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The Chichu Art Museum, on the Japanese island of Naoshima, is a breathtaking place to rethink the relationship between nature and people.
The proposal that monuments must be preserved at any cost hinders rather than helps institutions handle the decolonisation of their collections.
New research shows COVID-19 threw existing inequalities into sharp relief: well-funded institutions were able to move their projects online, while smaller galleries struggled.
Anonymous accounts show how urgently contemporary galleries need to confront legacies of discrimination
A Rotterdam art centre removed its colonial-era name and is renaming itself ‘The Kunstinstituut Melly,’ to honour the city’s 30-year love affair with Ken Lum’s iconic work.
Understanding the different types of visitors and how they navigate museums can help these institutions reopen safely.
Galleries and musuems are rapidly moving online in response to social distancing measures, but the digital divide means regional and remote organisations could be left behind.
While both parties are championing the arts and culture sector, after years of swingeing cuts these promises dazzle but offer little hope to struggling institutions
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.
Dorrit Black, Grace Cossington Smith and Grace Crowley were some of many talented modernist women artists. But only with the advent of second wave feminism in the 1970s was their work properly acknowledged.
While it may have a reputation for narcissism, Instagram is being embraced by the art world, with Insta-friendly works and exhibitions.
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.
Tate are offering a new space which should help challenge the elitism currently characterising the arts.
The Melbourne Art Fair’s steadfast refusal to move with the times was a factor in its surprise demise.
That traditional monolith of culture, the museum, has begun to embrace the digital world. As a series of projects reveal, the possibilities are endless.
Despite rhetoric positioning Australia as a clever and creative country, its artists, particularly in the visual arts, are doing it tough, and things are progressing from bad to worse. Why is that?
Many think that the ideal museum should be removed from the vicissitudes of the market. This is an illusion.
Artist Mike Parr’s career might be best described as a series of alarming acts - he’s cut his legs with a scalpel and used his blood as paint. His latest act is erase his work by painting it white.
The debate about museums as businesses is in danger of trumping defences of museums and galleries as public institutions.
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Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies, Nottingham Trent University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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PhD Candidate in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, University of the Arts London
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PhD candidate in the History of Art, University of York
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Director, Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in School of Art History and Art Education, UNSW
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Lecturer of Visual Art, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University