Writing and Publishing
Why is the art world still married to meritocracy?
Part lottery, part systematic exclusion: three artists speak about the limitations of the meritocratic approach, and imagine how the art…
Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist, Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei
A flawed and occasionally reprehensible dialogue between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on issues such as animal welfare,…
Upcoming books for 2024, January to June
What will be in Australian bookshops this year? Here's a selection of new titles that will be released in the…
New galleries and theatres to visit in 2024
From a power station's $100 million facelift to a museum for queer history, here are the top new cultural destinations…
Book review: Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch’s World of Art, Rodney James
An invitation to know the artist, cartoonist and critic, Alan McCulloch, more intimately than through his writing alone.
Prizes and competitions to enter in 2024
A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing and publishing in the first…
Book review: The Things We Live With, Gemma Nisbet
Nisbet's book offers food for thought about the meaning we make from the objects in our lives and the ways…
Book review: The Collected Regrets of Clover, Mikki Brammer
A debut about a death doula, who learns how to embrace the mystery of life, has unique promise, but the…
Book review: She's Not Normal, Koraly Dimitriadis
While some poems are laced with humour and others dwell in darkness, this collection spans the female experience, from migrant…
Vale 2023: saluting those we lost this year
ArtsHub salutes the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2023.