Visual Arts

Local not global: major festivals celebrate the homegrown in 2021
What do international arts festivals do when Australia’s borders are still largely closed to international travellers? They draw on their…

Celebrate the physicality of engaging with art in giant proportions
The 2020 NGV Triennial weaves its way into our memories as viewers – a kind of date stamp on this…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
$2.5 million distributed in Live Music Australia grants, Victorian Opera introduces new award, Carriageworks Clothing Store announces resident artists for…

Exhibition Review: Isolate Make and Design Isolate, ADC
Making art in the pandemic directly affects the work itself. This exhibition is both history and direct reflection of lived…

The Big List: the Visual Arts in 2020
From the scandals, the censorships, the funding wins, gender re-balance, staff cuts, new museum openings, and the big exhibitions that…

Vale 2020: Saluting those we lost this year
We salute the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2020.

Who made the FIVEX Billboard Art Prize cut?
From native bird calls to sonic visualisations of public space, the inaugural swag of finalists for the Fivex Art Prize…

On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
ACT Writers Centre appoints new CEO while National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s CEO steps down, Chunky Move appoint…

Art schools: legacy in crisis
There’s a crisis playing out across our universities and, once again, art schools are buckling under their efforts to cut…

Most popular career articles of 2020
From tips about writing quick response grants to our Artists Essentials Toolkit videos, this year’s most popular career advice articles…