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First Nations photographers offer provocative and timely conversations
Riffing off photography’s traditional role as ‘witness’, HOTA showcases new appreciation of First Nations photographers as storytellers.

Exhibition Review: Consuelo Cavaniglia, Mel Douglas, Liam Fleming, Louis Grant
Four exhibitions that shift the perceptions around the medium of glass, pushing it to the front of contemporary making.

Global report takes pulse on Creative Industries
How does Australia’s view of Creative Industries fit with UNCTAD – the World Congress on Creative Economy’s view?

Exhibition review: Diasporic Dialogue, Mai Nguyen-Long and William Yang
A 30-year career searching for her voice in a diasporic landscape, Mai Nguyen-Long's work offers an exciting pathway forward.

Vale to former National Portrait Gallery Director, Angus Trumble
The gallery sector saddened by loss of an exuberant scholar with the passing of Angus Trumble.

How to get a salon hang right
Bring your personality into your home - and pull all those small works out of storage - with a salon…

When a building’s revival teeters on a government spend
Despite city funding, philanthropic investment and well hatched plans, saving Melbourne’s iconic Nicholas Building is not yet across the line.

Doodle dood offers lesson in individuality...and going viral
Turning himself, and his home, into a signature brand, Mr Doodle (aka Sam Cox) has made millions from going viral.

Arts offer the armour to battle Australia’s mental health crisis
The Australia Council is advocating for arts and culture to be at the centre of government approaches to tackling our…

Vale painter Peter Kingston
A chronicler of Sydney Harbour, painter Peter Kingston has died, aged 79.