The multi-arts venue will reopen to the public on August 7, with new art installations on display, after creditors approved a multi-million dollar bailout.

Arts advocate Esther Anatolitis reflects on her three years as Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts and the challenges still to come.

Live Performance Australia has welcomed the package of grants and loans, while the MEAA has described it as a “slap in the face” to workers in the industry.

The multi-media artist will enter the world of the ASO, responding to the orchestra as “a living archive”, as part of a new Guildhouse Collections Project.

In his final column Dr Nick Gordon travels from Art Basel to White Cube and the Royal Academy in London, who are showing artists including Tracey Emin, Picasso and Manet.

This week, as Black Lives Matter protests continue, Dr Nick Gordon looks at some of the work by African American artists that galleries have made available online.

Actor/director Robyn Nevin, Australian Ballet ED Libby Christie, choreographer Lucy Guerin, theatre producer Christine Dunstan, philanthropist Simon Mordant and artist Vincent Namatjira are among those recognised.

This week, Dr Nick Gordon looks at some of the ways visual artists have been at the intersection of art, science and politics.

The artist known for his massive but ephemeral works has died at 84.

Alison Milyika Carroll, Djon Mundine, Thea Anamara Perkins, and Maree Clarke were among those honoured in a ceremony streamed from the Sydney Opera House.

This week, Dr Nick Gordon explores art and celebrity in online exhibitions of Raphael, Rembrandt and Warhol.

The announcement, which will provide welcome relief for many in an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been overshadowed by accusations of “pork-barrelling”.