Visual Arts
Art in China – the lotus is in bloom
That China will become the next world superpower has been the argument of economists for decades, and few now doubt…
An Ancient Prejudice: Women Artists and the Struggle for Equality
In 1989, New York feminist collective The Guerrilla Girls dared to ask the question, 'Do women have to be naked…
When disaster strikes
In a post 9/11 climate, preparation in the face of an emergency is an integral part of government administration and…
Missing, presumed stolen
Last August, the art world stifled a collective scream of frustration when two paintings were stolen from the Munch Museum…
Arts Institutions - Just in it for the money?
What's the world coming to when the Guggenheim starts selling the rights to its name? Yes this icon of the…
When Artistic Vision encounters the Bottom Line
Who hasn't dreamt of running their own gallery or museum? To turn a vision based in idealism into reality? So…
Offense - in the eye of the beholder?
Let's begin with a truism - art appreciation is essentially subjective. What can be unintelligible to one is easily transparent…
Is it war on terror or war on the arts?
Last year, Arts Hub UK carried the story of Steve Kurtz, a Buffalo University Professor of Art, who was arrested…
Bill Henson: Through the Darkness Creeping
You’ll know a Bill Henson if you’ve seen one – they’re instantly recognisable by the quality of night he captures…
Thinking Big: the conceptual background to strategy, marketing and planning
Arts Hub is pleased to bring you the first of several featured extracts from the Australia Council's 'Leading Voices' program,…