Visual Arts
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Public art project in Cairns seeks artist concepts, SWELL 2021 open for submissions, Pacesetters Creative Archives calls for artists and…
How the arts fared in this year's Australia Day Honours
The arts did better this year with Australia Day Honours, pipping the number administered for service to sports. We take…
Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin
Linda Nochlin’s 1971 essay was a scathing and detailed analysis of how and why white bourgeois men were 'great' while…
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
General Manager appointed at Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, ActNow Theatre announces Artistic Director, and more.
Tour these American museums virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic
While we are unable to physically travel, a global digital pivot means that we can still visit some of the…
Exhibition Review: Djillong Dumularra, Artspace (Sydney Festival)
Solid conceptual framing, but does it get lost in festival fever? Artspace focuses on First Nations conversations for Sydney Festival…
The challenge of unlearning (from the archives)
New students at our elite training institutions often have to undo the damage of bad amateur training before they can…
7 Curators pick the visual artists to watch in 2021
Who's hot in 2021? We asked seven curators to name the visual artists who are on their radar for the…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Funding news, long awaited Margel Hinder exhibition, art trail celebrates 150 years of Children's Hospital, new dates for MAMMA MIA,…
Artists of the South Asian diaspora ‘share the future’ in program launch
Over 100 artists have been announced for the return of the Sangam Festival 2021. Held over four weekends in Melbourne,…