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The exterior of CCP’s Fitzroy home. A rectangular white brick building at dusk.
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A giant in photography falls – for now

The Centre for Contemporary Photography has laid off staff and will vacate its existing premises at the end of this…

View of library in a gallery setting. V&A Muyseum
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Landmark symposium of Australian photographers in London

Australian photographers in the spotlight for a first-time symposium at London's V&A Museum.

Black and white photo of smiling woman with long dark hair on purple background. So you want my arts job.
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So you want my arts job: Magazine Art Director

‘I am the one that makes the magazine look good!’ says Kim Douglas, the Art Director of 'Selector' magazine.

Woman with grey straight hair and black top standing in art gallery. Julie Rrap.
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6 women artists over 60 having survey exhibitions

Does age matter? A look at six Australian women artists who are all presenting major survey museum exhibitions.

MAMA CEO Blair French and 2024 National Photography Prize guest judge Nici Cumpston standing next to ‘Four Days Before Winter’, a series of work by Ellen Dahl. Photo: Jeremy Weihrauch. The photos are displayed in varying scales in a dim gallery space, showing flowing hills.
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Landscape work that encourages ‘concentrated looking’ wins 2024 National Photography Prize

Ellen Dahl takes home the $30,000 National Photography Prize with lens-based works that centres the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard.

'ICONS' featuring major works by Steve McCurry. Photo: Supplied.
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Steve McCurry's photos that spotlight people during conflict return to Australia

The US photographer is renowned for works with real-life impact, including the 1984 'Afghan Girl' portrait. Now his exhibition is…

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New Indigenous gallery opens with repatriated William Barak works

State Library Victoria's new Indigenous gallery is designed to support the voices and stories of Indigenous Victorians and connect visitors…

PHOTO 2024. Image is a sole person in a gallery space looking at a huge wall covered in photographic images.
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PHOTO 2024 program revealed with photography trail in the CBD and beyond

The biennial photography festival PHOTO 2024 will present free outdoor art trails and cornerstone exhibitions, including a number of world…

Nude Spencer Tunick. Image is lines upon lines of naked people behind each other on rising levels, standing in front of a curved glass structure.
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Nude in the name of art on Brisbane’s iconic Story Bridge

Visual artist Spencer Tunick’s 2023 Brisbane-based work ‘Tide’ is a prequel for bigger things to come in 2024.

‘Photography: Real and Imagined’ Image is a grey walled gallery with one woman looking at four photographs on the back wall and grey plinths under glass showcases in the foreground with more work on them.
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New look at photography

Bringing together works from the NGV collection over nearly 140 years, ‘Photography: Real and Imagined’ considers the depth and breadth…

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