Visual Arts
A 50-year milestone for First Nations arts that looks to the future
Eldership, advocacy and gearing for the future, Purrumpa invites sector leaders and emerging voices to gather in a momentous celebration…
Doodle dood offers lesson in individuality...and going viral
Turning himself, and his home, into a signature brand, Mr Doodle (aka Sam Cox) has made millions from going viral.
Exhibition Review: HOME|LAND
HOME|LAND interrogates personal and cultural ideas of heritage and home, by six Tasmanian artists.
Vale painter Peter Kingston
A chronicler of Sydney Harbour, painter Peter Kingston has died, aged 79.
National Museum’s first major redesign finally ‘bold and imaginative’
The recently opened Great Southern Land gallery at the National Museum of Australia signals a triumph in the institution’s redevelopment,…
Celebrating home-grown hero of Queensland theatre
The life and work of theatre practitioner and entrepreneur, Bryan Nason celebrated 'off stage'.
Exhibition review: 1000 Year Plan for Gertrude Glasshouse
A complex mixed media showing of works on paper, glass sculptures, combined with original operatic music score.
Exhibition review: In Our Time and Treasures of Dai Gum San
Two concurrent exhibitions highlighting links between art from China in Australia, past and present.
Glancing in the rear view mirror, while driving forward
What’s behind? What’s ahead? Curator Russell Storer speaks of bridging roles between Singapore and the National Gallery of Australia.
Good public art starts before the ‘art’
What makes good public art and what can we gauge from public response? Plus tips for responding to an EOI.