Visual Arts
The Art of a Good Protest Placard
Like protest or activist art, placards convey a political message to large audiences at protests and relayed through media to…
Knowing when it's time to go (from the archives)
Arts industry figures share their stories about knowing when it's time to seek the next challenge, and how to handle…
How to write the perfect approach email
Here's what you need to know if you're contacting someone out of the blue about a creative project or partnership.
Making a Museum of Happiness
In a world of political polarisation, environmental emergency and inequality, can museums become centres that improve mental health? Tony Butler…
Terra nullius is Australia's unfinished business
Addressing the climate emergency and improving relationships with Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders means building people-to-people exchange, according to our…
The Yin and Yang of Aboriginal Art
What a 60,000 year old concept on kinship is teaching contemporary art.
Keeping fresh and focussed in a long term role (from our archives)
It's the perennial question: how do you stay motivated in a job that you love after years? This classic article…
Chinese art’s role in the hardening of soft diplomacy
China’s influence in the arts has long been tied to its political goals. Alison Carroll looks at how it has…
What is an art fair, and how are they changing?
Dealer Michael Reid give us a transparent 101 of the cost, and benefits, of art fairs in a changing market.
Mental health online (beyond avoiding the comments)
For writers, performers and other artists, social media can be both fertile and frightening. ABC’s Osman Faruqi shares some tips…