Visual Arts

Driving cultural ambition with touring performances and global partnerships
Hong Kong is driving its arts and cultural strategy with touring performances to Australia and a global partnership with Art…

What a $20 million lifeline for Sydney’s cultural life buys
‘Our creative workforce increasingly can’t afford to live or work here,’ Clover Moore, Lord Mayor. ArtsHub look at the City…

Exhibition review: Alphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau, Art Gallery of New South Wales
This comprehensive exhibition showcases 200 Mucha works, from posters to sculpture, jewellery and more.

How do you move a 13-tonne sculpture?
Lindy Lee's enormous $14 million sculpture ‘Ouroboros’ makes its way to Canberra with a police escort across three states.

This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Craft as a universal language: IOTA 2024 reveals lead artists and theme
The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial returns for its second WA edition to channel the diversity and communicative powers of craft.

Empowering refugee artists through music and culture
Refugee artists performing at the Spirit of Welcome Community Festival on 16 June will be renumerated at industry rates.

Art Money pulls back in economic squeeze
Art Money, the interest-free financing platform for artwork purchases, has made the difficult decision to pause operations due to capital…

Questions raised over ‘Simpler. Fairer. Faster.’ arts funding model
Create NSW has announced a new approach to its arts funding model, but first reactions say it favours competitiveness over…

The Burner effect, part one – Nevada murals
The Nevada Free Range Art Highway, where civic walls are bright with murals and out-door museums are the norm, is…