Visual Arts
Calls for end to TAFE cuts as NSW Creative Industries Taskforce releases ‘draft vision’
Visual Arts body calls for end to TAFE arts cuts as NSW Creative Industries taskforce releases 10-year draft action plan.
How does theatre change the lives of children?
Warwick Business School has launched a study to investigate the effect theatre has on the lives of children.
Artist Graham Ovenden accused of pedophilia
Renowned Cornwall artist Graham Ovenden faces trial for sexually abusing young girls who posed for him earlier in his career.
Mathew Lynn packs in Archibald Prize
Blue Mountains artist Mathew Lynn’s portrait of Tara Moss has been awarded the Archibald Packing Room Prize.
Canada announces Governor General award recipients
The Canada Council has revealed the winners of the Governor General Awards for visual and media arts.
First female Palestinian filmmaker to open Birds Eye View film festival
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir has become the first Palestinian woman whose film will open the Birds Eye View film festival.
2013 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne program unveiled in Mumbai
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne recently revealed its 2013 program at a ceremony in Mumbai.
Literary festival emerges out of censorship
Up close and bookish with Aung San Suu Kyi at Myanmar’s First International Literary Festival.
Arts education should replace literacy testing
Evidence shows the tens of millions of dollars spent on improving NAPLAN results would be better spent on using arts…
Picking winners: how future stars are spotted
Careers depend on being spotted for an exhibition of emerging artists. It helps to understand how the curator thinks.