Visual Arts
Opportunities and awards
Callouts for 2024 exhibition programming, composer-in-residence program, plus winners of Brisbane Portrait Prize, finalists for emerging playwright commission and more.
How a year-round festival programming plan aims to offer arts workers greater job security
By rolling out a range of special projects year-round, Perth Festival aims to provide more secure longer-term contracts for staff…
Melbourne Art Fair to run annually and 2024 galleries announced
Based on the Boon Wurrung word 'ketherba' (together) as its theme, the 2024 Melbourne Art Fair will welcome 60 galleries…
Fashion – the quirky and unexpected
How did Mirka Mora inspire fashion designer Lisa Gorman, and what can you expect to find in a fashion exhibition…
Exhibition review: Justin Williams, COMA
The latest solo show by the artist offers intriguing compositions set against white or lush emerald green walls in the…
Will AI kill our creativity? It could...
AI-driven creativity lacks the necessary clash of mind and world, limiting its capacity to produce true "eureka" moments and driving…
How ‘mental health’ has been reimagined in the workplace
Good mental health in the arts won’t happen until we see people with lived experienced enabled and included as leaders…
Exhibition review: Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn delivers a powerful exhibition that demands our attention.
Gutsy topics need level ground to find momentum
Pacific diaspora and ‘queering climate’ – topics leading conversations for change in the groundbreaking Talanoa Forum with Yuki Kihara at…
Attendance level underscores Indigenous art fair's social and economic impact
A new report on the performance of the 2023 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair unpacks its significance, and a new theme…