Visual Arts
A moment for Melbourne
Melbourne's arts precinct has a new public sculpture and it needed a code and map to get it in place…
New Russian legislation gags artists
In the wake of the Pussy Riot saga Russia has passed a bill to hand out jail terms to those…
Complaints as Vivid victim of own success
Crowd control failures marred the spectacular success of Vivid Sydney.
The new censorship: a campaign against arts funding?
Was the police raid on Paul Yore's Linden Centre exhibition really the start of a right-wing campaign against arts funding?
AUDIO: Problems with resale royalties
Both artists and gallery owners have concerns about proposed reforms to secondary payments for visual artists.
New initiative for Indigenous musicians set to open in Broome
Program aims to strengthen links between Indigenous and mainstream music industry and assist in establishing long-term careers.
'Strip shows' at Gold Coast Gallery
There are no show girls in these Strip shows, displaying the similarities between Las Vegas and Surfers Paradise.
Proposed regulations ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’
The Australian Commercial Galleries Association believes that considered measures to protect artists could be too extreme.
Damien Hirst among $6million art auction investors
The online art auction business Paddle8 has raised $6 million from a group of high profile arts investors.
Borrowing without the ball and chain
Taking out a loan for an arts project does not have to mean tying yourself to banks with expensive interest…