more.

9 tips for selling your art online
Not Rockerfeller, but want his bank account? Here are nine tips for selling your art online.

Artists Essentials Toolkit #4: Promoting your art with social media
Researching your audience, brand awareness, exploring social media management tools and the impact of paid advertising: tips and s