Thousands of racist souvenirs and household objects have been handed over to the MCA Sydney, as artist Tony Albert seeks to reclaim and transform imagery that has long perpetuated stereotypes of Aboriginal people.
Students studying humanities and related arts disciplines will face tuition costs exceeding $54,000 in 2027, as the federal government delays reform for a university funding scheme it has already acknowledged has failed.
The Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London on loan from France. Greece says its intact return exposes why the same arrangement cannot resolve the decades-long dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures.
After a two-year boycott over the Brisbane Portrait Prize's acceptance of generative AI, several artists have returned in 2026, using portraiture, cultural knowledge, and ancestral integrity to contest the policy from inside the exhibition.
New York's School of Visual Arts will close its photography MFA after 40 years. Financial pressures explain the immediate decision, but AI is changing the value of photography and what it means to teach it.
The Gwangju Biennale's Taiwan Pavilion dispute has exposed tensions between artistic freedom, institutional responsibility, and international diplomacy, raising concerns over how cultural institutions navigate political pressure.
AI can paint, write, and generate ideas in seconds. But as machines become increasingly creative, the bigger question isn't whether AI can make art. It's what happens to human creativity when we hand over the process.
Despite being funded by a billionaire, the upcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is drawing fierce criticism for charging steep admission fees after quietly firing its entire education department.
An ArtsHub opinion piece ignites a vital debate, arguing that Australia's national cultural policy should champion artistic freedom above the potentially restrictive goal of 'social cohesion'. This challenges educators and students to consider the delicat
When a museum alters the historical context of an artwork, it sparks a debate about curatorial responsibility and the politics of memory. This incident at the Smithsonian challenges educators to discuss the power of institutions in shaping public narrativ
Valparaiso University’s plan to sell masterpieces for dorms reveals a crisis in values. For students and communities relying on these galleries as cultural and teaching resources, the move is more than a transaction; it’s a betrayal of trust and a narrowing of educational vision.
Everyone around you is doing the same quiet choreography; a conveyor belt of pause, consider, move on. Art in a white cube can justify higher prices than the same art on a cafe wall, but if the buyers who are comfortable in the white cube are diminishing, should the space evolve?
