Visual Arts
Fears copyright could be orphaned
A new law in the UK nicknamed the ‘Instagram act’ could see copyright lost on orphaned works.
How to really change the world
The arts are a powerful tool for social change but it takes more than good intentions for an arts project…
Australian bookseller takes the fight to Amazon
The David and Goliath metaphor is overused, but one Sydney bookseller has seriously earned the comparison, declaring a Kindle Amnesty…
PM may not laugh at this week's appointments
An Australian AD heads to Amsterdam, a British producer heads here and the PM may have cause for concern.
2013 Turner Prize nominees revealed
Finalists for the Turner Prize have been announced with David Shrigley, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Laure Prouvost, and Tino Sehgal receiving nominations.
On the Jellicoe Road almost on the silver screen
Melina Marchetta’s On the Jellicoe Road looks set to become a feature film. The author walks us down the path…
How not to write erotica
Erotica is all elfin blondes, mountainous mammaries and throbbing members right? Well it doesn’t have to be, and good erotica…
Oh là là : Aboriginal art to be seen from Eiffel Tower
A work by Indigenous Australian artist Lena Nyadbi has been chosen to grace the top of the Musée du Quai…
From writing copy to red carpet
Award-winning playwright behind Jersey Boys and The Addams Family tells us what writers can learn from advertising, listening, exercise and…
Booki.sh without the books
Booksellers will lose out as Australian innovation Booki.sh, swallowed up by a US corporation, decides it will no longer sell…