Visual Arts
Missing the boat to China
Touring Swan Lake in China is not the kind of cultural diplomacy that will help Australia gain a foothold in…
Does pain make you more creative?
Emotional shocks and grief can blow your life apart but they can also be the very thing that connects you…
Move front-of-house and sell more tickets
This simple hack is one of a group that could produce more effective marketing and ticket sales without spending a…
Five ways to make the most of the digital space
Digital space needs to utilised at every level of an arts organisation, from creative to marketing and funding.
2015 MPavilion unveiled
Award-winning British architect reveals design for events pavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens.
Is Taylor Swift a Nasty Girl? (and why you should care)
The recent furore over a dress worn by Taylor Swift has lessons for designers in how to protect your creative…
Art after the Tsunami
Four years after the devastating Tsunami, parts of Japan are still in recovery. An artist from Polyglot reflects on working…
Kim Kardashian: an artist's guide to the future
A dystopian view of the future locks art and culture into a virtual world where everyone lives a Kardashian-style online…
How to be an artist activist
Artists have extraordinary power to change the way people think but it takes more than good intentions.
The most important thing in the arts
As the Australia Council faces $110 million in lost funding, Deputy Chair Robyn Archer argues for the importance of 'saplings…