Musician Stephen Pigram, director and playwright John Harvey, and artist Bronwyn Bancroft are amongst this year's honourees.

"A most beautiful reprieve and reward", Loribelle Spirovski's finger-painted portrait of William Barton goes over big with the public.

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Loribelle Spirovski was a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize with a portrait of didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton. She tells how she met him and why she painted it with her fingers.

Monash University eroding "the foundations of artistic and academic freedom" says National Association for the Visual Arts.

Creative Australia's withdrawal of Khaled Sabsabi from the Venice Biennale is not an isolated incident, argues Samuel Cairnduff. It's part of an emerging trend.

Palette Pieces is a new collection of mix-and-match solo pieces, inspired by watercolour paints. Composer-painter Cameron Lam explains the process.

The video art pioneer's interest in avant-garde music led to collaborations with Nine Inch Nails and opera director Peter Sellars.

Arts leaders Troy Casey and Amanda Hayman are amongst those awarded for their leadership and advocacy in arts and business.

Iain Grandage delivers his final Perth Festival as Artistic Director, one set to warm hearts and minds.

More Aussie than Vegemite: A new report pins the social, economic and land value of the Sydney Opera House between 2022-23.

Curator Jonathan Wilson explains his ideas for Volume, a new festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.