As a war artist, Henry Moore’s work was influenced by the Blitz, separated families and the threat of nuclear escalation.
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New research into the working lives of artists shows how, through lower take-home pay and volunteer hours for their community, Australia’s artists are subsidising our arts industry.
Neuroscientists analyzed the brain waves of 32 jazz guitarists as they improvised to chords and rhythms. Their findings suggest 2 key principles support innovative thinking.
We often put artists on a pedestal, but if we look at their personalities closely, we see that they aren’t so different from the rest of us.
Especially in a time when trust in political leaders and institutions wanes, arts leaders, patrons, policymakers and artists face daunting but critical questions about the value and role of artists.
We had no government funding, no governing structure and no workshop. Yet we produced a huge range of political posters, many of which are now in national collections and have been exhibited often.
Can a trip to a museum help cure mental dullness? Here’s what the science has to say.
Artists have embraced AI despite the risks to them, educators could learn from their example.
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a penny. But after he died, it took on a life of its own.
A psychiatrist explains the many ways anxiety can hinder, color or compel creativity.
Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But why is there so little public acknowledgment of environmental disasters?
Any policy interventions from Creative Australia to support visual and craft artists’ incomes will need to take a sector-wide approach.
The same boldness that enabled hip-hop to endure can benefit teachers in the classroom, a hip-hop scholar writes.
As a composer who has used creative AI in my music, I see that many artists will need to renegotiate terms of their labour, but there are also opportunities for different forms of collaboration.
Artist Janet Echelman explains how she collaborates with engineers to create massive sculptures that have changed city landscapes and inspired people around the world.
Nel Law’s voyage to Antarctica and back, through the choppy waters of a longstanding marriage, is the story of a woman’s right to be, to change, to grow and to love.
Intellectual property law wasn’t written with AI in mind, so it isn’t clear who owns the images that emerge from prompts – or if the artists whose work was scraped to train AI models should be paid.
The genre – also known as ‘folk art’ or ‘outsider art’ – serves as a reminder that art is a universal human pursuit.
Record numbers of visitors are flocking to blockbuster exhibitions. Behind all the excitement, there are difficult questions over how to address their carbon footprint.
Growing up in Yorkshire gave Hepworth and Moore outsider viewpoints on the art world.
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State
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Global Studies Associate Fellow, University of Sussex
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Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Medical Humanities, University of York
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Associate Professor, Samford University
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Research fellow for Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, University of Otago
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Economist, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
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Professor of Cultural Studies, Director, Graduate Program in Gender Studies and Feminist Research, McMaster University
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Lecturer in Culture and Creative Industries, City St George's, University of London
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University