Visual Arts

Learning from failure: Why doing a U-turn is OK
Embracing failure is one of the hardest challenges we face as professionals. How we communicate about and use those failures…

Q&A with public art maestro Bruce Munro
Wisdom on managing an international career, public art bureaucracy and fatigue from one of the world’s most celebrated artists working…

Can we ever make waste-free art?
From upcycling to reducing packaging, artists look at how they can limit the damage their work does to the environment.

New $100,000 Generations Fellowship open to contemporary musicians
In a new industry partnership, Powerhouse Museum is calling for early career musicians to apply for a suite of Fellowships…

Artist Jim Lambie rethinks our world to the beat of disco music
A bunch of carrots, sunglasses and even an old railway sleeper, offer a punchy rethink of painting in a new…

Cornelia Parker, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (NSW)
A palpable and political exhibition, Cornelia Parker's eponymous exhibition offers a cautionary tale on hasty commentary, demonstrating that the simple…

ICYMI: The week's art news in brief
OzAsia Festival receives SA Tourism award, Sydney Modern Project kicks off with groundbreaking ceremony, major Louise Weaver exhibition unveiled, plus…

Four year funding applications submitted: what next?
After a gruelling application process, the 162 organisations invited to apply for four-year funding from the Australia Council for the…

Learning from our art mistakes (from the archives)
We learn by failing, but rarely talk about it. Here, artists and arts workers from diverse sectors reflect on what…

Gui Shu (Belong), PICA (WA)
This multi-layered show offers a series of interesting experimentations but leaves the audience with questions unanswered.