Visual Arts

Corporate money but at what cost, Minister?
After the PM's attack on WA Opera, we asked Minister Brandis if arts organisations should compromise programs for sponsorship.

Small cities, big ambitions
Artists and organisations living outside the Sydney-Melbourne axis can sometimes feel overlooked, but isolation also has its advantages.

Digital marketing trends for 2014
Creating digital marketing campaigns which reflect several industry trends will help you capture attention and encourage action from a growing…

'No budget' to pay Christmas entertainers
Retail giant caught recruiting performers who later discover they are expected to work for free.

Can we be creative without even trying?
Against received wisdom, researchers find the unconscious is not necessarily the great origin of creative accomplishment.

A Manifesta without a manifesto: contemporary art in St Petersburg
Manifesta 10 walks a tightrope between confronting Russia’s right-wing drift and avoiding being shut down.

The Australian Screen Industry - Fact Sheet
The Australian screen industry makes a significant contribution to Australian culture and accounts for the largest proportion of GDP from…

Are you arts leadership material?
Leadership in the arts sector involves leading the process that connects a work of art with an audience, or links…

What's normal in visual arts?
In a tidal way of change, do things ever stay still long enough to embed a ‘normal’ state of affairs…

Opportunities and risks in booming co-productions
Artists and audiences both benefit from co-productions, but is there a risk more co-productions will mean fewer individual opportunities?