Museums
Shifting the stigma of regional arts
Dubbo as host of the national ARTLANDS conference is a strong case for funding regional arts over the metropolitan fringe.
Understanding youth engagement in the arts
Authenticity is the key to youth engagement, but how do you get started and how do you keep it real?
Adelaide gets a new private museum
Who was David Roche, and why do we know so little of his world-class collection until now? His private museum…
$10 million investment in Shepparton’s cultural vibrancy
New support for Shepparton Art Museum will transform the regional city's community engagement, social cohesion and cultural connection within its…
Are our art magazines in a state of crisis?
Is it funding cuts, distribution networks or the swell of online journals that is affecting art magazine sales, or have…
Unveiled: Latest program announcements
Co-productions, early announcements, site-specific work and a major new exhibition feature in this week's announcements.
Dja Dja Wurrung barks are Australian art – the British Museum should return them
The British Museum owns a number of priceless pieces of Aboriginal art, and claim they’re the best possible home for…
Scientists now curating Mona
David Walsh hopes to prove that art has an evolution based in biology in a new Mona exhibition On the…
Why we persist with landscape exhibitions
A suite of current – and contrasting – exhibitions play with nostalgic visions and future ponderings of what landscape might…
Cultural tourists head for the outer suburbs
Cultural tourism is not just for the majors. Regional arts organisations are tempting day-trippers to the metropolitan rim with global…