For one night – all night – Ballarat was as bustling and exciting again as it was 150 years ago when gold fever struck.

The Art Gallery of NSW has taken over the Art Gallery Society's corporate membership and sponsorship programs.

Just as Fairfax photographer Wolter Peeters was wondering how to make the best of a rather damp photo shoot in the Domain this week, the rain cleared and a rainbow obligingly appeared above the SQI dancers rehearsing for their big night.

Albert Namatjira's life and work are remembered with the launch of a Trust that also aims to win back the copyright in his work for his family.

You might ask why Ruby Plains Massacre 1 has a place at the AWM but that's exactly what they want you to ask

The Collector's Space exhibition, for Art Month Sydney, explores what art artists buy and why.

Visual arts programs often take a back seat in arts festivals - but not in Western Australia.

 What's on in the Canberra arts scene

A glass exhibition juxtaposing artefacts that inspired new works and a show of bound books are both impressive displays of their respective crafts.

Australian photographer Robert McFarlane has borne witness to history for five decades, and says the role of photojournalists in the "post-truth" era of "fake news" has never been more important.

A new exhibition looks at the personalities behind the politicians who were are first eight prime ministers

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image embraces virtual reality.

Sometimes it's good just to sit and think.

Fifty commissions from local and international artists will leave a lasting legacy for the state gallery's collection, says director Tony Ellwood.

The future pop art star was once among the most highly-paid commercial illustrators in New York City.

A scholarship program at RMIT University in Melbourne is providing rare opportunities for Mongolian photojournalists to hone their craft in Australia.

More than a dozen creative studios will be open to the public on Saturday.

The painter saw potential subject matter in every dusty corner.

30 artists will feature in a major exhibition that reflects the strength, creativity, diversity and pride of contemporary Indigenous artists

The Fashion Design Council of the 1980s is being used as a lens to view today's fashion landscape.

Photographer Gary Sheppard talks about his latest mesmerising project

Secrecy surrounds the NSW government's controversial plan to move the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta, which could cost up to $2 billion.

You can bet the next MPavilion, the fourth in businesswoman and arts patron Naomi Milgrom's series of pop-up architectural structures in Melbourne,  will be a kool haas.

Seeds of the artist's groundbreaking work can be seen in his commercial output from the 1950s.