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Anonymous accounts show how urgently contemporary galleries need to confront legacies of discrimination
Cultural institutions are puzzling out to to make their buildings exciting and safe at the same time.
COVID-19 is dragging some arts institutions into the 21st century. Others are already well down this path. What we win and lose when culture goes online and a bunch of links you can enjoy today.
Whether you’re home sick or sick of being at home, our 13 experts have picked excellent things you can read, watch, look at or listen to.
No god but God at the Art Gallery of South Australia looks at over 1000 years of Islamic art, from Indonesia to Spain. It is a magnificent and necessary exhibition.
As the Port Talbot Banksy is moved to a new street art museum, the very reason it was created is being ignored.
Embarrassed directors of well-established commercial art galleries will quietly confess that often they scarcely get more than a dozen visitors a day. Can art fairs help fill the void?
MONA could encourage more low-income visitors by making entry free for all concession card owners.
Women make up the majority of arts consumers and employees, but men dominate at every level of arts leadership.
Philanthropists are creating new galleries to share their private collections with the Australian public. But these gifts do not ameliorate the deficit left by declining government arts fundings.
While it may have a reputation for narcissism, Instagram is being embraced by the art world, with Insta-friendly works and exhibitions.
As museum culture increasingly drifts into private ownership, we need to keep a watchful eye on those shaping our cultural landscape
How an act of destruction can simultaneously become an act of creation.
The Dobell is a celebration of drawing. And the work in this year’s show, from Noel McKenna’s beautifully rendered drawings of dogs to Richard Lewer’s depictions of states of mind – is first rate.
What, exactly, was going on at the Knoedler Gallery in the years leading up to a forgery indictment?
The debate about museums as businesses is in danger of trumping defences of museums and galleries as public institutions.
In a crowded and competitive market, how does an art museum located far from major centres of population – say, in Perth – make its mark? One obvious answer is to focus on what is distinctive about your…
The selfie has become an inescapable element of most cultural activities – be it art galleries or music festivals.
With past controversies ranging from restoration to public toilets and present ones from oil sponsorship to selfie sticks, Gabriele Finaldi has a daunting task on his hands.
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Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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