Visual Arts
Ever wanted to write the ‘art wank’?
Jane Clark of Mona is actually paid to write 'art wank' for a living. Here she talks about writing the…
Plants and Punk disrupt Sydney’s new Metro system
Through two new C3West projects, artists Lauren Brincat and Tina Havelock Stevens rethink Sydney’s new metro system as a Plant…
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From a spate of art fairs to early 2020 program announcements and ticket offers for upcoming Festivals, we bring you…
Arnhem Land again trumps this year’s NATSIAA, but trends are surprising
Yolngu artist Djambawa Marawili wins the $50,000 Telstra Art Award with a painting that shows the international impact of Aboriginal…
Making great propaganda art
Bad politics inspires great art. Street artist Peter Drew needed to tell the world ‘Real Australians say welcome’ and here’s…
Getting the best results out of an arts journalist
Writing about the arts is changing at an exponential rate with constant disruption in the media landscape. Gina Fairley shares…
What Australians can learn from Smithsonian’s Accessibility Director
30-years of shaping disability access programming for America's largest cultural institutions brings lessons for change and a strong read on…
The neon installation festival luring community out after dark
A festival in Melbourne’s inner suburbs is bringing the community together after-dark to experience installations in an enchanted neon-lit garden.
How to survive a film festival
Film festivals are an endurance test but there are techniques to ensure you get the most out of the opportunity.
Review: Unearthed, Eden Gardens (NSW)
This sculpture event is a stellar example of how philanthropy can help artists take a deeper dive into thorny topics,…