Category: from the Conversation
Friday essay: amid a war on culture, are Australia’s art schools an endangered species? shutterstock Sasha Grishin, Australian National University The plight of art schools in Australia in recent decades is hardly breaking news....
Why weren’t there any great women artists? In gratitude to Linda Nochlin Judith Beheading Holofernes, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi c. 1614-20. Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli/Wikimedia Commons Joanna Mendelssohn, University of Melbourne In January 1971,...
Getting to the (street) art of a year like no other Alison Young, University of Melbourne If there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on, it’s that 2020 was a nightmare of a year....
At last, the arts Revolution — Archibald winners flag the end of white male dominance Vincent Namatjira’s Stand strong for who you are, acrylic on linen, 152 x 198 cm. Photo: AGNSW/Mim Stirling Joanna...
Bibliotherapy: how reading and writing have been healing trauma since World War I Viacheslav Nikolaenko via Shutterstock Sara Haslam, The Open University; Edmund King, The Open University, and Siobhan Campbell, The Open University Bibliotherapy...
Which face mask should I wear? Shutterstock Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW UPDATE: The Victorian government announced on July 19 that face masks will be mandatory for residents in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire whenever...