Bill: the life of William Dobell
This article was published earlier in the year to coincide with the annual Archibald touring show. Scott Bevan, ABC journalist...
Read MoreAt Home: Warwick Keen and Burra Bee Dee
Artist Warwick Keen recently exhibited Burra Bee Dee at COFAspace, the UNSW’s Art & Design gallery in Paddington. The work...
Read MoreCelebrating IMAGinE award winners!
Recognising innovation and excellence in 500 museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres across NSW, the IMAGinE industry awards acknowledges the...
Read MoreSmall and medium money coming your way
It’s that happy time of year when we can announce where Arts NSW’s money is going. The 2014 round of...
Read MoreIMAGinE: a well kept secret
We should say at the outset that we don’t know who has won an IMAGinE award. Seriously, it’s a closely...
Read MoreAnother wet museum dries out
Volunteers at the Greens Gunyah Museum in Lockhart in south west NSW, have spent the last couple of weeks moving...
Read More2014 Building improvement grants awarded
Two years ago Museums and Galleries of NSW received funds from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the...
Read MoreIMAGinE, five reasons to come to the awards night
IMAGinE awards night 2014 When: Friday 14 November 2014, 6.00pm Where: 107 Projects, Redfern Street Cost: $55 Full price or...
Read MoreZero to Herodotus
Hey undergraduates, are you writing a history essay with a unique angle, an incredible story and an accessible style? Do you...
Read MoreTwo for Nicole Foreshew
On Wednesday night it was announced that Wiradjuri Sydney-based artist Nicole Foreshew is the receipient of not one, but two major...
Read MoreYour two-cents worth
We want you and your two-cents worth. With the big Museums Australia conference coming up next year, we’re already...
Read MoreThis week’s news round-up
Several interesting items came to our attention this week. Here’s a run-down. ARTS AND CULTURAL MINISTERS MEETING, ALICE SPRINGS This...
Read MoreFor whom the Bell tolls …
If you like your art confronting, challenging and satirical, then Richard Bell’s show at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is definitely...
Read MoreThe Nick Waterlow OAM Curatorial Fellow
Biennale of Sydney are looking for an emerging curator to be awarded the Nick Waterlow OAM Curatorial Fellowship and be mentored by...
Read MoreCreepy Quarantine
With Halloween fast approaching, M&G decided to take a look at one of Sydney’s creepiest heritage experiences, the Quarantine Station...
Read MoreBowraville: The Tardis and beyond
Bowraville is home to two very different museums, both located on High Street; Bowraville Folk Museum and the Frank Partridge...
Read MoreMarching to a different drum: Stars + Stripes
Last Friday, I was fortunate to be invited by Bathurst Regional Gallery to open their most recent exhibition, Stars +...
Read MoreStrange specimens and creepy critters: The art of taxidermy
When I was a kid I dreamed of starting a museum in my bedroom. I set about gathering specimens for...
Read MoreAfter the flood
On 18 September 2014, Coffs Harbour Regional Museum reopened its doors after a flood forced its closure some five years...
Read MoreI’ll have art with that, thank you
It doesn’t get much better than this: sumptuous surrounds, delectable degustation and the high stakes of an art auction. It...
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