Visual Arts
9,000 sand drawings honour fallen on Normandy Beach
On International Peace Day, an imaginative art project was a powerful reminder of the cost of war.
Why you can’t afford to stay home
Taking your show on the road isn’t cheap, but there are definitely advantages to finding new audiences interstate.
Australian art described as 'cow pats' and 'cascade of diarrhoea'
A British newspaper has dismissed a landmark Australian art exhibition as 'weedy, provincial and all too European'.
New model for artists’ payment
The perennial problem of underpayment for visual artists has been addressed in a new set of guidelines by Visual Artists…
Top 10 tips for blogging an arts event
Writer and Communications Professional Lliane Clarke shares her ten tips for using the new age medium to promote your arts…
Swell Sculpture Festival Award Winners announced
Opening night awards announced as over 50 artists take over Currumbin Beach for 10 days in September.
Arts leaders Accelerate international conversations
Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts leaders have been selected to take part in the British Council’s ACCELERATE.
Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award winner announced
Tasmanian artist Nik Lee has won the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award, worth $10,000.
Is it still Fringe if it’s curated?
The open access model ensures that the Fringe spirit is truly represented.
Creativity, a treatment not a cause of mental illness
Artists are neither possessed nor victims of mental illness, but creativity can channel their demons.