Opinion

‘A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised

We need a society that values its visionaries, those who go against the grain to create new dreams that reveal other ways of being ...

The forgotten women of Australian art who fled home for fame in Paris

Expatriation is an important theme in the history of Australian art, and more generally in our literature, music, theatre, ...
Mena FN

These Australian Women Modernist Painters Were Overlooked, And Forgotten. A Century Later, They Are In The Spotlight

(MENAFN- The Conversation) When art historian Linda Nochlin famously asked“why have there been no great women artists?” in 1971, her point wasn't that women lacked talent. It was that the art world ...
World Socialist Web Site

An exhibition in memory of Australian painter John Perceval

The Last of the Angry Penguins is the title of a small tribute exhibition of 23 paintings, pastels and drawings by John Perceval at the Wagner Gallery in Sydney. The show provided a rare chance to ...
PBS

Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the U.S. These women are at the forefront.

Almost exactly a year ago, walking through the Seattle Art Museum with my uncle, I stopped cold in front of a piece of art called “Munurru,” or “Rough,” by Aboriginal Australian artist Galuma Maymuru.
The Art Newspaper

How Australia’s social media ban could affect art institutions

I suspect many New Year’s resolutions for 2026 will include spending less time doom scrolling on social media (I know mine ...