Museums
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.
The Thorn Birds goes under the hammer
Sotheby’s Australia has announced that a collection of treasures from the estate of Colleen McCullough will go to auction later…
13 Tips for better inclusive practice
From art criticism to language choice, disability and education - local and international leaders in the disability arts sector offer…
Museum redefinition in a loop
At the recent International Council of Museums (ICOM) in Kyoto, cultural institutions debated a new definition of museums that included…
The burden of responsibility as an activist
Nothing comes easy, especially with disabilities art. Three international leaders talk about the burdens and wins of activism, visibility, failure…
The return of Moon Mania, but are we asking the right questions?
Why Australia's space race is caught in nostalgia, when we should be asking if it’s responsible to glorify space advancement…
How wall colour manipulates the audience
ArtsHub speaks with six curators on the merits of painting gallery walls to heighten audience engagement, build narrative or just…
Rebranding for relevance
Rebranding is more than switching logos. It should be a total recalibration of how your audiences engage with your collections.