Visual Arts
Vivid Ideas unites creative minds
The Vivid Ideas line-up this year features DJ and musician Flume alongside fashion designer Karen Walker.
Works: Under 30 Seconds and Things That Fit Together
Nathan Gray creates a fragile ecosystem that yet needs to enable spectators to create their own narratives and connections.
Photography Centre quits Queensland for LA
The Queensland Centre for Photography shuts its doors this week in the wake of funding cuts but it intends to…
Talent Hatched at PICA
Who are the top art school graduates across Australia for 2014?
Gallipoli grandson wins art prize
The winner of the $20,000 Gallipoli Art Prize has a personal reason to care about the Anzacs.
Head On Photo Festival celebrates five-year milestone
Head On, Australia’s largest photography festival, is back for a fifth installment in 2014.
4000 blue butterflies to swarm a street near you
A swarm of 4000 handcrafted magnetic butterflies will travel across the globe in an ambitious street art project that will…
Reality in Flames: modern Australian art and the Second World War
Greater academic rigour is needed if the War Memorial is to be taken seriously as an art institution.
Celebrating the act of giving
A woman’s life of philanthropy continues to bestow help and inspiration for the arts
Why Shakespeare still matters
To celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Australia's leading exponent asks why actors and audiences still love the Bard.