Visual Arts
Get em young and reap the long-term outcomes
Research has shown that over 60% of recent visitors attended cultural organisations as children, findings which have significant ramifications for…
The 70/30 split versus truly valuing an artist’s work
A world in which dealers would take a 70% commission on an artist's work is a world beholden to the…
Why are so many commercial galleries closing?
Watters Gallery calls it a day, joining a string of galleries that have closed their doors globally, but some experts…
Why we need more independent producers
Independent artists need independent producers; they also need to reconsider some of the negative stereotypes they have about the producer's…
British artist bans PM from buying his art
What do fresh air, English soil and shit have in common? All have been canned, bagged and sold in the…
How to prepare a media release that’s going to get noticed
Preparing a media release can be a daunting task, so ArtsHub asked for advice from some of the industry’s best…
$6M private art collection goes under hammer
One of Australia’s great private art collections – that of James Fairfax – goes under the hammer this month, potentially…
Q&A with MCA’s Anna Davis
For Anna Davis curating is a kind of laboratory where you can test out ideas and discover new things. Having…
Collecting first rate Australian art is just a mouse click away
A significant $5M Australian art collection – including works by Arthur Boyd, Margaret Olley and Charles Blackman – goes under…
Three ways to get the best applicants for your arts job
With so many people working in the sector and even more wanting to break in, we are often swamped with…