Linda Morris is an arts writer at The Sydney Morning Herald
The board of the Sydney-based institution said on Wednesday that it had appointed a liquidator after considering its long-term financial sustainability.
The $2.6 million program sparked concerns that consultants were supplanting the roles of professionally accredited curators.
Bidding was fast at three live auctions for the broadcaster’s watch collection and fine art, classic furniture, antiquities and French mantel clocks.
More Australians are going out to arts events, concerts and festivals than ever before – but the news isn’t all good.
New York Magazine’s senior critic Jerry Saltz has some strong opinions about art – and he doesn’t like most of it.
Discussions are under way around stronger guidelines, policies and codes of conduct governing antisemitism and racial vilification in the arts sector.
The estate of the late broadcaster and his wife, Caroline, has also announced major cultural gifts to the Art Gallery of NSW and Powerhouse Museum.
The Sydney Writers’ Festival expects to clock the biggest box office of its 29-year history, despite pushback to some in its literary line-up.
One of them, a replica of the first aircraft to carry Qantas’ name, comes with a $5 million deal that brings the Powerhouse Museum closer to its funding target.
The team that painted the main stages of the legendary music festival are bringing their Vivid paintbox to the once notorious scene of “bad guy stories”.