Visual Arts
Opportunities and awards
New year funding opportunities and news, plus finalists of 2023 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, and more!
Wharfie workers unite! Mural a vital symbol of shared history
Sometimes a picture really does tell a thousand words – with hidden histories embedded in its skin.
How has the supply chain crisis affected artists?
Labor shortages, stranded shipping containers, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have forced artists to come up with creative solutions.
Calling artists and designers to lead change for the environment
The Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize awards $42,000 across nine categories to platform creatives who are using their…
Exhibition review: Shuo Shu 说书 (Storytelling), White Rabbit Gallery
A new exhibition at White Rabbit Gallery opens our minds to the ways we use text and contemporary storytelling.
Enter a future-thinking prize that expands the idea of ‘landscape’
Pushing the boundaries of a landscape prize, the new Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize welcomes diverse visual forms to…
Exhibition review: Spowers & Syme, S.H. Ervin Gallery
A quiet exhibition that rewards deeply, this show of Spowers & Syme maps a significant moment in printmaking in Australia.
Has Kusama sold out to Louis Vuitton?
Commercially opportunistic or creative win? Kusama and Louis Vuitton collaboration under fire.
What’s on an artist’s studio playlist?
Want to hear how The Huxleys bonded over music or learn about Abdul Abdullah's favourite podcasts? Read on.
Major cash boost for national Textiles Award
Thanks to a new sponsor, the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award is now offering $40,000 prize money.