Visual Arts
Dubai light festival welcomes Australian curator for inaugural edition
Former Curator and Festival Director of Light at Vivid Sydney joins the new Dhai Dubai light art festival to help…
Why is the art world still married to meritocracy?
Part lottery, part systematic exclusion: three artists speak about the limitations of the meritocratic approach, and imagine how the art…
New galleries and theatres to visit in 2024
From a power station's $100 million facelift to a museum for queer history, here are the top new cultural destinations…
Exhibition review: John Nixon – Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints, Geelong Gallery
An expansive collection of prints by John Nixon reveals his philosophy about blurring the boundaries between art and life.
Regional connections – a case for a Regional Arts Triennial
A West Australian project connecting regional arts and curatorial practice has seeded an ambitious statewide arts sector event.
Book review: Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch’s World of Art, Rodney James
An invitation to know the artist, cartoonist and critic, Alan McCulloch, more intimately than through his writing alone.
To leave, or not to leave – this is the question
Three creatives reveal how the grass is greener where you water it, and how their arts practices were enhanced by…
Exhibition review: LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart, Warrnambool Art Gallery
A lyrical and symbiotic pairing of fashion design, sculptural installations, painting, embroideries and more by two Australian icons.
Exhibition review: John Meade: It’s Personal!, McClelland Gallery
Humble in scale, but deliciously rich, John Meade’s solo exhibition plays on form and entices intimate viewing.
Prizes and competitions to enter in 2024
A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing and publishing in the first…