Visual Arts
Roadmap leads museums and galleries away from colonialism
The Australian Museums and Galleries Association’s new First Peoples roadmap provides clear direction on improving Indigenous engagement and employment.
Sure, promise me an artist fee - then not pay me
32 artists affected by the Biennale of Australian Art (BOAA), band with NAVA to expose the unpaid contracts.
New winter festival to replace White Night and Melbourne Festival
How will the combined festival – with its added focus on tourism and business – impact artists?
7 pillars of wisdom from Neil MacGregor
He’s led London’s National Gallery, the British Museum and Berlin’s Humboldt Forum. Neil MacGregor is in Australia and shared his…
World’s top museum professionals to congregate in Sydney
One of the world’s most prestigious museum conferences, CIMAM, brings industry leaders together to consider the evolving practices of the…
ICYMI: this week’s arts news in brief
From unpaid artists to Election policies, Museum Week wisdoms, coups in the festival sector, and grant rounds announced ... it's…
Vale Dean Cogle
The Gold Coast artist was farewelled by a tight-knit creative community just days before his retrospective opened at HOTA, leaving…
We need to talk: How artists react to political ideas
OK Democracy unpacks political interference and the ideas of freedom, fake news and political hype on the election eve.
Election not taking culture seriously
The funding of arts and culture in this country reflects a political climate that does not take culture, or arts…
Rebranding for relevance
Rebranding is more than switching logos. It should be a total recalibration of how your audiences engage with your collections.