Visual Art

MONA’s On the Origin of Art features curation by a cognitive scientist, a professor of literature, a psychologist and an evolutionary neurobiologist.

Edgar Degas’ early emphasis on the line in masterful renditions of nudes, dancers and horses gave way as his sight faltered, leading to his most interesting paintings.

Nicholas Mangan explores the tension between capital and dwindling natural resources, and how they come together in the grim story of asylum seekers held on Nauru.

Diane Arbus’s intimate portraits are the work of a transgressive artist seeking to portray the almost invisible human truth.

The spiritual and political world views of Italian contemporary artist Francesco Clemente.

Visual arts education is under siege as plans to merge Sydney colleges spark accusations economic rationalism is triumphing over creative endeavour.

An exhibition of Tang dynasty art and objects shows how possessions – even in death – signified power.

His photographs helped shape rock mythology. Now Kevin Cummins’ iconic shots are gracing Vivid.

The Australia Council’s latest funding cuts have further devastated arts companies.

Photographer Roger Ballen’s darkly theatrical depictions of Johannesburg’s marginalised white poor reflect a universal helplessness.