Visual Arts
New cultural precinct model built on social agency
The Parramatta Female Factory Precinct is a site conflicted by trauma, but is now being turned into a cultural venue…
Breaking down silos builds good cultural leadership
‘Some of my most meaningful mentors have been from entirely unrelated industries,’ says Tina Walsberger, Edinburgh International Festival’s Marketing and…
Healing art in hospitals and communities
A new collaboration between a council, a hospital, a community, and an art therapist breaks the stigma on mental health…
Terra nullius is Australia's unfinished business
Addressing the climate emergency and improving relationships with Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders means building people-to-people exchange, according to our…
The Lucid Shell/Concerning Blue, Moonah Arts Centre (TAS)
Maria MacDermott’s work plays with interactions between human forms and other organic matter, while another exhibition has four ceramicists exploring…
THEN, White Rabbit Gallery (NSW)
Tracking the first decade of the White Rabbit Gallery, THEN is an exhibition that reveals lessons in time.
Library's new exhibition space explores both state and nation
Opening the doors on their new Victoria Gallery, the State Library of Victoria redefines the role of the library to…
Don't You Dare Despair
Film is the perfect medium to inspire and provoke direct action, says the Environmental Film Festival Australia's Director, Brooke Daly.
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From an online disability art portal, to a new ACMI x RMIT partnership, Womadelaide's 2020 program, DESIGN Canberra highlights and…
The Yin and Yang of Aboriginal Art
What a 60,000 year old concept on kinship is teaching contemporary art.