Visual Arts

Reframing MPA funding so that the whole sector is in the picture
Important questions about ambition and fairness are being asked as part of the review of the Major Performing Arts Framework.…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Winner of Sculpture by the Sea Announced; finalists for art award tidal.18 revealed, $50,000 Evelyn Chapman Award winner announced, and…

Death in art: it’s so hot right now
From a contemporary response to Frankenstein, to an aural exploration of the body decaying after death, artists across the country…

What Rhana Devenport has planned for the Art Gallery of South Australia
In the face of recent funding cuts in South Australia, Devenport believes that the Art Gallery of SA remains pregnant…

How meditation helped my creative practice: 8 artists share tips
Artists share the ways in which meditation has brought clarity and a sense of control to their arts practice.

Angus Trumble reflects on his time at the National Portrait Gallery
Taking risks, working with government and escalating the acquisition program: the National Portrait Gallery's outgoing Director reflects on his five…

Review: spaced3 - north by southeast, AGWA
This exhibition concludes a three year project centred on an artists’ exchange between Nordic and Australian visual artists.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New AD at Yellow Wheel; Executive Director appointed at Monsalvat; Aboriginal health researcher joins Adelaide Fringe Board, new Board appointments…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
New $300,000 Fellowship announced, latest program announcements, culture and creativity contributes $111.7 billion to economy, Piccinini’s Skywhale returns to the…

Word for Word Festival: getting real in the post-truth era
Witness great writers and thinkers such as Helen Garner, Kerry O’Brien, Clementine Ford and the Hon. Bob Carr unpack the…