The National Gallery of Victoria is packing up some of its most treasured Indigenous artworks and loaning them to museums in Colorado, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Ontario, Canada. When Gulumbu Yunupiŋu created paintings of Arnhem Land’s night sky, she used crosses to represent the stars we can see, and a network of dots to symbolise those […]
The shortlist for this year’s world’s best creative photography has been chosen, featuring five nominees in each of the seven categories. The five winners of the Creative Photo Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Siena, Italy on 28 September 2024. The annual competition is open to professional and amateur photographers and is judged […]
Founded in 2012, the platform has facilitated $50 million in revenue for Australian artists. Bluethumb’s top-selling artist pocketed $2 million over 5 years. Artist Sophie Lawrence sold 2,266 pieces through Bluethumb over the last five years. The Canberra-based painter has 7,548 followers and clocked up almost 310,000 profile views, making her Bluethumb’s most successful artist […]
A jaguar drilling the camera with its eyes as it attacks a crocodile, a village floating on Lake Titicaca as wildfire approaches, amazing portraits, architectural wonders and gorgeous landscapes are all among the 10 category winners and shortlisted single photos in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards open competition, unveiled by the World Photography Organisation. The free-to-enter […]
Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria has announced it will showcase the internationally acclaimed exhibition, Pharaoh exhibition in winter 2024. The exhibition – the biggest collection of its kind in Australia – encompasses around 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian art and history through more than 500 works on loan from the British Museum. Melbourne’s National Gallery […]
Iconic Australian actor, Jack Thompson, has lent his voice to the Australian Geographic: Our Country 360° Cinematic Experience – an immersive sensory experience that has been 10 years in the making. Australia’s “wildness”, grandeur and natural diversity will be on show from March 11 in a new immersive, 40-screen multi-sensory arts experience in Brisbane presented […]
The ninth installation of Sydney Dance Company’s ‘New Breed’ is showing now at Carriageworks. Sydney Dance Company and Carriageworks, in conjunction with The Balnaves Foundation have launched the ninth installment of their New Breed initiative with works created by Australian choreographers Sophia Ndaba, Jenni Large, Luke Hayward and Charmene Yap. Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director […]