Visual Arts
Can’t get no satisfaction: when gigs are cancelled
The cancelled concert at Mount Macedon comes with a hefty price tag. The Rolling Stones might be able to afford…
Female-only film festivals should not exist
Ideally we would have no need for festivals that promote women in film, as we would already give them the…
Non-stop collaborations and commissions: Carriageworks is back with a brand new program for 2015
Impressive in scope, scale and ambition, Carriageworks in the heart of Sydney’s Redfern continues the consolidation and growth of its…
Dissolving deities: 20 tonnes of ash to occupy Carriageworks in the form of Sydney Buddha
In association with Sydney Festival, Carriageworks will present a monumental sculpture of Buddha moulded from ash.
Nature computes, art deciphers: Ryoji Ikeda’s superposition
Highly successful electronic composer and visual artist, Ryoji Ikeda will bring his larger-than-life new work to Carriageworks in 2015.
The commonality of ritual: Khaled Sabsabi’s Organised Confusion
Twenty four artists will come together as part of 24 Frames Per Second, an exhibition of screen-based works at Carriageworks…
The art we’re not seeing
Performing artists and companies from Europe, the UK and North America still dominate our touring stages: do we have a…
Festivals fight for independence
Festival directors around the country have reacted with concern to the proposed merger of Adelaide Festival and the Adelaide Festival…
Unveiled: Tasmanian International Arts Festival and David Lynch
A rebranded arts festival embraces all of Tasmania, a major retrospective announced for QAGOMA, and Here Lies Love pops up.
To earn its name, the Art Gallery of NSW should leave the CBD
Rather than build a new wing, should the AGNSW consider opening an entirely new building - in Parramatta?