Visual Arts

On courageous leadership in the arts
The prevalence of white privilege surrounding leadership in the arts needs to be acknowledged, and it needs to be dismantled.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New Director for IMA, Queensland Theatre loses AD while Channels Festival gains one, and board appointments across the sector.

What the arts sector wants from Budget 2019
From small companies to peak bodies, we’ve canvased the country for expectations of the Federal Budget.

Does the ever-present screen jeopardise creativity?
Prestigious Australian screen and stage writers discuss technology’s incessant screens and their potential impact on creativity.

Review: The Terania Creek Protest, Lismore Regional Gallery
In 1979 Terania Creek became the focus of a landmark environmental protest and one of Australia’s best-known actions against the…

Mind your mental health
Sam Grover catches up with Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho to hear how artists can look after themselves.

Review: The National 2019 – New Australian Art
Insisting it is not a survey, this tri-venue exhibition takes the pulse on art making in Australia - middle-ground thinking…

Review: Dobell Drawing Prize 21
Drawing gets a rethink at the National Art School, but does the work rise to the level of the rhetoric,…

Why WA’s Chamber of Arts and Culture is a good model for all
Essentially a lobbying body, WA’s Chamber of Arts and Culture sits between and across government, business, philanthropy and arts organisations…

Review: Ten Days on the Island, part three, the South
After epic weekends in the North West and the North East, the festival's final weekend reaches Hobart and the South.