Visual Arts
![Exterior view of gallery at dusk. Pinnacles](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Riverway-Arts-Centre_Home-of-Pinnacles-Art-Gallery_Photo-by-Andrew-Rankin.jpg?w=310)
Finding agency over paternalism for regional galleries
ArtsHub speaks with Holly Arden about the challenges of running a gallery in Far North Queensland, tourism and notions of…
![Bundanon Artist in Residence program open for applications. Image: 2023 Bundanon resident, Yandell Walton, 'Portrait Bundanon', 2023. Photo: Jodie Whalen. A woman with blond hair in a dark and slightly creepy outdoor landscape, holding a green light to her face.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Yandell-Walton-Portrait-Bundanon-2023.-Photo-by-Jodie-Whalen-e1713245405408.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
NGA announces Sculpture Garden Design Competition, plus winners of QMusic scholarships, finalists of ABR Calibre Essay Prize, and more!
![image is a plate with images of birds on it. Dreamscape, Off the Kerb gallery](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Glen-Downey-2-rotated-e1713273739846.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Dreamscape, Off the Kerb gallery
Iconic Melbourne art gallery celebrates turning 17 with a characteristically high-quality collection of local art
![Sea, Salt and Silk. Image is an Arctic shoreline with a silhouette of a woman carrying a Perspex sheet.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/salt.jpg?w=310)
Multimedia review: Sea, Salt and Silk, Abbotsford Convent
An immersive event combining live sound, video and participatory installations with works using paper and salt.
![brightly coloured sculptures suspended from ceiling in dark room. Artist Caroline Rothwell](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Rothwell0Ngununggula.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Ross & Rothwell: in the same boat, Ngununggula
Joan Ross and Caroline Rothwell make for a perfect pairing, in an edgy exhibition that rattles colonial history and legacies.
![Woman looking at art in gallery with pink wall and pedestals.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Wild-Dog-_Image-by-Nat-Rogers.png?w=310)
Placemaking gets a boost in South Australia
A new fund aims to support arts organisations to build a better culture of placemaking in Port Adelaide Enfield.
![L-R: Fashion designer Irene Robinson, CIAF Artistic Director Francoise Lane, and CIAF curatorial associate Teho Ropeyarn celebrate the program launch of CIAF's 15th anniversary season. Assorted artworks by the artists from Wik & Kugu Art Centre. Photo: Supplied. Robinson is a woman with short grey hair wearing a black dress with a large necklace that has pompoms attached to it. Lane is a woman with curly grey hair, a warm smile, holding a carved crocodile artwork. Ropeyarn is a man with dark brown hair and a trimmed beard, kneeling beside two more wooden carved artworks, including another crocodile and a dog. The three of them are posed in a light-filled, outdoor space.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Irene-Robinson-Teho-Ropeyarn-Francoise-Lane-3-e1713227204165.jpg?w=310)
Country Speaking at Indigenous art fair's 15th anniversary
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair heralds its 15th year with anniversary celebrations unveiled.
![Exterior view of art building with clear blue sky. AGNSW](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Exterior-view-of-the-Art-Gallery-of-New-South-Wales-Naala-Badu-L-and-Naala-Nura-R-photo-©-Iwan-Baan.jpg?w=310)
AGNSW's buildings finally renamed
The Art Gallery of NSW has formally adopted Aboriginal names for its two buildings.
![Fantasy underwater scene with trees. Gerry Wedd.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EX-WR-20225MV2_STILL1_4000PX1.jpg?w=310)
Video ideal for touring to boost regional engagement
A new initiative by the Art Gallery of South Australia takes leading contemporary digital media works to the regions.
![An elderly Japanese woman with bright red hair sits among multicoloured wall hangings and artworks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Yayoi-Kusama.jpg?w=310)
Yayoi Kusama next up for 2024 NGV summer exhibition
Melbourne's first major retrospective of Japan's famed nonagenarian artist is heading to the NGV next summer.