Visual Arts

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.

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…