Visual Arts

Inside the new Science Gallery that explores mental health
Director Rose Hiscock recently gave ArtsHub a preview of Melbourne’s newest gallery, a place where science and art collide with…

A budget that risks flatlining our culture?
The arts got a passing reference in the Budget speeches this week but Esther Anatolitis couldn't see a vision for…

Reconciliation Week: Our country, Our future – Our shared responsibility
Embracing Aboriginal wisdom, culture and history, so we can call all work towards a shared future as custodians of this…

ICYMI: NSW $11.9M funding, NT Writers Festival dates and more
Sampa the Great to headline Vivid Live, Yarra Valley Writers Festival program, Bell Shakespeare on tour, plus more arts and…

Exhibition Review: Khadim Ali: Invisible Border, Institute of Modern Art
An artistic journey that transcends cultural and chronological boundaries.

Revisiting the DNA by taking the curatorial helm
Two new collection displays herald significant changes for the National Gallery of Australia while tapping into the gallery’s collecting DNA…

An exhibition to cure your social distancing blues
Following a year of COVID isolation, an engaging exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery showcases intimacy, love and connection.

What's Budget 2021-22 got for the arts?
The short answer is not much more. The longer answer looks at flat funding for the Australia Council and previously…

New series RISING Podcast 2021: the audio guide to Melbourne’s winter festival
A new festival deserves a new approach to the way artists share and discuss the ideas that inform their work.

How festivals are coming out of COVID
After 2020’s postponements, festivals are back with a renewed focus on the local, exciting audiences across the nation.