Visual Arts

New $32M arts centre for Sydney
Arts philanthropist Judith Neilson is set to expand her Sydney footprint with a new art centre that gets the "green…

Senate Inquiry hearings begin in Melbourne
Voices heard in the first of five public hearings into the impact of the 2014 and 2015 budgets on the…

Unveiled: This week's program announcements
A sneak peak at Sydney Festival, a film noir musical, and artworks inspired by Shakespeare are among this week's announcements.

Energies and Actions: Conferences to activate the MCA
The Energies in the Arts and Civic Actions conferences bring participants together to interrogate practices & ideas.

Thirty years of the Melbourne Festival
The 2015 program features increased opportunities for conversation and engagement, as well as the chance to reflect on the Festival's…

$22.2 million for Indigenous Visual Arts Industry
A top-up of promised funds will help bolster resources to nearly 80 Indigenous-owned arts centres and art service organisations.

Kudos: Leading the pack this week
Six scholarship named for Sculpture by the Sea, distinguished composer and scientist are honoured for their services, and Victorian Museums…

$100,000 to support NIDA fellowship
Funding for fellowships to support the artists and creative professionals who are set to become our next cultural leaders.

Working in Asia: The real time difference
Countless arts projects in Australia-Asia arts projects falter over different understanding of time.

No Minister: An artist's encounter with Senator Brandis
Behind cocktails and canapes there was a fiery exchange at the Helpmann Awards this week.