Visual Arts
Are festivals 'fundamentally unjustifiable'?
Perth International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway gave delegates at the recent APACA conference a frank insight into arts festivals with…
Should Rolf Harris's art be removed?
Does condemning Rolf Harris as a sexual predator require expurgating his art from public collections?
Whiteley’s Chelsea Hotel painting returns to Oz
Offered by Menzies Art Brands later this month, Brett Whiteley’s painting "paid" as rent to the Hotel Chelsea is up…
Your name on their urinal
Here's an innovative way for an arts organisation to raise some cash.
Monet’s 'Water Lilies' makes a motza
Selling for $A57.3 million, Claude Monet’s iconic painting leads the way in a wave of demand for "trophy paintings".
Buying art via an app
Positioned between IKEA and the gallery sector, this app for emerging collectors puts a new spin on online shopping.
British Council accelerates Aboriginal alliance
Search on for four Indigenous creative leaders to head to the UK to realise an ambitious career pathway.
More people went to Vivid than live in Adelaide
Vivid Sydney breaks its 2013 attendance and sets a new record defining this festival of light, music and ideas internationally.
Vale Gordon Bennett (1955-2014)
Australia loses a great contemporary artist who was willing to take on the big topics in his art.
Offstage homophobia controversy for 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
A heckling incident behind the SoCal production heats up debate about gay rights and actors' protection.