Visual Arts
How to create a disability action plan
Diversifying both audiences and the artist base can be helped by an effective disability action plan.
Who scored those coveted Creative Fellowships?
With a stipend that pays a generous salary for two years, 10 senior artists have hit the jackpot with Sidney…
Making the National Gallery more accountable
After a year of battered public opinion over provenance issues, NGA Director Gerard Vaughan opens up on the new strategic…
50 ideas to make a city more creative
From the pragmatic to the absurd, here’s 50 bright ideas to make a city more creative and playful.
When is National Arts Week?
The fact that Australia does not have a National Arts Week is a glaring absence in our national calendar.
Tasmania’s Liberal Government protests Brandis arts cuts
Both the State Government and Tasmania’s artists predict devastation for the State’s cultural centre under the Budget cuts.
Cultural capitals: Melbourne
With its famous laneway graffiti, dense commercial gallery scene and UNESCO City of Literature title, Melbourne likes to claim it…
Melbourne Art Foundation dumps management
After just one edition managed by Art Fairs Australia, Melbourne Art Foundation has reclaimed commercial delivery of the Melbourne Art…
Electric
Electric combines the handmade with the digital to reimagine functional objects.
Is arts funding ethical?
When developing countries need clean water, can we justify arts philanthropy? Philosopher Peter Singer, artistic director Robyn Archer and arts…