Visual Arts
Stiff competition in Bad Sex Awards
‘Squeak like a rubber shoe on linoleum tile’ and ‘inside the door of her womb’ are phrases that will win…
Who is getting the grants? AusCo reports
What are your chances of getting an Australia Council grant? We crunch the numbers from the AusCo annual report.
Concerns over changes to Monash's performing arts degree
University administration has failed to address fears around possible staff and subject cuts, say students.
Arts glaring absent from Tourism Awards
Only one arts organisation got a guernsey among the 33 winners in the Victorian Tourism Awards.
The world’s most expensive painting: Bacon sells for $152 million
More than friends, Francis Bacon’s triptych of Lucian Freud set world record last night at Christie’s New York sale.
Gertrude Contemporary appoints new Director
Melbourne institution Gertrude Contemporary sets for a new future.
Lily Allen returns, packing heat for feminism
The comeback song from the indie pop songstress takes aim at sexism in the music industry, changing the meaning of…
Education Program to 'keep performing arts relevant'
School students are offered the chance to see both local and internationally-acclaimed productions in 2014.
Dead animals, living art
A work using mummified frogs is the first by an important contemporary duo to be acquired by an Australian public…
'Abundant music talent' recognised in 2013 Melbourne Prize Awards
The triennial Melbourne Prize for Music Awards has been endowed to internationally-acclaimed Australian artists and composers.