Visual Arts

Three key psychological pressures - and how to cope
A life in the arts makes you more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression but knowing the touchpoints is…

Human rights film festival on tour
The Human Rights Art and Film Festival tour has begun in Melbourne with an arts program not only to entertain…

Seeing in the dark at Sydney Film Festival
This year’s 2014 Sydney Film Festival illuminates audiences in a thematic vision of seeing in the dark.

Afghani love story a competition finalist at Sydney Film Festival
Love Marriage in Kabul will offer Sydney Film Festival audiences a thoughtful insight into the tradition of marriage in Afghanistan.

Australian mystery feature Touch premieres at Sydney Film Festival
South Australian writer-director Christopher Houghton will premiere his first dramatic feature Touch at the 2014 Sydney Film Festival.

Sydney Film fest to Focus on China
The 2014 Sydney Film Festival will feature a contemporary blend of Chinese cinema.

Town Hall Hub becomes the beating heart of Sydney Film Festival
For the third year running, Sydney Town Hall will be turned into a central meeting Hub for the Sydney Film…

Alice Prize 2014 winner awarded
A barren room and a snow-capped European landscape propped against a wall have combined to win the $25,000 Alice Art…

Our heads up for Head On
Australia’s largest photography festival kicks off this week in Sydney and it’s looking better than ever.

Graduating artist hatches $35,000 prize
The level of her ambition was what won this graduating artist the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Prize.