Visual Arts
Small wonders with big ideas
The sculptures may be small but the potential audience is big for those who enter the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.
No joke for portrait winner
The winner of the Kogarah art prize is best known as a comedian.
Art World mourns Warhol’s Superstar – Ultra Violet
Remembered as a purple-loving starlet from The Factory scene of the 1960s, Ultra Violet showed her art up to her…
Drawing from the best
Illustration is not just for picture books. The category winners for the AOI Illustration awards include a huge range.
Portrait of the customer as a type
Melbourne’s art scene is moving towards personalised work, as shown by the sellout opening night of artist Rasmus Sandberg Sloth.
Art's got it covered!
Famous artists designing album covers is not a new thing, but here are a few you may not know about.
Independent artists angered by Minister for the Arts
The independent and small-to-medium sector have reacted angrily to comments from Senator Brandis suggesting they have no accountability and do…
Broaching the gap between East and West
Australian furniture and objects travel to Beijing in a first showing of design cultural exchange in Broached Retreat.
New funding for the Australian Museum – but is it sustainable?
Australia's oldest museum has announced an upgrade courtesy of the NSW government.
Why we buy e-books but still borrow print
What place do ebooks – hold in the reading behaviour of Australia’s 10 million public library borrowers?