Museums
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…
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
The movement in artistic directors continues, leaving a position open while a new role opens up in the Visual Arts.
Do galleries have a responsibility to commission work?
Risk and new creative territory are core to commissioning for some institutions, building visibility and viability in the arts ecosystem.
Museum Victoria facing major change
After 15 years under a single CEO, Museum Victoria is facing a year of transition and the need to fill…
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
A major appointment is made in the performing arts, a search begins in the museums sector and artists are named…