Whereas ‘the camera sees everything, but captures nothing,’ courtroom artists can channel the emotional highs and lows of a trial through a single image.
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The technology’s focus on the framing of the artistic task amounts to the fetishization of the creative moment – and devalues the journey that waters the seed of an idea to its fruition.
Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or poised for productivity gains? A panel of experts says it’s not so clear-cut.
Creators of NFT art are organizing themselves into new art scenes, but they are still searching for cultural legitimacy while museums remain skittish.
The “Festival do Boi-Bumbá” changed the fate of Parintins, Brazil. Its success shows the crucial role that cultural festivals play in isolated territories that often lack material infrastructure.
These women were intelligent, charismatic and unconventional – far more than just muses.
Barbara Kruger’s ‘Untitled (Your body is a battleground)’ has seamlessly transitioned to social media, inspiring a new generation of media-savvy artists and activists.
The experience of war also inspires non-violent forms of resistance.
As Islamic geometric patterns and arabesque designs have migrated globally, they’ve been adapted, and may not even be recognized as bearing the influence of Islamic societies.
We can emerge from the pandemic a culturally stronger and more forward-looking and resilient country than before if we support the culture sector and digitalization.
Ono’s commitment to regenerative rituals is instructive in an era of turmoil and instability.
I’m a keen doodler who turned a hobby into a PhD and then a career. I’ve also seen what hurdles people face when it comes to learning to draw and how they can be overcome.
City centres have been hit hard by lockdown measures - but can artists and entrepreneurs really breathe life into the space?
Yusuf Grillo charted a path in African art and enabled the emergence of more artists.
Two reports — from think tank A New Approach and ex-Grattan Institute director John Daley — say Australian art and culture hasn’t advocated for itself effectively. But we need to try something new.
The documentary by Dutch artist Renzo Martins is generating important debates today in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in Europe. Analysis of the stakes of a film that will be a milestone.
For a woman with brightly coloured hair and enormous earrings, Art Works host Namila Benson is adept at fading into the background and letting the artists do the talking.
Arts Minister Paul Fletcher has taken aim at what he calls a ‘cosy club’ of arts elites. But his claim of ‘unprecedented’ arts funding and a push for greater fairness don’t add up.
It’s a malleable mythos that has been adapted by kings and queens as well as artists and filmmakers.
Governments, universities and creative companies that have experienced growth in the pandemic should play a role in long-term collaborative strategies to support artists and small arts companies.
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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