Visual Arts
6 signature projects for 2025 YIRRAMBOI festival
Cross-arts First Nations festival announces artist commissions that will define its 2025 event.
Exhibition review: Paula Irene Payne, Logan Art Gallery
In her collage approach to depicting wetlands and tidal zones, Paula Irene Payne pays homage to Brett Whiteley.
No Vacancy: a gallery hiding in plain sight
Located in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, No Vacancy is driving a new type of art appreciation.
Exhibition review: Emerging Artist Award 2024, fortyfivedownstairs
Topical and engaging, the Emerging Artist Award showcases early-career talent regardless of age.
Opportunities and awards
Matched funding opportunities, plus shortlist and nominees unveiled for Emerging Writers' Awards, Art Music Awards, National Architecture Awards and Bowness…
Exhibition review: Together Again: Clara Adolphs, Ngununggula
An ambitious exhibition that explores the human condition through painted found images.
$1.2 million boost for public art recognising women
The Victorian Government has committed funds to public art focused on women in Victoria.
2026 Adelaide Biennial recruits Ellie Buttrose as curator
The role will be a victorious homecoming for curator Ellie Buttrose after she assisted the Golden Lion-winning Archie Moore at…
Exhibition review: Materiality...but not as we know it, CMAG
Thought-provoking exhibition looks at materiality and function.
Artist-First art prize offers more support and fewer restrictions
The Basil Sellers Art Prize is pioneering cultural change in art prize practice with its Artist-First approach.