Visual Arts

Brace yourself for 4-year funding rejection, warns Theatre Network Australia
As the sector waits to see which organisations will be successful in submitting an EOI to the Australia Council's Four-Year…

ICYMI: the week in arts
From poetry slam to collecting performance art; new funding models in both NSW and VIC, and an upset at the…

Review: Inked: Australian Cartoons, National Library of Australia (ACT)
Surveying the history of Australian cartoons is a momentous job but the NLA has made it a drawcard.

Dark secrets of stealing rare books
Theft of books has occurred for centuries, but cultural institutions don't always want to talk about it. We speak with…

Young dancers put their best feet forward
Members of the youth dance sector will be networking, training and performing at the Australian Youth Dance Festival in Melbourne…

Review: The Invisible Hand, 4A Gallery (NSW)
Freaked out about identity theft via your devices? This exhibition offers a darkly humourous twist on living with technology and…

NGA opens coffers for Indonesian art
The National Gallery of Australia unveils its largest acquisition of contemporary Indonesian art with an exhibition that shifts the lens…

Co-Artistic Directors announced for reimagined Melbourne International Arts Festival
Choreographer and director Gideon Obarzanek and artist, curator and festival director Hannah Fox will jointly lead the new-look festival following…

Be part of the change for disability in the arts
The arts world has a long way to go to become inclusive of artists and audiences with a disability, and…

Canberra's planned arts precinct divides opinions
A new precinct in the ACT draws arts organisations together into a new Kingston development but not all artists are…