Visual Arts

Exhibition Review: Disney: The Magic of Animation, ACMI
The House of Mouse takes over ACMI so we sent cartoonist Andrew Weldon along to see how it captures the…

Opportunities and Awards: Miles Franklin longlist, NGV Architecture Commission
Calling for entries to the Melbourne Prize for Literature, be part of Sydney Craft Week, NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission announced,…

Life Through a Noongar Lens: photographs that re-tell history
Ahead of Reconciliation Week we look at an exhibition of rare photographs taken by one of Australia’s earliest First Nations…

COVID one year on: Impacts on creatives of colour
Already marginalised, the pandemic has seen creatives of colour significantly impacted by increased racism and loss of incomes, writes Monique…

Are jewellery exhibitions art, and why the recent rise in them?
This month, seven exhibitions that celebrate art jewellery are presented concurrently across Australia. Are we witnessing a rise, and what…

Know my name – and don’t forget it
Australian organisations join global campaign to recognise women artists, starting with an all-day intervention by the National Gallery of Australia.

Two new gallery spaces for Moreton Bay Region
Rather than reducing its cultural footprint, Moreton Bay Region has invested in and expanded its cultural activities in sync with…

Craig McLachlan and workplace respect (from the archives)
McLachlan was accused of indecent assault in 2014 so the state’s previous laws were applied to the case. But what…

Performance Review: Meat Mirror, Anywhere Festival
This new feminist artwork by Brisbane-based artist Jay Younger and performer/choreographer Lisa O’Neill cleverly lures in the audience with comedy…

Art Fairs are back: #IRL and international
With the announcement of gallery participation for Sydney Contemporary, we take the pulse on the art fair sector, and its…