Visual Arts
Uncertain future for Tasmania's Makers' Workshop
Burnie City Council has sold off the Makers' Workshop as part of a land deal with the University of Tasmania.
This week’s arts appointments
While parliament was reshuffling the arts didn’t want to be left behind. Here are this week’s appointments.
Trailblazing Nigerian writer dies
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies aged 82 after lifetime spent detailing oppression of colonisation.
You can do but can you teach?
So you think teaching is an easy stop-gap when you can't earn enough from your art. In fact, it's a…
Yoko Ono sued over fashion copyright
Yoko Ono is being sued by Brooklyn designer Haleh Nematzadeh for allegedly stealing her fashion designs.
NZ artist designing tomb with 18,000 Anzac biscuits
New Zealand artist Kingsley Baird is using 18,000 Anzac biscuits to build a tomb depicting World War I soldiers.
Isol awarded world’s biggest children’s book prize
Argentinian author and illustrator Isol has been awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature.
China to create $800m tax-free culture hub in Beijing
An $800m arts and entertainment Freeport is set to open in Beijing in 2014.
Warhol's Mao Zedong unwelcome in China
Chinese censors cut portraits of Chairman Mao from travelling Warhol retrospective.
Art Dubai wraps up with most successful fair yet
Art Dubai recently wrapped up for yet another year, leaving organisers plenty to boast about after just having experienced its…