Visual Arts
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BEASTIES is back with free fun in NSW for 2025
After a first run with an opening night that saw a 45-minute queue form around the block, BEASTIES returns for…
Groundbreaking macrophotography offers glimpse into Queensland's prehistory
In deep regional Queensland, a retired commercial photographer is finding new life in macrophotography, focusing on ancient life.
Exhibition review: Dianne Jones | The Beach, Walyalup
An exhibition to make you smile while reflecting on Australia's serious past injustices.
How my festival inclusion started with coffee and a yarn
Animator-illustrator Molly Hunt shares insights into creating a new work for Parrtjima, as the Festival of Light celebrates its 10th…
Dark Mofo 2025 makes first announcement, already generating controversy
Dark Mofo 2025 includes a new commission from Nathan Maynard involving flesh and its marketing campaign has come under fire.
Nam June Paik’s 'Internet Dream' to make Melbourne debut
Nam June Paik predicted the future of telecommunications and understood its repercussions. The National Communication Museum will soon showcase his…
Breaking ground on The Fox: NGV Contemporary
Australia's largest gallery is one step closer, as ground is broken on The Fox.
Opportunities and awards
A new $50,000 award to reshape the arts, plus winner of the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, and more!
Exhibition review: Thinking together: Exchanges with the natural world, Bundanon
An exhibition that communes with nature in surprising and disparate ways.