
Tweed Museum reopens!
Last weekend, the multi-million dollar, three-year upgrade of the Tweed Regional Museum came to fruition when the doors of the...
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Love architecture? Love people?
The good folk at Sydney Living Museums are in the throes of organising one of the best out-and-about events in...
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Seeking artists for ANZAC Centenary Exhibition
The exhibition will offer a diverse range of perspectives and reflections of the 100 years since the beginning of the...
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Tourism champions!
This is the sort of story we love to tell. This week the Port Macquarie Museum won gold! They’ve...
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ACHAA workshop and inaugural AGM
ACHAA (Aboriginal Culture, Heritage & Arts Association Inc.) is a new association established for NSW Aboriginal cultural centres, keeping...
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The MCA’s Disability Action Plan in action
Have you ever heard of the Bella Program? It’s a brilliant idea from the MCA that provides children with disabilities...
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A culturally ambitious nation: OzCo’s new Strategic Plan
Aptly titled ‘A culturally ambitious nation’, Australia Council’s new Strategic Plan was launched yesterday by Senator George Brandis, Federal Arts...
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The Balnaves Gift
In 2011, long term Mosman resident and successful businessman Neil Balnaves AO donated a million dollars worth of paintings from his...
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A day at Cockatoo Island
Arriving in a windswept mess after a very blowy ferry ride from Circular Quay, I front up at the Cockatoo...
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At Home: It’s not all black and white
In this column we have been promoting NSW Aboriginal artists, both living and dead, to explore the contributions they make...
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Remembering World War I
If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white...
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Aztecs: Worth the sacrifice
In September, the touring exhibition Aztecs comes to the Australian Museum. M&G was lucky enough to see this at Museum...
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The ghost of shopping’s past
Imagine David Jones or Myer with separate entries for men and women. Once upon a time modesty in department stores...
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Every Breath You Take
For the second Tamworth Textile Triennial, which opened at Tamworth Regional Gallery in August 2014, the curator, Cecilia Heffer, asked...
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Overheard at the gallery
A trip to the gallery is typically a visual experience, but there also exists the sheer enjoyment of overhearing what...
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Is risk-taking in art dead?
In an essay for the latest Platform Paper titled Take Me To Your Leader: The dilemma of cultural leadership, Wesley...
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Why Cultural Facilities Matter
On the eve of Local Government Week, the most recent major research from M&G NSW was launched by the Minister...
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The muddy waters of art and money
Money and arts have long been bedfellows with patronage and partnerships going back to Renaissance times. Reports such as the...
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Fellowship, Mentorship and Volunteer Placements Announced
2014 Fellowship, Mentorship and Volunteer Placement Recipients Arts NSW congratulates the successful recipients of the 2014 Mentorship, Fellowship and Professional...
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Memorandum of good news!
Museums & Galleries of NSW has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary...
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