Visual Arts

Council path puts Sculpture by the Sea at risk
Despite a 22-year track record, community support and being a boon for local tourism, Sculpture by the Sea Bondi is…

It's a new dawn, it's a new day - CIAF is a frontier for artistic sustainability
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, we speak with Artistic Director of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Janina Harding on how remote communities…

Review: Unfinished Business, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (ACT)
This exhibition demonstrates the importance of experimental art spaces supporting solid and sustained local practice in the shadow of the…

Upcoming art prizes you need to know about
With hundreds of art prizes and awards in Australia, knowing the ones to choose isn't easy when it comes to…

How to thrive, not just survive, when your company is defunded
As arts organisations across the nation await news on the Australia Council's EOI process for four-year funding, one company reflects…

Bendigo your go-to destination for winter arts
The regional Victorian city of Bendigo comes alive with three major cultural events this winter.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
NAIDOC Awards presented, Write-ability Fellows announced, 4A Beijing Studio Program residents unveiled, 2019 Art Music Awards program revealed, plus more…

On the Move: the latest appointments and resignations
Co-Artistic Directors announced for Choir of Hard Knocks and Melbourne International Arts Festival, Co-Executive appointed at ACE Open, new board…

Why we need a bold national vision for culture and creativity
With a new Federal Minister for the Arts, Andy Miller thinks it is time for a bigger vision for our…

Review: Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award 2019, Shepparton Art Museum (VIC)
The six finalists’ works reflect the possibilities and challenges of a medium no longer confined to the purely utilitarian.