Visual Arts
Adelaide gets a new private museum
Who was David Roche, and why do we know so little of his world-class collection until now? His private museum…
Can one artist own the rights to black?
Artist Anish Kapoor has been granted the exclusive rights to the "blackest" of black paint-like surface, while an exhibition by…
Do you believe in magic?
The 2016 Adelaide Biennial will convert the most cynical non-believer that object-based materiality commands the museum and contemporary curatorial concerns.
Dja Dja Wurrung barks are Australian art – the British Museum should return them
The British Museum owns a number of priceless pieces of Aboriginal art, and claim they’re the best possible home for…
Scientists now curating Mona
David Walsh hopes to prove that art has an evolution based in biology in a new Mona exhibition On the…
Melbourne Art Fair cancelled in shock announcement
The 2016 Melbourne Art Fair has collapsed after several galleries withdrew their applications to participate.
Opportunity shimmers as more artists raise a toast to glass
The resurgence of ceramics is being nudged over by a new interest in glass, with a burst of exhibitions and…
How to get good marks in creative courses
Assessment doesn't have to be the dark cousin of learning. In creative arts, educators are using new contextual models better…
When art gets too personal
Using the people around you in your art may test whether you care more about your creative work or your…
A year of directing dangerously
Going to work in a prison revived this theatre-maker and reminded him why he makes theatre.