Museums

Why art museums will open before performing arts venues
What the data tells us about when, and how, to reopen while getting the cost-wellbeing equation right.

Why marketing is important now, more than ever
With COVID-19 closures, visibility for arts organisations is more important than ever to maintain audiences, and grow new support.

WA Museum to re-open and redefine standards
With a budget of almost $400M, the transformed WA Museum not only looks light and open, but champions a new…

Why we need to rehang our Australian art collections
The National Gallery of Australia has rehung its early Australian galleries, drawing on a broad curatorium to recontextualise our art…

Vale James Mollison
With the loss of James Mollison a giant of Australian visual arts has fallen, leaving a legacy that included controversy,…

Circus is democratic, yet arts companies struggle with diversity
Leading UK diversity advocate and artist Vicki Amedume is in Australia for INTERSECT, a knowledge exchange between the UK and…

The Big List: The Visual Arts in 2019
2019 was big: big on political unrest, big on international imports, big on empathy and wellness, but mostly, big on…

New Eora walk for Sydney
The City of Sydney has announced a new 9km harbour walk that draws attention to First Nations stories along the…

Museums making artworks touchable
As the demand for accessible tours increases, museums are adapting by developing multi-sensory aesthetic experiences.

Thinking China – how to market to shifting tourism needs
The Chinese-speaking market is perhaps the greatest untapped audience for the arts. Charmaine Wong of Think China Australia tells us…