One of Canberra's most successful art initiatives of recent years, the installation festival Contour 556, has morphed into the Canberra Art Biennial, opening in early October.
From October, after a covid-related gap, Australian tourists will once again be able to enjoy visa-free entry for trips to Japan, says Japanese ambassador Shingo Yamakami.
The National Gallery has announced the acquisition of “Bedroom Nocturne, 2022,” a new work by artist Cressida Campbell, acquired to mark the Gallery’s 40th anniversary.
The Paint The Town Street Art Festival is about to kick off with mural sites and events across Wollondilly, south of Sydney, showcasing murals that reflect recovery since the 2019 Black Summer fires.
An artwork capturing the entanglement and hustle of tall dockside cranes loading and unloading ships was this evening announced as the winner of the open prize in the 2022 National Capital Art Prize.
The age-old tradition of storytelling is to the fore in Save the Children’s “Our Yarning" program, which is hosting a series of writers’ workshops and activities in Canberra this week.
Canberra Writers’ Festival artistic director Jeanne Ryckmans is leaving the job, after having produced a “hybrid” festival in mid pandemic lockdown and a live festival in 2022.