Visual Arts

Review: Between Appearances: the art of Louise Weaver, Buxton Contemporary (VIC)
Weaver is an artist who looks beyond the surface, who uses materiality and familiarity to usher the viewer into a…

How to create your ideal artistic life
Mary de Ruyter talks to two artists and asks them how their enviable creative life.

It’s street art – but not as you know it
The inaugural Can’t Do Tomorrow urban and street art festival will pack a multi-level warehouse space with locally produced art…

Who was awarded 2020 Australia Day honours?
Wesley Enoch, Rachel Griffiths and Tim Minchin are among those honoured on Australia Day for their contributions to the arts.

On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
Australia Council appoints an executive director for arts investment; meet Co:3's marketing manager and artist in residence; leadership change at…

First ever impact study of SA's small to medium sector launched
1.8 million people experienced the work made by South Australia’s small to medium arts sector in 2018, according to a…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Finalists announced for Queensland Music Awards, Performance artist Barbara Campbell receives coveted fellowship, Prime Minister's Literary Award open for entries…

Vale Annette Bezor
Rising to prominence in the 1980s, South Australian painter Annette Bezor added much to the feminist conversation in contemporary art.

Arts project Meow Wolf eyes Australian expansion
The US-based arts company is looking to bring its immersive art sites to the world and has been in talks…

Some solutions to the world of the disappearing arts
With the Arts disappearing as a Federal Government department title, David Pledger looks around the world to see how other…