Visual Arts
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
The new year has started off with new jobs, including an inaugural curatorial appointment and a new general manager for…
Gallery 4A dining on ‘tofu art’
Chinese artist Chen Quilin pays tribute to Australia's Chinese Diaspora in a medium more usually found in its restaurants: tofu.
Solve problems through play
Adopting an attitude of play and openness inspired by children can help you get ahead in 2016.
Social media dos and don'ts for arts businesses
If you want to use Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to promote your art or arts organisation, you need to use…
How to take a leap
If you can overcome fear 2016 could be a 'leap year' in more than a calendar sense.
Landmark study measures healthy dose of the arts
You know you should have half an hour’s exercise five times a week to be physically fit. But how much…
Welcoming a newbie to the office (from the archives)
Giving new recruits a login and showing them where the toilets are is not enough to make them productive employees.
Nine tips to win public art commissions
Public art commissions are a rich source of income for artists but public funding makes them notoriously bureaucratic. Cut through…
Visual arts highlights in 2016
From Marilyn to Frida, blockbusters to biennales, the expected crowds at galleries this year mean you better pencil in your…
Do galleries earn their commission?
What do artists get for that 50 per cent commission charged by galleries? Artists and collectors alike want to know.