Search News

See all news

Features

Photo: Clem Onojeghuo / Unsplash.
Features

Who should assume the risk when art gets controversial – the artist or their employer?

Tensions around arts boards reveal divided opinions about artistic risk and freedom of expression.

Strong is the New Pretty. Photo: Sam Scoufus / Compadre.
Interviews

Strong is the New Pretty is about more than women kicking goals: 'It speaks to a bigger movement'

Strong is the New Pretty traces the inspiring story of how the AFLW was created, but for its creative team,…

Suzie Q. Image: MaxFoo Studios.
Interviews

Groundbreaking WA animation project Suzie Q tackles the ‘classic struggle of studying art’

Maxfoo Studios' new comedy series Suzie Q follows a 'mediocre art student' reaching for her dreams despite the pressure of…

Photo: Kevin Woblick / Unsplash.
News

Screen Australia: ‘We have to rebuild the connection between the audience and the content’

In a public Q&A, Screen Australia detailed the importance of its Screen Currency 2026 report and how it will inform…

Andrew Chapman, A Ford Cortina on fire, South Melbourne, 1979. Gelatin silver print, City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection. Courtesy: Andrew Chapman Photography.
Interviews

Watch Melbourne transform over 55 years of Andrew Chapman's photographs

Andrew Chapman’s remarkable work is celebrated in a beautiful career retrospective at City Gallery in Melbourne.

Playing at the 2026 Melbourne Fringe, Irene Holub's Manifesto of Silences marries opera, Auslan and physical movement. Photo: Irene Holub.
Interviews

Deaf artists lead the way at this year’s Melbourne Fringe

Deaf-led projects are hitting the spotlight at Melbourne Fringe, from a performance marrying opera and Auslan, to a panel talk…

Daybreaker, pictured here in New York City, presents a morning dance party at Brisbane Festival. Photo: Sasha Bianca.
Features

10 must-see highlights at Brisbane Festival 2026

This year's Brisbane Festival ranges from a morning dance party to the world premiere about the women fighting to play…

Affordable Art Fair Melbourne: an aerial view of the art fair venue showing hundreds of art stands.
Features

How can artists make the most of the rise in affordable art fairs?

Australia is one of the Affordable Art Fair's fastest growing markets. While there are opportunities for artists, the big investment…

2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards ceremony, Darwin. Photo: Charlie Bliss.
Interviews

The NATSIAAs are breaking down the polarising divide between city and remote artists

The NATSIAAs are more than an art award. They're also an evolving model of what expanded cultural exchange can look…

Performance Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2025. Photo: Wes Nel Photography.
Industry News

Ten editions on, has the Sydney Contemporary art fair kept its big promises?

While sales have ebbed, signs of market maturity and growing engagement are recalibrating how we register success of Australia’s largest…

1 2 3 4 470