Visual Arts
Painting's not dead. It's not even sleeping
In 1839 the French artist Paul Delaroche claimed that painting was dead. The first major Australian painting survey in 10…
Lessons for arts markets from Aboriginal art fairs
New research into the success of Indigenous art fairs provides clues as to the most successful strategies in arts marketing.
Which arts organisations got Creative Vic funding?
90 arts organisations have received organisational funding from Creative Victoria, including several new entrants.
David takes on Goliath in Sydney Uni battle
Artists are challenging Sydney University’s decision to close Sydney College of the Arts.
This exhibition scares me
David Walsh gives his thumbs up to "faking it", in a hunt for recreating – or debunking – the great…
New Conservatorium of Music announced for Southbank
The $105.5 million development will include a 400-seat auditorium; construction will begin in 2017.
Artists clamour for teaching jobs
Becoming an art teacher is an appealing option for artists but jobs are not easy to find.
How to create wearable design
Costume makers turn 2D into 3D in a career path that can combine performance, film and visual art.
State earns $226 million from musicals boom?
A boom in musicals brought as much money in as the Australian Open tennis and provided 3,000 jobs.
Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies
Indigenous Arts needs its own peak bodies to enable specific outcomes to the Indigenous sector that the mainstream arts cannot…